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Category Archives: Maths
E-Safety Week – Safety Resources
No Budget? No Problem? As with our new Ofsted frameworks and endless logs of data that we have to include. I know that it’s not always easy for schools to make sure that they have logs of particular incidents. In … Continue reading
6th Day of Christmas–Shared Programming through the browser
Today’s lesson comes courtesy of the website codeshare.io while thinking about ways to engage pupils with computer programming, I started thinking that it would be a great idea for students to do some paired programming without having to sit at … Continue reading
Posted in Computer Science, Computing, Education, hour of coding, Maths, Microsoft, Programming, teaching
Tagged Christmas, Computer Science, Microsoft Expert Educator, Microsoft Innovative Expert Educator, Microsoft Innovative Teachers Forum, microsoft office, office mix, officemix, Programming, Python, Python 3.3, Python 3.3 tutorials, Python Tutorials, Raymond Chambers, Teacher Tips, Teachers
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Python Posters – Ready for Computing?
So as part of next year’s computing curriculum. I mentioned briefly that I would be planning on producing some resources to help other teachers. Here are some useful resources to help you and your students. In our classrooms we are … Continue reading
Posted in Computer Science, Education, hour of coding, Maths, Microsoft, Python
Tagged Computer Science, Computer Science GCSE Resources, Computer Science KS3, Computer Science Programming, Computing, Computing at School, Programming, Python, Python 3.3, Python 3.3 tutorials, Python Tutorials
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Another day of coding, Another App
With the U.K hour of code being explored this week, I’ve set my students the challenge of collaborating with their teachers to come up with some apps for lessons. Although many of them have made apps to help the lesson, … Continue reading
Posted in Appathon, Computer Science, Education, hour of coding, Maths, partners in learning, Programming, TouchDevelop, Uk hour of code, windows 8
Tagged Coding, Computer Science, Computer Science GCSE, Computer Science KS3, Education, Global Forum, hour of code, Microsoft, Microsoft Expert Educator, Microsoft Innovative Teachers Forum, Microsoft Partners In Learning, msftpil, programing, Ray Chambers, Ray Chambers Touch Develop, Touch Develop, ukhourofcode
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An App A Day….
So yesterday I featured two apps produced by students while I was at the launch of the UK Hour of code! Today… here’s another. Student Dawid Czajka is 13 from Uppingham Community College and developed an app after coming to … Continue reading
Posted in Appathon, Computer Science, Education, hour of coding, Maths, Microsoft, partners in learning, Programming, TouchDevelop, Uk hour of code, windows 8
Tagged code.org, Hour Of Coding, hourofcode, Microsoft, Microsoft Expert Educator, Microsoft Innovative Teachers Forum, Microsoft Partners In Learning, msftpil, MSPIL, Ray Chambers, Teach Coding in school, Touch Develop, Touch Develop SOW, Touch Develop Tutorials, ukhourofcode, Uppingham Community College
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From WordPress to App…
So recently, you might have noticed that I’ve started to have a bit of an obsession with Windows 8 Apps. I’ve been making a lot of apps using the TouchDevelop platform. I had been teaching my students how to build … Continue reading
Posted in Appathon, Computer Science, Education, Maths, Programming, TouchDevelop, windows 8
Tagged App, Blog App, MakingApps, windows 8, Windows 8 Apps, windows 8 in the classroom
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Touch Develop–Scheme Of Work In Practice
If you’re a teacher in the UK, you will know all about the changes happening. You will know all about how ICT is becoming Computing. I originally achieved my degree in computer science and welcome this change but I know … Continue reading
Kinect Maths–Early Stages / Source Code
You will remember a month or two back, that I started working on a Kinect Game. The idea of the game was to use more active gestures to answer questions in Mathematics lessons. To use the game, students will calibrate … Continue reading
Posted in Education, Kinect, Kinect SDK, Kinect Tutorials, Maths
Tagged Kinect, Kinect Maths, Ray Chambers, Uppingham, Uppingham Community College
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Kinect Maths–Early Stages
In my last post, I talked about developing a Maths game which allowed you to record and use your own gestures for playing the game. The example I gave was that you could flap your arms around to select the … Continue reading
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