Out of this World
The European Space Agency confirmed confirmed successful code execution on board the ISS – code produced by four young girls in a Code Club I run.
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Category: Professional
All things relating to business, commerce, industry – in particular information management and education.
PGCE Complete
After the toughest year of my life, I’ve completed the PGCE course with a Distinction. I now have Qualfied Teacher status.
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Paired Programming in Computer Science Lessons
This article is a small research study whether differentiation by organisation, using paired programming activities, can increase pupil engagement and progress in Computer Science lessons
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Pesuedocode Cheat Sheet
I have created an A4 cheat sheet for most pseudocode needed for GCSE computer science.
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What Makes an Effective Computing Lesson
A review of literature, including learning theories, in the context of recent changes in the National Curriculum for Computer Science to understand what makes an effective computing lesson. Focus is on the use of starter activities.
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The Fish and Mindsets
When I was twelve in secondary school, we had to draw fish in art class. I remember starting to draw the fish (below) and the art teacher, Mrs Johnson, got angry with me. “Do you call that a fish!” she shouted (she was quite a shouty teacher) and then held my pencil drawing up to the rest of the class and said “James Hatton thinks this is a fish – it looks nothing like a fish.”
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I’ve accepted an offer for Teacher Training
All three places to which I applied to undertake teach training offered me a place so I made my mind up and accepted an offer.
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Taking my first steps to starting in education. I visited a school and started my UCAS application.
Read moreA Change in Career: Teaching
After years working in the corporate world – predominantly in ICT – I have decided on a substantial career change to become a Teacher.
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Degree Completed
After three months since my submission, to conclude a nine month IT project and final module, the long-awaited final module results came through. The results not only complete a module but also, conclude four years of study toward an undergraduate degree. The mark on the final assignment would determine the final module result which, in turn, determines the classification of degree awarded to me – upper second class (2:1) or first class.
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