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More adventures in software-defined radio

Posted on August 14, 2017 by blogmywiki

multitasking – tide times and flight data! At the risk of being accused of ‘clickbait’ again, here’s an update on what I’ve been doing with my USB software-defined radio stick. Yes I know this is nothing new, yes I know … Continue reading →

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The FaderPhone microbit musical instrument

Posted on February 26, 2017 by blogmywiki

Today I made a (sort of) electronic musical instrument with a BBC microbit and an old BBC radio studio fader. It’s wired up like I did previously, only I used pin 1 in place of pin 0 – as pin … Continue reading →

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Upcycling old netbooks

Posted on February 5, 2017 by blogmywiki

My school has a large number of old Asus eeePC 1001PX netbooks. They originally had WindowXP on, which obviously is no longer supported so their use was limited. Our IT department had rebuilt them with LXDE Linux for use in … Continue reading →

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Scratch advent calendar projects

Posted on November 22, 2016 by blogmywiki

Here’s a Christmas-themed Scratch project that I am going to do with my Year 7s. We’re going to make advent calendars. It can be differentiated several ways: First project is a simple calendar where you click on a numbered door … Continue reading →

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My Top 10 School Movies

Posted on October 21, 2016 by blogmywiki

After 22 years working in BBC radio, a few years ago I retrained as a teacher, and this morning I started to think about how teachers and schools have been portrayed in the movies over the years, and how this … Continue reading →

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