Category Archives: computers

Scratch vs Python

Posted on October 22, 2015 by blogmywiki

Which is better for teaching coding in KS3: Scratch or Python? There’s only one way to find out! But seriously… I love Scratch. I think it’s a great tool for getting children interested in computing, and I do think there’s … Continue reading →

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Raspberry Pi traffic light project, part 2

Posted on October 19, 2015 by blogmywiki

In the first part of this project, we made some traffic lights out of LEDs attached to a Raspberry Pi computer, and we wrote code to make them light in sequence using the Python programming language. This was made really … Continue reading →

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First physical computing project with Python on Raspberry Pi

Posted on October 18, 2015 by blogmywiki

I’m really excited about a Python library called GPIO Zero. This makes it very easy to use the Raspberry Pi’s GPIO pins to do some physical computing in the Python programming language. The GPIO pins are how you connect your … Continue reading →

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Keeping physical computing simple

Posted on October 11, 2015 by blogmywiki

I love Scratch. I think it’s actually under-rated as a way of teaching computing, even in secondary schools (KS3). I remember a long time ago someone on the BBC ‘Computer Programme’ defending BASIC with the words ‘it’s a bad workman … Continue reading →

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BBC Microbit: first impressions

Posted on September 26, 2015 by blogmywiki

I was lucky to find out about & get a ticket to the CAS London event at King’s College today, where a group of teachers got hands-on with the BBC Microbit, the micro-controller that – we are told – will … Continue reading →

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