What Age Can Coding be Taught to Primary School Students?
Posted on 4th June 2018 in Computing at School, Creative Commons Attribution, Scratch Programming Language
Question: At what age can a primary school teacher realistically start teaching coding to primary school students? When to Teach Coding in Primary Schools The short answer is any age, the UK National Curriculum introduces coding to KS1 students. How […]
DiddyBorg V2 Raspberry Pi Robot Kit Review
Posted on 2nd June 2018 in Creative Commons Attribution, Raspberry Pi Computers
Maker Says Our most popular Raspberry Pi robot kit is back with faster motors and a newly designed chassis! PiBorg Rob Zwetsloot takes PiBorg’s current flagship hobby robot for a spin. We’re always excited when a new PiBorg product crosses […]
What USB Ports are on the Raspberry Pi?
Posted on 1st June 2018 in Creative Commons Attribution, Raspberry Pi Computers
What USB Ports are on the Raspberry Pi? Full-Size Raspberry Pis Have USB 2.0 Ports Raspberry Pi boards like the Model A+, Model B+, 2, 3, and 3B+ have USB 2.0 ports. The Model A+ only has one, while all […]
Raspberry Pi SSH Tutorial
Posted on 31st May 2018 in Creative Commons Attribution, Raspberry Pi Computers
Use SSH With Your Raspberry Pi With SSH you can access a Raspberry Pi from another computer on your network. You’ll Need Raspberry Pi Raspbian OS Another computer on the network What is Secure Socket Shell (SSH)? Secure Socket Shell […]
Arduino Board Tutorial for Hackerspace Beginners
Posted on 28th May 2018 in Creative Commons Attribution
The Arduino a Really Special Little Microcontroller Board. From an Italian student watering hole, to conquering the Hackerspace world. If you were to walk into a typical Hackerspace, Hackspace or Makerspace hub as a beginner to the world of making […]
Teaching Advanced Programming Concepts with Scratch & ScratchJr
Posted on 21st May 2018 in Computing at School, Creative Commons Attribution, Scratch Programming Language
Flow Control In Primary Programming: In primary programming, do learners need to understand the flow of control of their program? The National Curriculum in England KS1 and KS2 Computing programmes of study doesn’t mention the need to teach pupils the […]
3D Printed Myoelectric Prosthetic Arm School Project
Posted on 19th May 2018 in Computing at School, Creative Commons Attribution
Student-Centred Learning, An Educational Surprise. In the Netherlands, students work independently on final school projects. This manner of working requires an innovative approach: a student-centred learning environment. In the Netherlands, students have to carry out a final research project in […]
Adding Machine Learning Blocks to Snap!
Posted on 17th May 2018 in Computing at School, Creative Commons Attribution
Adding Custom Blocks to Snap! For AI Programming Enabling children to build AI programs… Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence (AI) Programming for Children The year 2017 saw a sudden emergence of interest and support for Artificial Intelligence (AI) programming by […]
Coding for Girls, No Need to Pinkify STEM Subjects
Posted on 16th May 2018 in Computing at School, Creative Commons Attribution
No Need To Pinkify Technology Subjects For Girls It’s time to avoid using female-friendly stereotypes in order to encourage girls into enjoying Information and Communications Technology (ICT) or computing concepts. Computer science within UK schools is in an interesting position […]
Caesar Cipher Python Code
Posted on 13th May 2018 in Computing at School, Creative Commons Attribution
Coding The Caesar Cipher – The Caesar Cipher is one of the simplest, and oldest, systems for cryptography. Let’s see how the Caesar Cipher can be implemented very simply in Python. One of the simplest methods to create secret messages […]
