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Ian S

@csteach.uk.bsky.social

Principal Teacher of Computing | Ex-Google for Education Champion | #VIA20 | #EdTech50 | #Edpuzzle Trainer | Views my own, posts ephemeral

1,010 Followers  |  561 Following  |  54 Posts  |  Joined: 09.08.2024  |  1.9838

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Weeknote 29+30/2025: 1460 Weeks Later Finite time, generational cycles and the tension between living in the moment and planning for the future

Caffeine Tangent - Weeknote 29+30/2025: 1460 Weeks Later open.substack.com/pub/csteach/...

Finite time, generational cycles and the tension between living in the moment and planning for the future

01.08.2025 06:40 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Weeknote 27+28/2025: Small Wins, Big Summer From pickleball courts to kitchen experiments

Caffeine Tangent - Weeknote 27+28/2025: Small Wins, Big Summer open.substack.com/pub/csteach/...

25.07.2025 09:47 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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An edited clip of my β€˜Paper Cup Fish’ project, the latest of my making ideas. The full clip is on my YouTube channel and will be on the website β€˜news’ link later. Just search for my name, you’ll find me, I’m the only one. 😁
www.darrellwakelam.com #edusky

20.07.2025 08:42 β€” πŸ‘ 80    πŸ” 13    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 3
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One week until our free online workshop for teachers hosted by the British Council! All are welcome 😊 Sign up here πŸ‘‰ forms.office.com/pages/respon... @microbit.org #teamcompsci

20.07.2025 09:43 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

About time! Happy hols to educators in England and Wales #teamCompSci

20.07.2025 10:12 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Wow that is fantastic! How did he learn to do this?

17.07.2025 19:32 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

And blender

17.07.2025 13:15 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

I think that not only should you be asked before your work is used, there should be a record of what was used and when it was added to the LLM

16.07.2025 17:11 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Caffeine Tangent - Weeknote 25+26/2025: My Travelling Companions on the Road to Character open.substack.com/pub/csteach/...

15.07.2025 14:38 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Four arrested in connection with M&S and Co-op cyber attacks Three men and one woman - aged between 17 and 20 - have been arrested in London and the Midlands.

Ooh! According to my lesson on cybercrime (based on information from the police), the average investigation takes two years, and the average age of people arrested is 17, so this has been quick, but the suspects are old! #TeamCompSci
www.bbc.com/news/article...

10.07.2025 12:58 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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#montrose earlier today. Enjoyed the museum and could have spent a fortune in Mo Fidelity record shop!

07.07.2025 14:43 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Django Girls PyCon UK 2025 on 20th September 2025 Django Girls is a one-day workshop about programming in Python and Django aimed at women.

πŸ‘€βœ¨ Something exciting is comingβ€¦πŸ‘€βœ¨
Applications for the #DjangoGirls Workshop open Monday 16th June!
πŸ’» Never coded before? Perfect. This FREE workshop is your chance to dive into #Python, meet amazing people & build something awesome!
πŸ“Manchester, UK | πŸ”— buff.ly/lkezkG5
#PyConUK2025 #WomenInTech

12.06.2025 08:41 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Caffeine Tangent - Weeknote 24/2025: Adventures in educational ecosystem building open.substack.com/pub/csteach/...

28.06.2025 08:52 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Glastonbury: the time of year many are reminded Biffy Clyro are immense live

27.06.2025 20:58 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Perfect!

27.06.2025 18:08 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Would splitting the binary into two substrings help?

27.06.2025 14:29 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Happy summer holiday! (Or save that for when it comes)

26.06.2025 18:33 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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🚨 Just ONE WEEK to go! The Festival of Computing is nearly here πŸŽ‰

Tickets are flying β€” some CPD sessions are already full!

πŸ—“οΈ 2nd July - Bromsgrove School

🎟️ Get yours now: shorturl.at/2sVQT

#FestivalOfComputing25 #CraignDave #CSEd #TeamCompSci @ocrexams.bsky.social

25.06.2025 10:45 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Caffeine Tangent - Weeknote 23/2025: A lesson in trust I'll never forget open.substack.com/pub/csteach/...

16.06.2025 13:57 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

He did and came along to a Computing Science Education Networking event I hosted on Tuesday. Had a great chat with him! He is into his final year of BSc after summer.

12.06.2025 06:21 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
A notebook, pen and cup of peppermint tea on a small table

A notebook, pen and cup of peppermint tea on a small table

#5oclockclub not usual for me but up early to reflect on the #CSEN networking meeting last night and set up classwork for later. Happy Wednesday everyone!

11.06.2025 04:42 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Met a former student of yours tonight @mracolley.bsky.social - Ilya says hi!

10.06.2025 21:34 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

This is a fantastic read, I didn’t know _any_ of this existed.

08.06.2025 14:21 β€” πŸ‘ 40    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 0
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Caffeine Tangent - Weeknote 22/2025: The value of spontaneity open.substack.com/pub/csteach/...

07.06.2025 14:03 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Scammers stole Β£47m from HMRC in phishing attack The tax authority said it is writing to those affected to confirm they haven't lost any money and they don't need to do anything

Scammers stole Β£47m from the online accounts of 100,000 people after posing as taxpayers, HMRC has revealed.

The tax authority said those affected haven't lost any money, and they don't need to do anything.

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

05.06.2025 07:25 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Absolutely love this resource, thank you for making it @advanced-ict.info ❀️

01.06.2025 09:09 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Caffeine Tangent - Weeknote 21/2025: open.substack.com/pub/csteach/...

31.05.2025 07:55 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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a man in a red suit and tie says around 9 in a room ALT: a man in a red suit and tie says around 9 in a room

Gutted at the question I got wrong too! Have a great weekend!

30.05.2025 06:29 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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v0 by Vercel Chat with v0. Generate UI with simple text prompts. Copy, paste, ship.

Used v0.dev to help me make a game I designed when I was at primary school csteachian.github.io/tileflip/

29.05.2025 08:51 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Vast cave world discovered in Forest of Dean A team of cavers has unearthed a massive cave system beneath a sheep field near English Bicknor in the Forest of Dean, stretching over 10km.

Huge cave system discovered under the Forest of Dean www.theforester.co.uk/news/cave-sy...

25.05.2025 07:36 β€” πŸ‘ 155    πŸ” 49    πŸ’¬ 5    πŸ“Œ 21

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