
I put counters on the links in this lunchtime’s email about the Computing Syllabus. Unsurprisingly, (more…)
Great teachers spend less time marking and more time teaching

I put counters on the links in this lunchtime’s email about the Computing Syllabus. Unsurprisingly, (more…)
If you are teaching Computing next year, you might like the recent update to our KS3 Computing syllabus section.
I have added a topic list based on the Computing at Schools Working Group specification. I know this is not the final document you will be teaching to, but given the (more…)
My thanks to Beth Evans, of The Queen Elizabeth’s High School, Gainsborough for this idea.
Beth wrote “I did screen shot one question that came up whilst I was testing a quiz I had written and used it as a plenary to the previous* lesson as part of the critera setting for the next task.”
* I think this should have been “next”.
This is a fantastic idea. It should be easy to train your students to screenshot particularly challenging choices and (more…)

I only introduced Judo-style coloured belts on avatars as a stop-gap, but it proved wildly popular with the students – so much so that (more…)