#compsci

Do we need to expand tech-based jobs in Scotland? (Brookings Report response #1) #compsci #digital #pathways

The recently released 46 page “Building Skills for Life” report examines instances of Computer Science education across the world and, through this lens, attempts to summarise what all countries should do in order to introduce CS education or expand their existing provision. It was written to highlight the inconsistencies in CS education worldwide and to […]

STEAM Student Engagement This Is My Classroom

Social media generated art in Python #ThisIsMyClassroom #Programming #STEAM

For the third blog post on this topic I wanted to use Python to generate different pieces of art without relying entirely on the random function. I decided to use the tweepy library, mainly because I had already used it to post content to Twitter but had never investigated how it could be used to […]

Digital Citizenship Social Media Student Engagement

Hour of Code Around the World (Event) #edchat #ukedchat #aussieED

After some discussion with a friend and former colleague (and some thinking over a few coffees) I was inspired to post a short tweet yesterday: My aim is to get a small number of schools involved in a Google Hangout on Friday 11th December, code together and learn a little about how Computer Science is […]