After four days at the Bettt Show speaking to teachers about the new Computing curriculum, I was asked over and over again how I would teach it and how I would assess it. This document relea...
http://misscphilbin.blogspot.com/2014/01/assessing-new-computing-curriculum.html
On the face of it, BETT seems like any other trade show. Lots of vendors with shiny stands and know it all sales people. But it's not. There are so many layers to bett, that as an educator yo...
http://misscphilbin.blogspot.com/2014/01/you-should-come-to-bett-2014-and-here.html
Yesterday I gave a presentation to all the student teachers in my borough about ways in which they can use ICT in their practice. The idea was to really push their concept of ICT in teaching. To ...
http://misscphilbin.blogspot.com/2013/11/ticking-that-ict-box.html
Some days ago during Mozfest I had the great fortune to meet Maggie Philbin from Tomorrows World and Big Bang. With such a unique surname, I've always been asked if I am related to Maggie, and pr...
http://misscphilbin.blogspot.com/2013/11/free-cpd-for-teachers-from-teen-tech.html
I've had a large number of requests on twitter to give details of my experience running a Raspberry Pi workshop at my local library during half term. I hope this post will give you the audience e...
http://misscphilbin.blogspot.com/2013/11/running-raspberry-pi-workshop-for-young.html
This year I've not only been speaking at events, attending meetings on the new curriculum, working with the Raspberry Pi Foundation to create a scheme of work, creating videos for @GeekGurlDiari...
It's very exciting to be able to say that 'Sonic-Pi ' is now available to download, as is the scheme of work that uses the software created by Dr Sam Aaron at Cambridge University that teach...
http://misscphilbin.blogspot.com/2013/09/free-raspberry-pi-computing-scheme-of.html
You, like many ICT teachers may be feeling that your skill set comes up short when looking at the new programme of study for our subject. I know this because this is generally how I feel, usual...
http://misscphilbin.blogspot.com/2013/09/pycon-uk-and-new-computing-programme-of.html
For the second year in a row, my ongoing mission/project code named 'Geek Gurl Diaries ' has been nominated and short listed as a regional finalist for a Talk Talk Digital Heroes Award in the...
http://misscphilbin.blogspot.com/2013/08/i-need-your-votes.html
As this academic year draws to a close, teachers across the country are not sitting back drinking cups of tea and waiting for home time but are instead frantically analysing data, sorting out cla...
http://misscphilbin.blogspot.com/2013/07/a-ks3-curriculum-based-on-new-computing.html
This month sees the end of an era as the current year 11 leave school to prepare for their final examinations, which frees up time for me to start concentrating on my KS3 curriculum based on the ...
http://misscphilbin.blogspot.com/2013/05/get-into-teaching-computing.html
It feels weird to say that CAS #include, a working sub group of the Computing At School Organisation, formed to highlight and discuss ways to improve the uptake of Computer science by minority gr...
http://misscphilbin.blogspot.com/2013/05/cas-include-launch-party.html
Since January I have been working hard to try and bring computing via Raspberry Pis into my secondary school specifically for key stage 3 students. I chose Raspberry Pi to do this for a number ...
http://misscphilbin.blogspot.com/2013/04/deploying-raspberry-pis-in-classroom.html
Steve Furber giving the keynote speech at the Raspberry Jamboree Saturday 9th March 2013: Oh lookie it's me! More videos to come!
http://misscphilbin.blogspot.com/2013/03/raspberry-jamboree-videos.html
Raspberry Jams are a gathering of Pi enthusiasts who share ideas on all things Raspberry Pi. The story goes that Alan O'Donohoe had the idea for Raspberry Jams in the bath! This weekend saw the...
http://misscphilbin.blogspot.com/2013/03/raspberry-pi-jamboree-in-manchester.html
The Westminster Forum met at Whitehall on Thursday 28th February to mark the day that the Pope retired review the new computing curriculum , and amongst the delegates consisting of Teachers, Bo...
http://misscphilbin.blogspot.com/2013/03/westminster-forum-thoughts-of-ict.html
http://misscphilbin.blogspot.com/2013/02/video-of-my-google-talk-at-bett-2013.html
I had high hopes for the BETT show this year as it moved from Olympia to Excel (which for me is way easier to get to after school) and free CPD opportunities were high on the agenda, giving more ...
http://misscphilbin.blogspot.com/2013/02/bett-2013-teach-meet-bett-2013.html
This year began as the worst year of my life. I was not sure at the end of January how I would be able to pick myself up and move on. At school, a friend said to me that you have to keep occupied...
http://misscphilbin.blogspot.com/2012/12/people-of-2012-who-changed-my-life.html
I am always slightly baffled when companies and websites ask if they an feature me and my work, as I'm not sure I'm doing or saying anything revolutionary. "Girls need to represent." Nothing new ...
http://misscphilbin.blogspot.com/2012/11/guest-appearance-on-skirts-ladders.html
I've been nominated for a digital heroes award by Talk Talk for my work on Geek Gurl Diaries trying to inspire teenage girls into computing, science, technology and engineering through the use ...
http://misscphilbin.blogspot.com/2012/11/digital-heroes-awards-2012.html
I attended my first ever meeting at the London branch of the BCS - Chartered Institute for IT. Just going to the London office made me very excited as you could imagine. I was there to attend the...
http://misscphilbin.blogspot.com/2012/10/techheads-edtech-bsc-entrepreneurs.html
Or.. How my carefully well planned on air inset session went wrong. As part of Google Edu's second on air educational conference I offered to present a session on creating students eportfolios ...
http://misscphilbin.blogspot.com/2012/10/google-edu-on-air-student-eportfolios.html
On Sunday I will be presenting a session as part of the Google Edu Conference On Air I will be explaining how I went about creating a template for my students to use within our Google Apps ...
http://misscphilbin.blogspot.com/2012/10/google-edu-conference-on-air.html
I attended my first Python conference over the weekend of the 29th September. This is primarily a conference for programmers using the programming language Python, but this year the organisers...
http://misscphilbin.blogspot.com/2012/10/pyconuk-and-pythonedu.html