Oliver Quinlan – Noise https://noise.getoto.net The collective thoughts of the interwebz Tue, 03 Aug 2021 10:00:32 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.2 Exploring how culture and computing intersect https://noise.getoto.net/2021/08/03/exploring-how-culture-and-computing-intersect/ Tue, 03 Aug 2021 10:00:32 +0000 https://www.raspberrypi.org/?p=73385 It can be easy to think of science, technology, engineering, and maths (STEM) as fields that develop in a linear way, always progressing towards ever better solutions and approaches. Of course, alternative solutions are posed to all sorts of problems, but in western culture, those solutions that did not take hold are sometimes seen as…

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]]> PRIMM: encouraging talk in programming lessons https://noise.getoto.net/2020/11/13/primm-encouraging-talk-in-programming-lessons/ Fri, 13 Nov 2020 10:15:00 +0000 https://www.raspberrypi.org/?p=65416 Whenever you learn a new subject or skill, at some point you need to pick up the particular language that goes with that domain. And the only way to really feel comfortable with this language is to practice using it. It’s exactly the same when learning programming. In our latest research seminar, we focused on…

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]]> Embedding computational thinking skills in our learning resources https://noise.getoto.net/2020/09/23/embedding-computational-thinking-skills-in-our-learning-resources/ Wed, 23 Sep 2020 09:30:00 +0000 https://www.raspberrypi.org/?p=63554 Learning computing is fun, creative, and exploratory. It also involves understanding some powerful ideas about how computers work and gaining key skills for solving problems using computers. These ideas and skills are collected under the umbrella term ‘computational thinking’. When we create our online learning projects for young people, we think as much about how…

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