Review: Python for Kids
Python for Kids is a new No Starch publication written by Jason R. Briggs. Aimed at children from the ages of 10 up who would like to learn Python, the book starts with the very basics even down to in
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AQA Computer Science
Kodu News
Kodu Kup Launched in the UK
Recently at this year’s BETT show, the Kodu Kup was officially launched in the UK. It has been running in the US for a number of years, but this is the first time UK students will get the opportunity
KS2
Review: Super Scratch Programming Adventure
Super Scratch Programming Adventure is a new publication from No Starch Press.
Alice News
Animation 12 Winners Announced
The winners of this year’s Animation 12 competition was announced this week and now the videos showcasing their efforts have been put online.
Kodu News
Kodu Mars Edition Announced
Kodu have announced that they are soon to release Kodu: Mars Edition
Electronics
Challenges of Getting to Mars
A great video outlining the difficulty in landing the NASA Curiosity Rover on Mars. It is mentioned in the video that it took over 500,000 lines of code to program the landing procedure.
Electronics
Electronic ‘LEGO’
Ayah Bdeir is an engineer and an artist. She has developed an open source system called littleBits of preassembled, modular circuits that snap together with magnets. It is similar in idea to LEGO, but
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Hackasaurus – ‘Mash up websites’
Hackasaurus is an open source project from Mission:Mozilla. It is a suite of tools and curriculum that make it easy for anyone to learn webmaking through HTML and CSS. It is built around their X-Ray
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National Code Club Volunteers (KS2)
A volunteer project has been set up to try and encourage programming in primary schools. ’Code Club’ is aimed at students between the ages of 10-11 and their aim is to get the club up and running in
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Raspberry Pi on CBBC
CBBC recently made a short video introducing the Raspberry Pi. Worth showing to younger students if you plan to purchase them for your school (if you can get your hands on any!).
GCSE
How is computing taught in the rest of the world?
The Guardian recently published an article about how computing is taught in other areas of the world. The good news is that the recent changes here in the UK has been noticed around the world with ma