Safer Internet Day 2017: a collection
Safer Internet Day is coming up on Tuesday 7th February and while it’s great to have a day to focus on this huge and important […]
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Subject responsibilities in primary: doing less and doing it better?
I read this post about subject specialisms in primary on Sunday and it inspired me to share how we have approached this in years 5 […]
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New challenges: ed tech columnist
I’m really chuffed to share that I’m going to have an ed tech column in The TES from September. Having the freedom to write about […]
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Computing cartoons
Recently, I’ve realised my motto regarding primary computing seems to have become ‘concepts first, language second.’ By that I mean, initially at least, we should […]
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My Learning to Code books: the journey
One evening last week, I came home from work to the best package – a batch of my new books, the Learn to Code series. […]
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Evaluating digital content: 6 resources for teachers
Teaching responsible Internet use has always been been important and as of September 2014 teaching children to ‘be discerning in evaluating digital content’ officially became […]
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#Nurture1415 – thinglink style
It’s that time of year again: time to reflect on the highlights of the year just gone and hopes for 2015. Five of each this […]
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Sequence, selection, Google Forms and stories
I’ve been tinkering recently with a project that combines two of the key elements of computer science – sequence and selection – and literacy. Sequence […]
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How to turn an ICT project into a computing one
This week, I ran two sessions at Shireland Teaching School Alliance for local ICT Coordinators on my Switched On Computing resource and preparing for the […]
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15 second computing: videos 1–4
Like me, I’m sure you’re pretty time poor – it’s the default setting for most teachers. So I was thinking, how could I help teachers […]
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