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Paul Curzon posting Computer Science for Fun (CS4FN)
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Joined June 2009
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Follow me to Bluesky (@cs4fn.bsky.social) or LinkedIn (bit.ly/linkedin-paulcurzon ) where I now live online and post (if you enjoy Computer Science for Fun and/or supporting people to learn for the joy of it). You can also follow CS4FN directly at cs4fn.blog/
ALT Robot waving goodbye Image by Monika Grafik from Pixabay
University is a place where you make friends for life but many suffer from loneliness. Klara Brodahl saw there was a need & solved it in her 3rd year project. With the support of an angel investor she has set up a startup co and is rolling it out for real
cs4fn.blog/2024/11/12/avoidi…
ALT Klara Brodahl at her graduation
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Always a great moment unboxing the new Computer Science for Fun magazines. Pupils at @RGSTheGrange are thrilled with these computational thinking problems 🤩
#computing #coding
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For all UK-based @CS4FN primary teacher / home educator subscribers: the print editions of our latest mini computing mags are ready to be posted to you :)
Everyone can download them as free PDFs here teachinglondoncomputing.org/…
If you're not a subscriber yet please see next tweet.
To end Black History Month we celebrate Marc Hannah who designed the first graphics pipeline chips that revolutionised games consoles and made realistic CGI possible - so think of him if some realistic monster made you jump out of your skin this halloween.
cs4fn.blog/2024/10/31/marc-h…
ALT Marc Hannah
With halloween coming up ...
17 year old Victorian orphan Jane Webb wrote the first ever Mummy story. In it though she predicted a future world where robots and AIs helping humanity was standard. Read about her and the far-sighted world she imagined ...
cs4fn.blog/2022/07/23/the-mu…
Here is our Computer Science linked Halloween Activity page
teachinglondoncomputing.org/…
for anyone looking for halloween puzzles or activities
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UK Primary school teachers (also UK home educators / librarians) can get FREE physical copies of
@cs4fn's #computing-themed mini magazines for ~8-12 yo kids for their classroom or library. We have 2 issues going out in Nov - more info here teachinglondoncomputing.org/…
The logic of Queens
Queens is a simple logic puzzle LinkedIn uses to draw you back daily. Doing daily puzzles is good both for mental health and to build logical thinking skills. Its mainly about pattern matching skills rather than logic though!
cs4fn.blog/2024/10/20/the-lo…
ALT A Queens puzzle being solved by applying a rule at a time.
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Another one of those
• I work in this area
• I actively go looking for this sort of thing
• It's been around since 2022
• I only discovered it today
things ;)
@turinginst's online guidebook in "Public Engagement w Data Science & AI" alan-turing-institute.github…
cc @cs4fn
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Our free computing resources for Black History Month – posters, articles and links to find out more, from @CS4FN and Teaching London Computing
teachinglondoncomputing.org/…
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Heh Google's AI Overview has a stab at explaining the difference between sauces and dressings and goes a bit off piste cc @cs4fn nitter.cf/jjoque/status/18444847…
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We just launched the world’s most realistic personal avatars 🥸
Bold claim, we get it.
So we decided to put the tech to the test in front of a live audience of 4,000+ people.
Instead of @vriparbelli (our human CEO), we placed his personal avatar to intro the event and say hello to everyone.
Wdyt, did it pass the test? 👀
On Saturday I gave a @Ri_Science Primary Maths Masterclass. I've created a resource page for others. Its on how to use maths/CS to help people with severe disability it uses algorithms, averages, tallying, histograms, data visualisation, freq. analysis..
teachinglondoncomputing.org/…
ALT Searching To Speak cover slide An eye reflecting a computer interface
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Hallowe'en computer science from @cs4fn - Program A Pumpkin. Paper-based or jam-jar based activity for kids w a bit of optional learning about computing research. We like to sneak that sort of thing in when you're not looking :) 🎃
cs4fn.blog/pumpkinpatch/
youtube.com/watch?v=X79DQkIx…
ALT A grid of nine images, 3 by 3. Each showing a slightly different expression on a pumpkin face thanks to moveable bits of paper that slide behind spaces for the eyes and mouth. Each bit of paper has three different eye designs or three different mouths meaning that there are 9 possible facial expressions.
ALT A still from the YouTube video showing the Program A Pumpkin version that uses a jam jar with a tealight behind it for an extra spooky glow.
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Cute cartoon-style 'Computer Science Heroes' posters by Richard Butterworth for @cs4fn (funded by @EPSRC) to download for digital display or print - free. teachinglondoncomputing.org/…
As it's UK Black History Month I hope our 2 new posters (By Richard Butterworth) celebrating Gladys West & Skip Ellis's contributions to Computer Science are useful additions to primary school walls around the country this month.
Download them from
cs4fn.blog/heroes/
ALT Poster of Gladys West with GPS satellite
ALT Poster of Skip Ellis with people working on a shared document
New from CS4FN: 5 Computing Diversity Posters for Primary Schools (funded by @EPSRC ) created by Illustrator (& Computer Scientist) Richard Butterworth.
What does a future great computer scientist look like? Quite possibly you.
Download them & a slide show cs4fn.blog/heroes/
ALT Posters of Gladys West, Skip Ellis, Muḥammad ibn Mūsā al-Khwārizmī, Hedy Lamarr and Louis Braille
On the CS4FN blog this week:
Ilenia Maietta, a computer science student at Queen Mary, talks about her experiences of studying in a male-dominated field and how she is helping to build a network for other women in tech.
cs4fn.blog/2024/10/05/byte-q…
ALT Ilenia Maietta
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If you're looking for COMPUTING-themed resources from @cs4fn for #BlackHistoryMonth please take a look at cs4fn.blog/black-history-pre….
ALT A black rectangular banner with the words Black History Month written on in different colours, red, gold and green.