In defence of lesson observations (sort of)
Tonight Ofsted hosted #sltchat on Twitter. This was a pretty huge thing in my view and I really hope it marks the beginning of a more human Ofsted. Time will tell I guess. A great deal of the conversation though tonight was on the subject of lesson observations and... read moreMSGridView – A grid of grids UITableView equivalent
I had a project recently where I needed to create a horizontally scrolling paged grid of grids. The app started as a single 3 x 3 grid so I did the obvious and created a UIView with sub views. This evolved into each subview being a UIButton subclass that took a number... read moreDear McDonalds UK – you are losing nearly £3m a year in the UK by not selling gluten free buns
Dear McDonalds UK, I, like millions of other people in the UK and globally cannot eat gluten. This isn’t a choice. It isn’t that I want to eat a healthy diet – I want to not be ill; which is what gluten makes me be. As I am sure you are aware the... read moreHow to innovate
I go to quite a few networking events; dinners, talks, conferences and the like. I go to them because I almost always learn something and because I almost always meet someone interesting. A favourite of mine is 9others, which limits the number of attendees to 10 and... read moreZammer wins the Facebook / Gates Foundation Hack Ed 2.0 Hackathon
Facebook are famous for their hacking culture and employees frequently participate in internal hackathons to try out new ideas and generally build something cool that will impress their peers. Reportedly as many as 70% of hackathon projects ship and notable Facebook... read moreThe lean startup, the Hacker’s Way and the evolution of Necrotising Facebookiitis
“Doing a startup” isn’t easy. Reading tech blogs makes it looks easy. People with obscure ideas seem to raise inordinate amounts of funding with no actual product. Look at Color for pity’s sake... read moreView My Full Blog
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I am a primary teacher (maths specialist) & I am Chair of Governors at a Primary School. I have been involved with the Computing at School since 2012 and hold the BCS Certificate in Primary Computing Teaching.
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I have a PhD in NMR (medicine with quantum mechanics) as well as a degree in biochemistry (Publications). I can program in JavaScript, Objective C & Swift with bits of others. I am also trying to get computer science into primary schools and later.
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