I love gadgets. It has to be said. For me they represent the cutting edge of humanity and where we can go as a human race. When I used to watch Star Trek: Next Generation, as a teenager I used to say 'never in my lifetime' when I used to…
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Bett this year has been a lovely, affirming, sharing and fabulous opportunity to connect and re-connect with some of the most innovative and passionate educators in the world. I was humbled to be asked by a number of people to speak and share my thoughts across my visit on Friday.…
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Launched today, supported by the DfE, Computing At School, Microsoft, the Quick Start Computing site is something I was put on to which I think could make somewhat of a difference for those teachers struggling to gain confidence with the new Computing curriculum in the UK. The site has two…
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I was put on to a great resource for practicing binary conversions today which I had to share - it works on a kind of Tetris game basis. See how you get on. It's great fun! Check it out by clicking here. Cheers!
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If you haven't come across the Sphero ball, it's a tidy little thing. Ever since I first saw one I wanted one thinking of its potential for learning. I knew I had to get one. It's about the size of a tennis ball (perhaps slightly bigger) and advertised as waterproof…
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Given the importance of keeping our young people safe, we've kicked off the year 7 curriculum with a series of lessons looking at digital citizenship and esafety. This gives students an opportunity to come in to the school and familiarise themselves with our learning systems. It tied in nicely with…
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I've been compiling my Computing resources for some time but thought I would add them in to a resource on my blog. Here are my Pinterest Computing related boards broken down in to different topical areas. I will keep adding to these so keep checking back. Thanks! Follow Mark Anderson's board Computing resources…
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Sharing is caring, as they say - thought I'd share a computing curriculum levels poster I made. You can download the big version here.
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I love street art. Really love it. Living in and around Bristol I'm lucky to have such a heritage of it available to me. There is some simply amazing street art around the city; not to mention all of the work by Banksy. A recent piece by Banksy has inspired…
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This is a blogpost in line with the April BlogSync project here How many people in this month's blogsync are going to use this image in their post? Quite a few I imagine, because like in many classrooms around the country, I suspect progress looks and sounds the same. "They…
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