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Pi in the Sky?
The remarkable low-cost Raspberry Pi computer went on sale today, and has apparently sold out in two hours. The Raspberry Pi is a very cheap computing device that can be the basis for do-it-yourself s… more →
Thoughts on software and systems engineering
Guardian University Guide 2013: Computer Science
wrote 4 days ago: This week saw the publication of the Guardian University Guide 2013, one of the numerous university … more →
Join the BCS/CAS Network of Computer Science Teaching Excellence
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wrote 4 weeks ago: In March, the BCS Academy of Computing and Computing at School (CAS) sent an information pack (zippe … more →
Learning Python the Hard Way
wrote 1 month ago: I have decided to make a good push for Python post my Java adventures since most of the Udacity cour … more →
Coding, programming, or computer science?
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wrote 1 month ago: Closely related to my last post, I’ve been thinking a lot about the subtle differences between … more →
Pi in the Sky?
wrote 2 months ago: The remarkable low-cost Raspberry Pi computer went on sale today, and has apparently sold out in two … more →
Three Traditions of Computing: What Educators Should Know
wrote 3 months ago: In our first reading group meeting, we discussed Tedre and Sutinen’s “Three Traditions o … more →
CAS at Koli Calling 2011
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wrote 4 months ago: In November, as part of our work with Computing at School (CAS), Dr Sue Sentance (Anglia Ruskin Univ … more →
Will 2012 be the Year of Computer Science?
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wrote 4 months ago: 2011 was a promising year for computer science in schools, with government ministers (even the Prime … more →
Beti Williams MBE
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wrote 4 months ago: I was delighted to hear this morning that Beti Williams had been made a Member of the Most Excellent … more →
Expert Panel report on the National Curriculum review
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wrote 5 months ago: Yesterday, the Expert Panel for the National Curriculum review released its report: “The Frame … more →
Microsoft UK Partners in Learning Forum 2011
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wrote 6 months ago: On Thursday 24th November, I will be speaking at the 2011 Microsoft UK Partners in Learning Forum, a … more →
Science and the Assembly 2011
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wrote 1 year ago: I have been invited to speak at Science and the Assembly 2011, an annual event organised by the Roya … more →
Computing: Enabling a Digital Wales?
wrote 1 year ago: A few weeks ago I was invited to write a blog post for the Campaign for Science & Engineering (C … more →
The future of textbooks. Part 2: E-textbooks
wrote 1 year ago: The current notion of a textbook as a sequentially presented, body of knowledge has been around for … more →
The Future of Textbooks. Part 1: Are textbooks obsolete?
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wrote 1 year ago: I’ve recently read an interesting article on the future of the book, written from a publisher’s pers … more →
ACM considered harmful
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wrote 1 year ago: The Association of Computing Machinery is the premier US representative body for computer science an … more →
Computer science education and the real world
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wrote 1 year ago: Enrolments in computer science degrees (in the US and Western Europe) have fallen drastically over t … more →
Using a VCS to mitigate cheating in Computer Science?
wrote 1 year ago: This is a great suggestion on Quora: ‘Could version control be used to mitigate academic cheat … more →
Open source teaching materials -time for a mandate
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wrote 1 year ago: It has become increasingly common for sponsors of research (e.g. the EPSRC in the UK) to mandate tha … more →
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