Nic Hughes
@duck_star
Transformer fan, Comic Geek and Sci Fi Fan, Avid gamer, Selfconfessed Tech Geek, Loves a Robot, Primary School Teacher, Head of Computing, CAS Master Teacher.
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Calling all #primaryteachers 📣Check out AI Explorers from Barefoot Computing and Ocado Code for Life 🤩
Download now from the Barefoot site🔗barefootcomputing.org/new_resources
Make sure to share what your students create!
#edutwitter
Wonderful to listen to Alan O'Donohoe talking with Matt Roberts 🎗 on the Primary Education Voices podcast who I recommended at the end of my episode. Loved hearing him share his passion of classroom communication techniques, Scratch Team and Micro:bit Educational Foundation. A must listen for all!
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I've created a scheme of work for Micro:bit Educational Foundation pacman 🟡🕹️ Children 8-11 will create a pacman inspired game on the micro:bit over three lessons - download the PDF for free here: tinyurl.com/5bfuvz8k Follow me to see more retro gaming worksheets on the micro:bit! 😀
Are you up for some #cakeanddebate ?
How can we introduce Ai into our Primary curriculum?
Should we...? #caschat
Join me (in person) for our next Computing at School Community meeting... booking link here
computingatschool.org.uk/events/2024/ma…
Another interesting article. Social media and phone use is a very complicated issue. Just banning them is a very blunt solution. It has to be more nuanced. We need to know more. #onlinesafety #Social_Media #schools Computing@islington LGfL SafeguardED 🫂☂️📱😟 ➡🙂⛑️ theguardian.com/books/2024/apr…
You can't be what you can't see... 👀
That's why we are on the mission to promote role models this International #GirlsInICT Day. Check out how you can inspire leadership and set your students up for success in their future careers 🛰️⌨️
👉 ncce.io/g7h8GW
📣 TEACHERS!
Sign up for a free micro:bit webinar series - Join Microsoft MakeCode for a deep dive into the Intro CS Making & Coding with the micro:bit curriculum💻.
🔗Register:
aka.ms/makecodepd
Microsoft MakeCode
My favourite #Reception lesson of the year!!! Wonderful to see such a fantastic range of #ComputationalThinking at such an early age. Love these free resources from Barefoot Computing.
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barefootcomputing.org/earlyyears Computing at School BCS, The Chartered Institute for IT #EarlyYears #EYFS
Primary educators! Your amazing curriculum resources can win at #GETAs24 with our unbiased judging.
Submit at edtechawardsglobal.com. You haven’t got long now! #2weeks2go #CreativeCurriculum #Time2Nominate
Global EdTech 🙌🌏
#OnlineSafety KS2 & “Secondary School Ready”
-Tech for Good Common Sense Media
& #atomichabits
-Follow Phone & behaviour Policy
&Age Regulation Social Media (dangerous design of Apps & disinhibition effect)
-Keeping Safe Street Robbery
🙏 LGfL SafeguardED 🫂☂️📱😟 ➡🙂⛑️
lgfl.net/safeguarding/r…
Did you know the WhatsApp minimum age was lowered in the UK last Wednesday from 16yrs to 13yrs? 🤔😲
➡️PARENTS: Take a look at parentsafe.lgfl.net for more #OnLineSafety support
➡️SCHOOLS: How will you update & support pupils & parents?
LGfL♥️ LGfL♥️IncludED #safeguarding
Teachers going back to school this week and looking for engaging computing activities - here is my SoW where children 8-11 create space invaders 👾 on the Micro:bit Educational Foundation! The SoW includes links to pupil worksheets and microbit foundation resources. 🥳
We're Hiring!
Are you a #primarycomputing subject specialist? 🫵
Apply to join BCS, The Chartered Institute for IT as our new computing subject lead (primary) today!
This new role could make a big difference to the UK computing education landscape.
🔗hubs.ly/Q02sfktm0
#Hiring #Jobs #edutwitter