The Astro Pi units on the International Space Station are being upgraded with WiFi, larger SD card storage, and Earth-observation camera filters!
Closest I’ve yet managed to being an astronaut – beats out the job at a Jodrell Bank
Our CEO Philip Colligan engages with the big questions surrounding AI and computing education.
platform, Ada Computer Science, combines comprehensive instructional materials, a huge bank
Mark Guzdial recently joined us to give a talk about his work on integrating computer science into a range of school subjects using TSP languages.
shouldn’t) be concerned about algorithmic based decisions (on the court, in the bank
There’s been a media brouhaha about coding recently**. The Hour of Code puts this into perspective—it’s all about demystifying what coding is, having a play and realising that it isn’t as arcane or difficult as you thought. Of course at one end of the scale, computer science can be as challenging as it gets. But…
Mike RaspberryPiIvBeginners 4th March 2014, 12:21 am Well you guys know my bank
We let algorithms make decisions that impact our lives in large and small ways. Raspberry Pi’s Mac Bowley invites you to discuss the ethics behind algorithms.
For example: My bank may decide to loan me money or not.
Space matters In September 2014 (as in a couple of weeks) the new Computing curriculum will come into play in schools in England. Basically this means that ICT as a subject will be replaced by Computing and that students from the age of five will have the opportunity to learn an exciting and powerful new…
Of course, if all you want to do is to create things on a screen, then a bank of
We are a charity with the mission to enable young people to realise their full potential through the power of computing and digital technologies.
where you don’t necessarily, if you’re not struggling and having to use a food bank
Last month we put out a blog post advertising that I would be doing a tour of America, with a rough initial route, and we welcomed requests for visits. Over the next couple of weeks I was overwhelmed with visit requests – I plotted all the locations on a map and created a route aiming to reach as…
Tennessee I then left Georgia to return to Tennessee, where I’d arranged to visit Red Bank
We are a charity with the mission to enable young people to realise their full potential through the power of computing and digital technologies.
The problems that Mamta’s talking about with not having a resource bank, we’ve got
We have been training staff from UK youth organisations to help them give young people from underserved communities access to digital skills.
areas (everything from employability skills workshops to literacy classes, food banks
