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021 : Keeping Children Safe Online with Gooseberry Planet

By Mark Taylor | April 14, 2017 |

A Complete Toolkit To Teach E-Safety Lessons with Online Safety Lesson Plans http://gooseberryplanet.com HomeHalo Gooseberry Planet uses gaming technology to help children learn about internet safety. In the course of a familiar game, children are exposed to online issues requiring a response such as meeting strangers, bullying, grooming and sexual exploitation. Children love playing games and…

020 : Nape Computing EdTech Conference Pt2

By Mark Taylor | April 12, 2017 |

Purple Mash to 2Blog Katie from 2Simple Software tells us all about Creative Computing. Atmos Technology strive to transform educational outcomes by providing exciting, new and different opportunities for learning through ICT. IE Solutions focuses on the impact of digital technologies on learning, teaching and raising achievement https://www.2simple.com http://www.atmostechnology.co.uk https://www.ies.london

019 : Nape Computing EdTech Conference

By Mark Taylor | April 10, 2017 |

Stella James & Tim Rylands, premier IT educational speakers, give their insights about online safety and enthusing learners using technology. http://www.timrylands.com http://www.timrylands.com/2016/10/20/nape-computing-edtech-conference-2016-oxford-2/ http://gooseberryplanet.com http://nape.org.uk http://nape.org.uk/computing-edtech-conference-2/

018 : Coding for Kids with Tynker

By Mark Taylor | April 7, 2017 |

Tynker is a complete learning system that teaches kids to code. Kids begin experimenting with visual blocks, then progress to JavaScript and Python as they design games, build apps, and make incredible projects. 50 Million Kids 60 Thousand Schools 2.4 Billion lines of code https://www.tynker.com/ https://www.parrot.com

017 : 3-7 yrs Explore. Create. Code with mama codes

By Mark Taylor | April 5, 2017 |

mama.codes mission is to start all young children on their coding journey and give them the confidence and ability to code. The teaching method introduces children as young as three to coding through song, rhyme and storytelling using free kids’ coding App ScratchJr. Coding is the new literacy. It is on the school curriculum in…

016 : Live from Bett Show 2017 Award Winners DigiExam

By Mark Taylor | April 3, 2017 |

Listen to the award winning DigiExam on how the revolution has started with Easy to use – Collaborative – Reliable digital exams. DigiExam is an intuitive digital assessment platform used to create, administer and grade assessments. Through a comprehensive set of tools, the platform simplifies the exam process for instructors and teachers, helps students complete…

015 : Hear from teachers and fellows about Apps for Good

By Mark Taylor | March 31, 2017 |

Apps for Good is an open-source technology education movement that partners with educators in schools and learning centres to deliver our course to young people 10-18 years of age. “The pedagogy Apps for Good uses has transformed my teaching of IT.” Jonathan Kemp, Bolton St Catherine’s Academy, North West England https://www.appsforgood.org https://twitter.com/AppsforGood

014 : Apps for Good – Award winning student apps

By Mark Taylor | March 29, 2017 |

  Interviews with the 2016 Winners Check out the student app winners from the Apps for Good Awards 2016 who have turned bright ideas into real technology products to solve problems in their world. Lilies     Donate it   DiPloy       Changes Allergy Basket Fear Nothing

013 : Apps for Good : Research, design and make digital products in your school.

By Mark Taylor | March 27, 2017 |

Heather Picov, UK Managing Director explains how Apps for Good equips students to research, design and make digital products and take them to market. But apps are not the point of what we do. Our goal is to produce more able, self-confident, collaborative young people, ready to make a difference to their world. Most children…

012 : Barefoot Reaches 1 Million Children

By Mark Taylor | March 24, 2017 |

While celebrating the milestone of 1 million children being reached by the Barefoot Computing Programme I interview 2 teachers from the top of the BT Tower. http://barefootcas.org.uk http://www.computingatschool.org.uk https://www.raspberrypi.org https://techliteracy.co.uk https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/department-for-education http://www.btplc.com View from the top of the BT Tower  Liz Williams – Director Tech Literacy and Education programmes at BT Bill Mitchell – BCS…

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