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Grumpy Computer Science Teacher @grumpycompsci.bsky.social · Jun 19

Working on a couple of new projects to support students. Drawing the images is very therapeutic too #EduSky

Grumpy Computer Science Teacher @grumpycompsci.bsky.social · Jun 8

New revision website just launched. I’ll be adding more KS3 sections, plus J836 IT, over the summer. I hope you and your students like it. #TeamCompSci #Edusky

www.computingrevision.net

ComputingRevision.net

Your comprehensive resource for computing revision.

www.computingrevision.net

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Grumpy Computer Science Teacher @grumpycompsci.bsky.social · May 29

I have an ECT starting in September so I’m giving them all the bottom sets.

Just joking, I’m not one of *those* HODs! I’ll be having them instead. Looks like a fun year for me 🙄 #Edusky

Grumpy Computer Science Teacher @grumpycompsci.bsky.social · May 20

Good luck to everyone taking their #Computing Paper 2 today. You’ll be great!

#TeamCompSci

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Grumpy Computer Science Teacher @grumpycompsci.bsky.social · May 12

Good luck to everyone taking their #GCSE #Computing exam today

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Grumpy Computer Science Teacher @grumpycompsci.bsky.social · May 5

This is my first BTEC after previously teaching OCR Cambridge Tech. BTEC is so much more difficult to administer. But you’re right, non-vocational subjects are far simpler to run

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Grumpy Computer Science Teacher @grumpycompsci.bsky.social · May 5

A long weekend of wading through BTEC marking. Useless website, lack of guidance, verbose paperwork. Glad we’re dropping it!

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Grumpy Computer Science Teacher @grumpycompsci.bsky.social · May 2

Plenty of non-private schools have / are ditching Computer Science. Perceived difficulty and struggle to recruit suitable teachers are usually the main reasons. As always with supply and demand, scarcity = cost

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Grumpy Computer Science Teacher @grumpycompsci.bsky.social · May 2

I hope there was an algorithm involved ☕️

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Grumpy Computer Science Teacher @grumpycompsci.bsky.social · May 2

Next week, my Year 11s will have their final lesson with me before their GCSEs. I will also be delivering the final lesson of the spec. That’s what happens when you’re only given two lessons of Computer Science per week 🙄 #TeamCompSci #EduSky

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Chappell Ellison @chappelltracker.bsky.social · May 1

What is the lifespan of software? What if you make software that's silly and full of whimsy? Will people remember it? Anyway, here's a video someone recently posted of “Good Luck, Babe!” by Chappell Roan performed through the composer feature in Mario Paint, a game released on Super Nintendo in 1992

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Grumpy Computer Science Teacher @grumpycompsci.bsky.social · Apr 29

If I remember correctly, the soundtrack also infringed copyright laws too 🙄

Grumpy Computer Science Teacher @grumpycompsci.bsky.social · Apr 28

Yes. I love the cube 😍

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Grumpy Computer Science Teacher @grumpycompsci.bsky.social · Apr 28

I guess you could do it with just HTML and CSS 3 now - no need for JavaScript 🚦

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Grumpy Computer Science Teacher @grumpycompsci.bsky.social · Apr 28

Before my time as a teacher, and after my time as a student. Looks like fun though

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Grumpy Computer Science Teacher @grumpycompsci.bsky.social · Apr 28

That’s what I’m planning to do, but embedding other content into the CMS using iFrames (so doesn’t really solve the template problem)

Grumpy Computer Science Teacher @grumpycompsci.bsky.social · Apr 28

Being on detention duty isn’t fun for students, but it is for me 😂 #Edusky #TeamCompSci #STEM #Microbit

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Grumpy Computer Science Teacher @grumpycompsci.bsky.social · Apr 28

Unfortunately, cinemas don’t make much from ticket sales. I once heard someone say that there’s no such thing as a cinema, just snack shops which show movies

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Grumpy Computer Science Teacher @grumpycompsci.bsky.social · Apr 28

That’s always a risk with using a well-known CMS. Part of me is staying “stick with just HTML”, but I think the short-term pain of setup will be worth it in the long run

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Grumpy Computer Science Teacher @grumpycompsci.bsky.social · Apr 27

Working on another website project. Unlike my last one, I thought I’d use a content management system. In my dim and distant past, I remembered that I quite liked Joomla. Maybe I’m out of practice, but creating a template is a bit of a pain!

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Grumpy Computer Science Teacher @grumpycompsci.bsky.social · Apr 27

I saw it at the cinema on Friday, at the request of my (adult) kids. I really enjoyed it

Hope you did too

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Grumpy Computer Science Teacher @grumpycompsci.bsky.social · Apr 27

As we approach the new term, I have nine lessons left to plan, after which I will have completely rewritten the entire KS3 Computing scheme of work. Those final nine are going to drag!
#TeamCompSci #EduSky

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Grumpy Computer Science Teacher @grumpycompsci.bsky.social · Apr 25

Lots of talk about adding AI literacy to Computing lessons. With only one lesson per fortnight at KS3, even fitting-in the National Curriculum is challenge! #TeamCompSci #edusky

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Grumpy Computer Science Teacher @grumpycompsci.bsky.social · Apr 24

A little freebie activity for your classes: Malware Match-Up.

A Top Trumps style game for teaching and revising malicious software.

#EduSky #TeamCompSci

www.tes.com/teaching-res...

Malware Match-Up Top Trumps | Teaching Resources

A fun printable Top Trumps style game covering malware (virus, worms, adware, spyware, ransomware, and trojan horses). Play a traditional Top Trumps game or a classr

www.tes.com

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Grumpy Computer Science Teacher @grumpycompsci.bsky.social · Apr 24

Whilst eSafety (and cybersecurity) are in the KS3 Computing National Curriculum, we’re probably facing a losing battle. As you say, eSafety is just safety. And stranger danger probably applies more to the online world now. But it really should be woven into every subject

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