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 to it here, or download from iTunes.
Somebody asked me for a transcript of the words – here it is…
Hack Rap
brothers & sisters, problem sweepin our nation
10000 vacancies a year, no exageration
listen to me rap now, jus need to be patient
all these jobs available in digital creation
Computing it’s takin over the world
not just for men, but all you women and girls
not just looking for geeks or nerds
we’ll make you more famous than the angry birds
Be successful, with an A* GCSE
Listen, I’m spittin I’m your rebel MC
The next farmville or modern warfare 3?
Programming computers not the same as ICT
Computing it’s takin over the world
not just for men, but all you women and girls
not just looking for geeks or nerds
we’ll make you more famous than the angry birds
an if you wonderin what my campaign is
don’ matter how big dat your brain is
get you programmin s’what my aim is
gonna make you all famous in the game biz
Computing it’s takin over the world
not just for men, but all you women and girls
not just looking for geeks or nerds
we’ll make you more famous than the angry birds
You know I’m in the business of education
I want you to learn all about computation
It’s not a Microsoft powerpoint qualification
I offer you inspiration, motivation, dedication
Computing it’s takin over the world
not just for men, but all you women and girls
not just looking for geeks or nerds
we’ll make you more famous than the angry birds
Come and posse up with the rest of ma crew
they call me aod or mr o’donahue
we all share in common the same point of view
I gotta very special message to get to you
Computing it’s takin over the world
not just for men, but all you women and girls
not just looking for geeks or nerds
we’ll make you more famous than the angry birds
You dont have to be techie, nerd or a geek
It’s not just science & maths buffs that we seek
You’ll coding applications every week
To develop your programming technique
Computing it’s takin over the world
not just for men, but all you women and girls
not just looking for geeks or nerds
we’ll make you more famous than the angry birds
Hey dont make fun of me cos I got no hair
Be nice to me and you’ll get to build your own hardware
Make big bucks from your selling your software
making apps like tumbler twitter foursquare
Computing it’s takin over the world
not just for men, but all you women and girls
not just looking for geeks or nerds
we’ll make you more famous than the angry birds
I thought this was the best way to reach you
There’s so many cool things I wanna teach you
learn what really happens inside a Computer
If you want to know more I wanna meet you
Computing it’s takin over the world
not just for men, but all you women and girls
not just looking for geeks or nerds
we’ll make you more famous than the angry birds
There’s a shortage of programmers in the UK
Software developers can earn really high pay
Get a job with Facebook, Google or eBay
Or learn to code all the kinds of games that you play
Computing it’s takin over the world
not just for men, but all you women and girls
not just looking for geeks or nerds
we’ll make you more famous than the angry birds
teachcomputing.wordpress.com 
Likin yer rap Alan! Think you’re in the wrong job 😉
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I have been told to tell you that it’s (quote) “sick -in a good way”
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I have been in touch via Twitter as I am interested in ‘Coding for Kids’, I run http://www.digitalsuss.co.uk
Social Media training for teachers-I thought you might be interested. Best regards, Lucy Johnson
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