Monthly Archives: June 2015

Hackathon–Uppingham Community College–27th June

In order to see how students in Rutland are doing with their computing knowledge, I have started hosting a number of computing sessions at Uppingham Community College. We hosted one previously on the 16th of June where close to 30 … Continue reading

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Touch Develop Training / Teach Meet–16th June

With the Micro : Bit being announced in March I thought it might be useful to do some basic training on using TouchDevelop. BBC announced that one of the programming languages used with the device would be TouchDevelop. I thought … Continue reading

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Periscope – Great TOOL!!!

This post is something new I’ve been experimenting with. I have been signed up to periscope but never really ‘got it’. I’d used it with a couple of friends but would use it for stupid things such as saying hi … Continue reading

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Hackathon at St Patricks Primary School – Corby

So with our new year 7’s getting ready to come to school soon, I really wanted to know what to expect from the different year groups. I emailed a few local primary schools and asked if I could come and … Continue reading

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Uppingham Community College – Hackathon – 13th June

BBC announced that they would be creating this amazing Micro:bit project. It was put on the news and it was announced for their ‘Make It Digital’ campaign. With all of this in mind, I wanted to see how the current … Continue reading

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Visit to Leighfield Primary School–Uppingham

So with the primary computer science curriculum underway, I wanted to check in on some of the primary schools and see how they’re teaching the new curriculum. I took a visit to Leighfield primary school in Uppingham and thought I … Continue reading

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Kodu Kup was just the start – Here is TouchDevelop #breakintocode

I’m just writing this blog to really give a high five to one of my students at Uppingham Community College (Joseph – 8NH). He was very fortunate to work with a group of friends to become 2nd in Europe at … Continue reading

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