Huge shout out for @lessonhacker.bsky.social's Knowledge Bytes series on the @craigndave.bsky.social YouTube channel. Great for helping with those tricky technical questions from the kid who builds their own PC! Entertaining and informative too! youtube.com/playlist?lis... #CASchat #TeamCompSci

Does this include all the temporary ones for students who have forgotten theirs? I use a password manager, which helps with my various accounts. #CASchat #TeamCompSci @teachertapp.bsky.social

Has a technologist ever had a correct opinion about education?

@101computing.bsky.social is consistently a source of great ideas, resources and activities. If you've not followed them or visited the site then you really, really should. ##TeamCompSci #CASchat #CSed

Apply the Luhn Algorithm to decide if a credit card number is valid or not. Write a Python script to validate any credit card number using this algorithm. - Find out more on: https://www.101computing.net/is-my-credit-card-valid/

The curse of the teacher. Spending your holidays visiting places, reading books, watching news etc with at least half an eye on turning them into lesson plans. Just wish I got fewer potential cyber security breach examples from the news. #EduSky #TeamCompSci #CSed #CASchat

Almost four years out from an election & paying *the actual fucking Taliban* to torture & murder people who risked their lives to escape them is getting the full ‘both sides’ treatment in Brexit Britain.

BREAKING NEWS - coming soon, Python courses in VSCode for Education. I'm delighted to be able to reveal what I've been up to on behalf of @aqaeducation.bsky.social. Join me on 23 Sep at the @computingatschool.bsky.social event: www.computingatschool.org.uk/events/2025/... #TeamCompSci

It’s amazing how no one ever points out the reason we can’t return asylum seekers to France (or the EU) is because of Brexit. The same folks who said we could take back control, are the same folks who didn’t mention this particular consequence of such actions. Funny that.

Good luck to all the GCSE students picking up results tomorrow (especially my superb bunch of y11s). And to all the #TeamCompSci #CASchat folk who worked so hard to help them get there. #edusky

This is a top class resource - introduces some very complex programming constructs in a really accessible way. #TeamCompSci #CASchat #CSed

"Most of the promotion of A.I. in schools boils down to: Well, it’s happening, and so students need to know. But there’s nothing attaching it to learning outcomes. There’s nothing assessing its risk to privacy, to data, to the mental and emotional and cognitive development of students."

Seeing more posts like this (and I don’t mean to single out Andrea!) After enthusiasm thanks to rapid progress —> a few months of increasing pain —> giving up Turns out having a tool that generates code doesn’t remove the need to know how to program to build complex software…

The mathematician John Venn was born on this day in 1834. To commemorate the occasion, here’s a poem in the form of a Venn diagram.

1 in 3 doctors were born overseas. 1 in 2 builders were born overseas. 1 in 6 nurses were born overseas. 1 in 4 transport workers were born overseas. 1 in 7 UK business founders were born overseas. 1 in 5 university academics were born overseas. The UK would be screwed without them.

In an age of satellite navigation when ships have high-tech navigation systems that tell them exactly where they are, on accurate charts that show exactly where dangers lurk, why do we still keep working lighthouses? Because it makes for a more dependable system... cs4fn.blog/2025/08/02/w...

Is low-level code still a thing? Oh yes — and it’s quietly running everything from your car to your kettle. 🔧🔥 Watch now and see why C, C++ and Rust still rule the tech world. 📌 youtube.com/shorts/6fr4l... #TeamCompSci #CraignDave #LowLevelCode

People are less than half as likely to click a link in search results that contain an AI summary, and 26% of users close the browser after seeing one. #TeamCompSci www.bbc.co.uk/future/artic...

🎲 Computers can’t do real random—they fake it! From sneaky algorithms to lava lamps, here’s how randomness works in the digital world 💻 👉 Read our blog - craigndave.org/random-numbe... #TeamCompSci #CraignDave #LessonHacker #ComputerScience

Morning!

The cyber security lessons just keep writing themselves... #TeamCompSci #CASchat #CSed BBC News - Weak password allowed hackers to sink a 158-year-old company - BBC News www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

I've been keeping my head down because we've already broken up for summer, but keep going everyone. You're so nearly there. Try to take some time to reflect on all the good you've done this year, we're often really bad at doing that as educators. #EduSky #TeamCompSky #CSEd

A kid gave me a card this year that said I'd made them like history. Made my week. Honestly if you want to make a teacher happy just do a nice card. Don't buy me anything.

Setting up to present at #FestivalOfComputing25 Loving the shiny stickers this year! #TeamCompSci

Consistently competent teaching. I really think this is the key to a good education. Consistency in: Teachers knowing their stuff Good behaviour Kids paying attention Clear explanations Checking for understanding Kids working hard

It's that time of year when people start to think about planning for September. If you think there's too much content in GCSE Computer Science, you could take a top-down approach (i.e. start with a few big ideas) rather than a bottom-up approach (working through the points in the spec), e.g... 1/4

What would be your top tips for becoming a confident programmer? I'm thinking: 1. Practise, practise, practise! 2. Don't use LLMs, but use, e.g., Stack Overflow, if you're stuck. 3. Get into the habit of looking at things and wondering how they work, or how you could program them. #TeamCompSci

The absolute last thing schools need right now - while dealing with an extremely tight funding settlement and rising poverty - is a radical overhaul of the exam system.

🚀 Excited for Festival of Computing 2025? Meet some of the speakers like Sarah Roberts, Tim Brady, Rebecca Frank, Dr Tracy Gardner & Mark Calleja! — It’s going to be a must-attend event! 📅 2nd July | Bromsgrove School 📌 shorturl.at/5CUUp #TeamCompSci #CraignDave #festivalofcomputing25 #OCR

Old bike? New bike? Rusty hand-me-down? Dream carbon build? At NR we genuinely don’t care what you ride — as long as you’re riding. Because getting you out there — safely, confidently, and smiling — matters more than the spec sheet. Because everyone deserves a ride that feels good.

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Nice blog. FLMOP is like a magic trick for better behaviour, and I like the concreteness of the scenarios and strategies presented here. Check it out, and thank you Mason for writing!

OK #edusky. Off the back of this little conversation. What's the best present you've ever had from a pupil? I'll repeat, mine was when a Y11 baked me a raspberry pie. Would make a great @teachertapp.bsky.social question if it's not already been asked. #teamCompSci

📲⛔️ How many teachers had a student disrupt a lesson with a mobile phone, adjusted for the rules about mobiles in the school. How much difference do the rules make? Here are some @teachertapp.bsky.social findings for you - join in onelink.to/teachertapp

I think I've got something in my eye. Special bunch, this year's Y11. Can't wait to see what they do next. #TeamCompSci

www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/ Why is it not huge news that schools get hit by ransomware? Schools have more data than marks and spencer or coop FYI. Also can we see how ridiculous terms like “spear phishing” are? Just say targeted scam email. All these special cyber words mean nothing.

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Strong 2024 energy about this article #TeamCompSci. Looks like the 'adjustment' to grading from last year didn't work. schoolsweek.co.uk/calls-for-la... #CSed #CASchat

And erm, me..... #edusky #teamCompSci

No. Next question.

I've got my last proper week of lessons with an exceptional group of Y11 coming up. Curious, funny, kind, dedicated and really love the subject. Been teaching 20+ years and never got very sentimental, but I won't half miss them. #edusky #teamcompsci

Students wearing Meta Ray-Ban glasses during an exam. Complete with cameras and directed speakers. That's a first for me... and it won't be the last.

Who are the 1 in 5 ish teachers who only teach 21-35 students? #EduSky Bet the #TeamCompSci lot were at the other end of the scale!

Someone on Threads noticed you can type any random sentence into Google, then add “meaning” afterwards, and you’ll get an AI explanation of a famous idiom or phrase you just made up. Here is mine

If you have time with your students after the exams, then this is a good activity that signposts A level data structures such as trees. #TeamCompSci youtu.be/sDFIBKqQEXg

Very interesting stuff here #teamcompsci