A date for your diary for schools that fall under the Park House Computing Hub (or beyond if you wish!), covering: Portsmouth, Gosport, Basingstoke, Newbury, Bracknell, Reading). Wednesday September 22nd 2021: join myself and other experts for networking, advice, guidance and to share best practice in your computing curriculum. Click here for more info: TeachMeet... Continue Reading →
Parent guides for setting up devices…
Here are some handy guidance documents for setting up your home devices with parental controls and safety features: Parent Controls - Apple Parent Controls.pdfParent Guide - Microsoft Family Membership.pdfParental Guide - Nintendo Switch.pdfParental Guide - WiiU.pdfparental guide - xboxone.pdfparental guide - xbox360.pdfParental Guides - Nintendo3DS.pdfPlaystation - parental guide.pdf More advice and guidance here: Internet Matters... Continue Reading →
Digital Parenting Workshops
Digital Parenting Workshop at the University of Southampton Parent and Carer Network I had the privilege of delivering a lunchtime workshop on digital parenting to the University of Southampton Parent and Carer Network today. We had some excellent questions and good discussions about how to navigate our young digital natives on a safe and healthy... Continue Reading →
Developing Digital Literacy: re-capture the excitement of IT!
(Link to download plans, guides and resources are at the end of the article) Note: this project is now available as online lessons; a series of video tutorials to be shown directly to pupils or for teachers to watch before delivering in the classroom - Online Lessons: Adventure Quests We have all seen the adverts... Continue Reading →
Physical computing; where do I start?
5 steps to getting the best out of physical computing in primary school I've seen a lot of requests for help recently when it comes to teaching physical computing in KS2 using crumble and other micro controllers, so I thought I'd share my experiences on what works and how I've managed to get some fantastic... Continue Reading →
