Action to halt protest seems somewhat one sided. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Really looking forward to what the panel have to say at the @uniwinchester.bsky.social Education Question Time. I am very much looking forward to asking a question tonight #UoWEQT

A positive, informative and successful #Digital #Showcase Day at Cornerstone. Great experiences and feedback during the day. #HantsEdTech #ShowcaseSchool @penfoldno1.bsky.social @emmagoto.bsky.social @primaryrocks.bsky.social @ofstednews.bsky.social @collegeofteaching.bsky.social

A good read to lift your day. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

'The review expects to recommend a phased programme of work across the subjects listed in the national curriculum. This will allow reforms to be made incrementally in a way that does not destabilise the system.' Part of me thinks some aspects might need to be destabilised. www.gov.uk/government/n...

It's #Wonderblocks week 6 & the final 5 episodes of series 1 have been released. This week is all about iteration. Again helps out Stop & Go making indefinite & definite loops. They get Toad's rail cart to the station, to grow a beanstalk, tinker with patterns to decorate a castle & make ice creams.

Teaching till late, so missed the photo op with my brilliant & accomplished colleagues & friends. I spoke about the importance of critical digital literacy in an Artificially Intelligent world at this important conference organised by Dr Rhiannon Love. www.hampshirechronicle.co.uk/news/2494261...

Lovely to meet @b3ndavi3s.bsky.social and @emmagoto.bsky.social in-person as well.

Thanks @wearebcs.bsky.social and @juliaadamson.bsky.social for inviting me to the Barefoot 10th Birthday celebrations. Such a wonderful resource managed by an awesome team and delivered by passionate volunteers who go above and beyond.👏Happy birthday 🎂 #TeamCompSci #CASChat

Henry and his colleagues are doing amazing work in primary computing. We need children to be more digitally literate and to develop understanding of the potential uses of, benefits and limitations of AI. You might want to check this out. #caschat #AI #Primary #compsci #criticaldigitalliteracy

I love this programme, are there any educational resources/lesson plans to go with them? Thinking we could watch an episode and do some follow up activities after? Don’t want to reinvent the wheel if it already exists

Been really enjoying this with my children at home… can’t wait to plan to use it in EYFS/KS1 at school! #Wonderblocks is amazing!

Having lived in Japan that has been battling for some time with falling birthrates, low migration and an aging population, I think it might be wise for some of us in Europe to learn from their experience. www.theguardian.com/world/ng-int...

In #Wonderblocks this week Stop & Go have to think logically to solve a mystery. They persevere & work step by step to help Frog debug a problem. The final episode this week introduces us to Again, a character that helps us repeat. #compsci #CASChat #EYFS www.bbc.co.uk/cbeebies/sho...

I think this is great - I only wish my boys were younger to give me an excuse to watch it! My wife is an #EYFS teacher so I will share this blog with her. #teamcompsci #uked

To find out a bit more about how Wonderblocks links to the EYFS framework and the Computing curriculum, read my blog post for Computing At School (CAS). www.computingatschool.org.uk/forum-news-b... Thanks for the pictures and examples @computingdawn.bsky.social

To find out a bit more about how Wonderblocks links to the EYFS framework and the Computing curriculum, read my blog post for Computing At School (CAS). www.computingatschool.org.uk/forum-news-b...

As a teacher educator, I frankly find it bewildering that this isn't already happening. Key foci threaded throughout our teacher education programmes are inclusion and child development. How can teachers be educated for such an important job without this. news.sky.com/story/all-te...

Week 4 of #Wonderblocks! This week we get creative, sequence & tinker. We learn to decompose big problems, breaking them into smaller parts. You'll love the musical episode, Sounds Like A Plan, where we celebrate Cow's birthday throwing a great big party! www.bbc.co.uk/cbeebies/sho...

Fantastic!

Really excited today to be talking at the Edusafe conference today

Last week on #Wonderblocks we met important characters including Go & Stop & we learned how Do blocks make things happen. This week we're learning more about pattern & sequence. Five more episodes arrived on iPlayer today. www.bbc.co.uk/cbeebies/sho... @computingatschool.bsky.social

Had a fantastic day at #BETT2025! It was great to catch up with @eatsleepictrepeat.bsky.social @philwickins.bsky.social @ict-links.bsky.social @milesberry.net @emmagoto.bsky.social Rebecca Franks, TraceyGardner Eliot Williams.

Looking for some #EYFS inspiration? Join me and some amazing educators for this FREE online @computingatschool.bsky.social meeting with a FREE CAS account... www.computingatschool.org.uk/events/2025/... @compscitsui.bsky.social @sneekylinux.bsky.social #teamcompsci #caschat #EduSky

Loved #Wonderblocks this morning on #cbeebies. Well done Tom Box of Blue Zoo, Joe Elliot of Alphablocks Ltd & Simon Taylor director & thanks for letting me be education consultant! Please do watch & share it with young children to spread the love of problem solving & computational thinking! #caschat

Really looking forward to leading a workshop about critical thinking and digital literacy at these two free conferences run by @eduthingltd.bsky.social in Wakefield. #digital_literacy #esafety #edtech #CASchat Please sign up via Eventbrite: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/edusafe-wa...

Really looking forward to leading a workshop about critical thinking and digital literacy at these two free conferences run by @eduthingltd.bsky.social in Surrey. Sign up via Eventbrite www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/edusafe-su... #digital_literacy #esafety #edtech #CASchat

Wonderblocks is a new CBeebies programme, released on Jan 20th, that aims to develop children's early computational thinking skills & problem solving. I'm very proud to have been involved. @compscitsui.bsky.social @milesberry.net @computingatschool.bsky.social www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/...

Seriously not sure why we have a recruitment and retention crisis. According to Metro 'newspaper' (must be true then) the average teacher works just 28 hours a week and earns £40,560. Headteachers are even better off working just 30 hours for £62,920! metro.co.uk/2024/12/30/u...

For those interested in P4C, access Lipman's curriculum materials made freely available by the Institute for the Advancement of Philosophy for Children at Montclair State University here - digitalcommons.montclair.edu/iapc_curricu...

www.theguardian.com/technology/2... A nice sobering thought to end the year. Geoffrey Hinton has upped his prediction of the end of humanity due to AI in the next 3 decades from 10% to the rather vague but concerning 10-20%. A stark reminder of the need for ethical regulation?

This seems very concerning. In this country there seems to be ongoing racism against GRT communities and surely this treatment is a huge safeguarding risk for children and young people. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2024...

We had an opportunity to discuss how GenAI is impacting on our assessments in Friday’s class, and consider what AI literacy means. A useful read: Ng et al. 2021. Conceptualizing AI literacy: An exploratory review. Computers and Education: Artificial Intelligence 2: 100041. d doi.org/10.1016/j.ca...

Addressing Racisms and Anti-Racisms in Science and Teacher Education Research examines how Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) and anti-racisms are being taken up (or not) within genomics and science education and implications for teacher education curriculumtheoryproject.ca/addressing-r...

I like that there is a professor of public understanding of mathematics. Hannah Fry announced as Professor of the Public Understanding of Mathematics www.maths.cam.ac.uk/features/han...

www.theguardian.com/media/2024/n... Yes, I think X has much to answer for but education also needs to answer for not helping to create more critical thinking citizens. We have told children what to think for 10+ years and they seem to be thinking for themselves less than ever before.

Insightful article in the TES recognising inappropriate provision could create SEN. I think this starts younger with too much focus on formal learning / writing from EYFS. We make children think they are not capable through developmentally inappropriate expectation www.tes.com/magazine/ana...

Shame on us all - this is why politics matters and everyone should vote. www.theguardian.com/society/2024...

In the Winchester Advanced P4C Seminar at the @saperep4c.bsky.social conference at the University of Winchester this afternoon, Dr Pat Hannam and Dr Joanna Haynes revisited the work of Ann Margaret Sharp also questioning whether dialogue is enough.

The amazing Dr Vicky Randall and Dr Rhiannon Love are speaking about Using a Community of Enquiry to Enable Dialogic and Democratic Voice when researching Children's Emotional Wellbeing at the @saperep4c.bsky.social conference at the University of Winchester.

Ali Greenwell Hall suggests rejecting the term 'method' to fight performative forces within education - at the @saperep4c.bsky.social conference. She refers to the very missed Richard Pring with reference to the more holistic, less easily evaluated nature of education that develops thinking humans.

Ali Greenwell Hall is talking to us about Philosophical Practice, Normative Pedagogical Proposal, Method: What Do We Mean? at the @saperep4c.bsky.social conference at the University of Winchester.

The inspirational Adam Sturdee talking, at the @saperep4c.bsky.social conference, about practice at his school with regards to AI and P4C - How can AI enable practitioners to reflect better to develop their facilitation?

Dr Darren Chetty is talking about the gated community of enquiry at the @saperep4c.bsky.social conference.

The @saperep4c.bsky.social conference starts this morning at the University of Winchester - Dr Stephen Law highlights why moral relativism must be rejected because it makes critical thinking pointless as it makes any moral position justifiable.

That woman is amazing.

Very interesting read. ⬇️

We need a truly inclusive education system if we are to become a truly inclusive society. schoolsweek.co.uk/how-labour-c...

There needs to be time for children to #play alongside all the drive for 'high and rising standards'. It's not wrong to spend time exploring and discovering, especially in early years and primary. Not everything has to meet a standard or transfer specific knowledge. 😊 #EYFS #edusky