Author Archives: teknoteacher
Shortlisted for Education Innovation Awards
I’m thrilled to discover that the Hack To The Future events we organised with the aim of “inspiring the digital creators of tomorrow” have been nominated and shortlisted for an … Continue reading
Shortlisted for NAACE Secondary Impact Award
Of course, I was thrilled and delighted to learn that I was first nominated and then later shortlisted for the NAACE Secondary Impact Award. Although I curl-up cringing at the … Continue reading
How Can We Get More Boys Into Ballet?
This week while I was in Germany training British Services teachers, I received a phone call from a researcher on Radio 4 Woman’s Hour, ultimately inviting me to speak live … Continue reading
Computing…more famous than the Angry Birds?
When I hear myself say, “I can’t believe so much happened in just 12 months”, it sounds like an embarrassing cliché, but I honestly can’t believe all the things that … Continue reading
Hack To The Future 11.10.12
On 11th February 2012, we opened our school on a freezing cold Saturday morning to 365 children, parents, teachers, developers, computer scientists and more for an engaging and inspiring experience … Continue reading
Listen: My lessons with Year 10 GCSE Computing class
For most people, the quickest way to start listening to this podcast is to visit iTunes and search for ‘teknoteacher’. Each week I have been recording my reflections … Continue reading
PyConUK – What’s in it for me?
I arranged a CAS online meeting on Tuesday 4th September at 8pm (GMT) The main reasons were… 1. to introduce Nick Tollervey, an enthusiastic Python developer I met at the … Continue reading
‘Ignite’ at The Preston Social
This evening, I took somewhere between a small step and a giant leap forward to my first ‘Ignite’ event, at the 14th Preston Social. I include links to the photographs … Continue reading
Manchester Game Jam, 25th August
One of my most favourite places to go when I’m not at school is MadLab, Edge Street, in the Northern Quarter of Manchester. You really do meet the nicest kind … Continue reading
