Our first robotics competition
Diane Dowling shares the excitement and energy of her and her students’ first robotics competition, the skills learnt, and the challenges met along the way. HW17: Health and well-being, pg.88-89.
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Researching virtual pair programming in a pandemic
Phil Hackett shares his research into pair programming with GCSE students, exploring innovative technology, discovering different pairing types, and identifying hidden benefits. HW17: Health and well-being, pg.48-49.
Equitable teaching: The way forward
A new report analyses whether primary and secondary teachers are sufficiently supported to implement culturally relevant computing pedagogical practices. HW17: Health and well-being, pg.10-11.
Protecting children from breathing hazardous air
James Abela shares how his computer science students solved the very real problem of predicting air pollution and looks at the classroom environment that made this possible.
Code Club and the cinema
Gemma Coleman catches up with Ali Alzubaidy and Mustafa Khalid about their innovative use of cinemas for their Code Club meets in Iraq.
Hands-on learning with LEGO
Dru Watts shares her love of LEGO® robotics and how she implemented the FIRST® LEGO League. HW17: Health and well-being, pg.40-41.
Maker’s Asylum: “It was so much more than just face shields”
Gemma Coleman speaks to Maker’s Asylum, a community makerspace in India, to discuss their ethos of open innovation and their effort to create a million face shields.
Fighting inequality one line of code at a time
Harnessing the talent and passion of people from disadvantaged and refugee backgrounds to create a more diverse tech workforce, CodeYourFuture should be on everyone’s radar.
Active coding with the Summer of Sport
Kat Leadbetter shares how young people across the world challenged themselves to create sporty coding projects as part of the Code Club Summer of Sport.
Accessible and inclusive computing education: Where to start?
This week, we begin to explore the topic of inclusion, ensuring that all learners are able to access and participate in meaningful learning opportunities in computing.
Data Science jobs to inspire students
Three individuals explain how they use data science in their jobs and share tips for students interested in following a similar path.
Only 9 percent of UK teachers felt prepared for online teaching
A new report from the Open Data Institute outlines the impact the pandemic has had on teachers’ lives in the UK.