Category Archives: computers

RaspberryPi dice project

Posted on December 20, 2015 by blogmywiki

Here’s a simple dice (ok, die) project for the Raspberry Pi SenseHAT – it senses a shake by measuring the G-force on the accelerometer. If the G-force goes above 1.4, it generates a random number between 1 and 6 and … Continue reading →

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Spirit level for SenseHAT

Posted on December 19, 2015 by blogmywiki

I just got myself an early Christmas present – a SenseHAT for the RaspberryPi. This is the same gizmo Tim Peake will be using on the ISS to run AstroPi experiments designed by school children, so I have the added … Continue reading →

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Is the BBC Microbit project fatally damaged?

Posted on December 14, 2015 by blogmywiki

In September 2015 I was very excited to be starting a job teaching KS3 Computing and ICT at the time when the BBC Microbit was being given, free of charge, to every Year 7 child in the country – or … Continue reading →

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Python & Scratch Bubble sorts for KS3

Posted on October 26, 2015 by blogmywiki

Here’s a bubble sort I knocked up to help teach bubble sorts in Year 9. Before we get to this point we will have looked at Hungarian folk-dancing bubble sorts, done a bubble sort ourselves in class with human numbers … Continue reading →

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Python CoolPlay for OS X

Posted on October 25, 2015 by blogmywiki

Update – a new version of PyPlay is now on GitHub. It has pretty colours and gives you the out time and everything. CoolPlay is a very useful Windows program that plays audio files. So what? Lots of programs do … Continue reading →

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