HackToTheFuture Rap
To promote the subject of Computing in school, I’ve recorded a rap. The plan is to make a video that accompanies it and post it to YouTube. You can listen … Continue reading
Computing Books in WH Smith
If you go to visit the ‘Computing’ section in WHSmith at the Trafford Centre, you will find a massive section, one whole aisle dedicated to books on computing. Except… … Continue reading
The BBC Micro II – News Update
There was a lot of interest on this blog back in September when I first explained my hoax ‘BBC Codelab’ talk that I gave at the BarCampMediaCity event on 16 … Continue reading
Girls in Computing Science
A great article in the Guardian today, written by Samantha Bail of Manchester Girl Geeks. Samantha has made a great impact in Manchester with the Girl Geek events. My humble response … Continue reading
Teach 11 year olds programming.
It was great to arrive in the staffroom on Monday this week to be greeted by many teaching colleagues telling me things like. “Alan, did you hear the news on … Continue reading
Teknoteacher Micro-Podcast *NOW AVAILABLE IN iTUNES*
It was suggested to me that I help share examples, stories etc. of computing in the curriculum with others. So, I have done that and now keen to help spread … Continue reading
Year 8s Programming with Python
This morning, I introduced some Python programming to one of my Year 8 classes. I have recently introduced it to my Year 7s – but introduced to one of my … Continue reading
Hack To The Future promo video
I received some more questions today about Hack To The Future, so today, in front of a class I recorded a short presentation about it. The children at our school … Continue reading
Pupils Teaching the Pupils
Last week I introduced programming in Python to my Year 7 classes. Today in class we had Year 7 pupils (11yrs old) teaching other pupils some of the fundamentals of … Continue reading
Hackademy ‘After Hours’ Event Nov 4th 2011
On Friday 4th November, we held our first Hackademy ‘After Hours’ event at our school. The aim was to have an evening of family fun with the objective of engaging whole … Continue reading
