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🔎 How about starting a lesson with a mystery picture? #r2scms
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📆 #OnThisDay in 1884, The brilliant Alfred Dillwyn 'Dilly' Knox was born. One of the finest minds from @BletchleyPark, he was known for doing his best thinking while sat in a bath tub installed in his office. #PeopleFromOurPast Find out more ⬇️ gchq.gov.uk/person/dilly-kno…
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This would actually be an amazingly effective way to teach people how computers work and what computer programming is.
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I made this for the class today and they loved it! They then created their own versions 🤫 Can you find the two imposters?
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If you ever doubt yourself or worry that you won't make it as a professional developer, just fire up this video. Jessica (@thecodercoder) tells her journey into coding – by self-teaching – through awesome Pokémon-inspired animation. (7 minute watch) freecodecamp.org/news/how-i-…
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How can educators teach children to think critically? For most of us, that's the holy grail of teaching. In the latest _American Educator_, I take a look at the cognition underlying critical thinking and practices to promote it. (open) aft.org/ae/fall2020/willingh…
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Need to get some ideas for teaching #programming at GCSE? Well here you go ... teachcomputing.org/curriculu… an entire 50 lesson unit that is totally free 🎉 @WeAreComputing
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Coming soon - 33 one minute videos with hands-on activities to understand computer science from algorithms to network protocols for kids between 5 and 9. Perfect for teachers and parents, homeschool and beyond. #helloruby 🗝️🦝🍁🍏🦀🥠🛸🌂🎀🧸🔮
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A1: Sharing my list of unplugged activities (there are some I need to add to this and need to check all links again) for K-8 organized by CS concept bit.ly/k8csunplugged #csk8
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Was thrilled to take delivery of my author copies of the new edition of @risingstarsedu @SwitchedOnComp for Y1 and Y2 :-)
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DfE has launched a consultation for exams for current Y10s. For #computing it looks like exams will stay the same but be timetabled later. At GCSE the 20 hour NEA doesn't have be done under supervision. No changes at A Level. Find out more / respond here: gov.uk/government/consultati…
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OK - here it is - the final version of my "Birth of the Internet" video... It's not perfect (but I'm not doing it again!) youtube.com/watch?v=DM6ARQID…
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From Sputnik to the WWW... A timeline of the Internet (@olicav)
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Book now for #CASVirtual20, a two-week packed programme of workshops, seminars and discussions. 22 June - 3 July. Head over to bit.ly/CASVirtual20 to find out more!
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Spent the past week creating a #RetrievalPractice revision booklet covering most the content in OCR Computer Science Component 1. Going to make use of it for starters when we get back. Here's a link if anyone wants a copy drive.google.com/open?id=1rh…
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Want to help your teenager develop their cyber security skills? 🖥️ We’ve partnered with @Cyberchallenge to give you access to CyberLand, a series of games to improve cyber skills responsibly. 👉 cybergamesuk.com/
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Y11 Examine-Prove-Correct Task A merge between @MrsReedGeo Find + Fix task and @DynamicDeps examine and extract task. Thanks for the inspiration! #retrievalpractice #CompSci #ComputerScience
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10 Minutes on... Nice little #retrievalpractice task for IGCSE. More examples of retrieval practice found on pages 46-49 in issue10 @HelloWorld_Edu link here helloworld.raspberrypi.org
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Fantastic website with decryption challenges - year 9 loved ‘murder in the maths department’ #cybersecurity #encryption #ciphers schoolcodebreaking.com
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