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Matt Wimpenny-Smith

@mwimpennys.bsky.social

Senior Lecturer, ITE and Computing At Oxford Brookes University, CAS Master Teacher, BCS Cert Computing Teacher, Computing Hub Lead, RPi Cert Edu, formerly AHT, #FCCT, #FHEA #QTS

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The Big Computing Leadership Conference 2026 (now 2027!) News flash: We are very sorry to tell you that the Big Computing Leadership Conference cannot go ahead on the planned date of the 13th January 2026 due to unforeseen issues with the venue space at …

The Big Computing Leadership Conference will be delayed until 2027 due to unforeseen circumstances with host venue, please book on again for free; new date of 12th Jan 2027.
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@mwimpennys.bsky.social @httcs.online @tigwilliams.bsky.social @eduthingltd.bsky.social

11.12.2025 11:50 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
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The Big Computing Leadership Conference 2026 (now 2027!) News flash: We are very sorry to tell you that the Big Computing Leadership Conference cannot go ahead on the planned date of the 13th January 2026 due to unforeseen issues with the venue space at …

The Big Computing Leadership Conference will be delayed until 2027 due to unforeseen circumstances with our host venue, please book on again for free, for the new date!

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#computing #primaryeducation #primarycomputing #leadership #education #computingleadership

12.12.2025 05:58 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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The Big Computing Leadership Conference 2026! I am delighted to announce that tickets for the 3rd annual Big Computing Leadership Conference are available for booking! Tuesday 13th January 2026 – Oxford Brookes University – Free en…

Tickets are now available (and free)!! Book your place now on the Big Computing Leadership Conference 2026! Tuesday 13th Jan in Oxford Brookes Uni:
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Spread the word... #BCLC26 @tigwilliams.bsky.social @httcs.online @eduthingltd.bsky.social @mwimpennys.bsky.social

06.11.2025 08:41 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

#AI #Education #DfE #Guidance

18.08.2025 05:16 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Generative artificial intelligence (AI) in education

DfE & Ofsted have updated guidance on AI in education
DfE: Training modules on safe/effective AI use & policy stressing professional judgement, safeguarding, data & IP.
Ofsted: Won’t inspect AI tools, but will look schools use impact on learners.
Early adopters: The biggest risk is doing nothing.

18.08.2025 05:14 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
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Great to be at the Festival of Computing today in Bromsgrove School #Computing #FestivalOfComputing25

02.07.2025 09:51 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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CrowPi 3: Al Learning and Development Station All-in-One Learning Tool | AI Tech Integration | Multi-SBC Support | Rich Learning Resources | Raspberry Pi 5 Cyberdeck

Check out CrowPi 3: Al Learning and Development Station by Elecrow on @kickstarter.com www.kickstarter.com/projects/ele...

06.06.2025 21:00 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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CrowPi Official Store | Raspberry Pi Laptop, Raspberry Pi Kit The CrowPi series are Raspberry Pi based laptop catered to students, experimenters, Maker, Raspberry Pi fans. CrowPi intended to be used in STEM learning environments and rapid prototyping of Raspberr...

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Check out the CrowPI. Looks really good for teaching physical computing #TeamCompSci #CSed #STEM #STEAM #CompSci #Edtech

06.06.2025 20:44 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

#TeamCompSci

27.05.2025 17:55 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
2025 TPEA Conference – TPEA

The TPEA conference is coming up soon! Unfortunately I can’t make this year, but it should be a great couple of days. #Edtech #Education #Conference #Computing #CSEd #Research

tpea.ac.uk/2025conferen...

27.05.2025 17:54 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1

Explore the AI Literacy Frameworkβ€”helping learners understand, use & create with AI ethically.
#AI #EdTech #AILiteracy #DigitalSkills

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23.05.2025 13:38 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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My son's homework last week was to create a Andy Warhol picture of some homeware. He created this on Apple Keynote with the iPad and the Apple Pencil. #ApplePencil #DigitalArt

23.05.2025 12:56 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Just arrived today! In my Kindle App
One Pagers Volume 2 to with my Volume 1
These are so useful for out #ITE #PGCE students for their professional studies sessions.

Fantastic work by Jamie once again! Thanks πŸ™Œ @xpateducator.bsky.social

23.05.2025 12:51 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Super pleased to see that one of our BA Primary Teacher Education Trainnee Students has choosen to do their assignment poster for my module on foundation subjects about #Computing based on my seminars with them. #ITE #ITT #Primary #Education #DigitalLitracy

23.05.2025 12:44 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Thanks so much for visiting, and teaching us Crumble!

23.04.2025 19:09 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Had a great day with @milesberry.net running a physical #computing workshop with his cohort of #PGCE computing students @uni-roehampton.bsky.social #TeamCompSci #ITE #ITT

23.04.2025 19:05 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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In Action. Very proud of this series… Congratulations to @neilgilbride.bsky.social - welcome to the gang! @johncattedu.bsky.social

18.02.2025 12:15 β€” πŸ‘ 30    πŸ” 6    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
https://newsletter.jamieleeclark.com/p/poor-proxies-for-learning

⚠️ POOR PROXIES FOR LEARNING! Just because students are busy, engaged, or writing doesn’t mean they’re learning. Learning happens when students have to think hard! In this issue, I explore proxies for learning highlighted by @profcoe.bsky.social and what to do instead.

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17.04.2025 23:54 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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πŸ«€ CHECKING FOR UNDERSTANDING! This new guide dives into the heartbeat of responsive teaching. CFU is crucial for making the invisible visible and capturing data needed to adapt teaching in real time.

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29.03.2025 09:02 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
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πŸ“§ FREE NEWSLETTER! Subscribe to βš—οΈDistillED and refer colleagues to get three unreleased A3 guides: Building Motivation, Adaptive Teaching, and Clear Explanations!

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18.04.2025 01:32 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

#TeamCompSci

11.04.2025 15:55 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Great to have the latest edition of HelloWorld magazine @raspberrypiorg.bsky.social the Teacher Symposium on Teaching AI was a fantastic day! Thanks again @janewaite.bsky.social for bringing us all together. #teamcompsci #HelloWorld #EduSky #AIEdu #Computing

11.04.2025 15:53 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1

Had a great chat today with @janewaite.bsky.social all about data-driven systems, data and information, and how we might teach this to our trainee teachers and ultimately children.

03.04.2025 21:23 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Computing education research seminars We host regular free online seminars about current computing education research topics. The seminars are your your opportunity to hear about the latest news in the field directly from researchers arou...

8th April Online seminar on teaching data science in school David Weintrop and team. raspberrypi.org/research/sem...
17:00 GMT / 12:00 ET / 9:00 PT / 18:00 CET @raspberrypiorg.bsky.social @csedresearch.bsky.social
@theaieducator.io
@nctm.org @ncetm.bsky.social @computingatschool.bsky.social

03.04.2025 16:35 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
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NEW PODCAST EPISODE!
Rebecca Franks and I talk about Flip Computing, Quality First Teaching and Flock XR, Flip Computing's new, free, 3D creation tool that bridges the gap between Scratch and Blender. Also I wait while you donate to keep the podcast alive. bit.ly/4cettjo
#TeamCompSci #caschat

03.04.2025 18:57 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Very interesting stuff here #teamcompsci

01.04.2025 20:55 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Curious changes to GCSE Computer Science from the DfE. #TeamCompSci
- if there are no topologies why do you still need to know about switches?
- doesn't discussion of magnetic/optical/solid-state get students to think about the the whole two-state representation thing, and why computers use binary?

01.04.2025 08:37 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Had a great day with our BA Y2 traineesβ€”exploring digital literacy, then getting hands-on with Scratch, coding quiz games using selection (if, then, else). Lots of lightbulb moments πŸ’‘

Also… very happy that my Scratch coffee cup finally arrived! πŸ§‘πŸ±β˜• #ComputingEd #Scratch #ITT #TeamCompSci

31.03.2025 19:21 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

It seems like Mark Gudzial's article has been sparking a lot of discussion about sense of belonging versus personal relevance in #CSed, but I still don't understand why one would need to replace the other.

#TeamCompSci

24.03.2025 20:18 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

btw, the app I'm building is a really simple writing game, meant to help teach how LLMs work. I'm sure you've played something like it before. I hope it'll get the teaching gears turning. Curious? DM and i'll share in return for feedback. πŸ€“πŸ«Ά #aiedu #csk8 #teamCompSci

25.03.2025 20:59 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0