Sue Sentance – Noise https://noise.getoto.net The collective thoughts of the interwebz Tue, 16 Dec 2025 10:08:39 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.2 2025 highlights from the Raspberry Pi Computing Education Research Centre https://noise.getoto.net/2025/12/16/2025-highlights-from-the-raspberry-pi-computing-education-research-centre/ Tue, 16 Dec 2025 10:08:39 +0000 https://www.raspberrypi.org/?p=92068 It’s been over a year since I last wrote an update on this blog about our research and as we’ve just published our 2025 Annual Report, this is an ideal opportunity to share what we’ve been working on at the Raspberry Pi Computing Education Research Centre. We are a research centre based in the Department…

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]]> Gender Balance in Computing — the big picture https://noise.getoto.net/2023/01/05/gender-balance-in-computing-the-big-picture/ Thu, 05 Jan 2023 10:08:08 +0000 https://www.raspberrypi.org/?p=82616 Improving gender balance in computing is part of our work to ensure equitable learning opportunities for all young people. Our Gender Balance in Computing (GBIC) research programme has been the largest effort to date to explore ways to encourage more girls and young women to engage with Computing. Commissioned by the Department for Education in…

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]]> Data ethics for computing education through ballet and biometrics https://noise.getoto.net/2022/10/06/data-ethics-for-computing-education-through-ballet-and-biometrics/ Thu, 06 Oct 2022 10:18:44 +0000 https://www.raspberrypi.org/?p=81512 For our seminar series on cross-disciplinary computing, it was a delight to host Genevieve Smith-Nunes this September. Her research work involving ballet and augmented reality was a perfect fit for our theme. Genevieve has a background in classical ballet and was also a computing teacher for several years before starting Ready Salted Code, an educational…

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]]> Join us at the launch event of the Raspberry Pi Computing Education Research Centre https://noise.getoto.net/2022/06/01/join-us-at-the-launch-event-of-the-raspberry-pi-computing-education-research-centre/ Wed, 01 Jun 2022 08:28:42 +0000 https://www.raspberrypi.org/?p=79822 Last summer, the Raspberry Pi Foundation and the University of Cambridge Department of Computer Science and Technology created a new research centre focusing on computing education research for young people in both formal and non-formal education. The Raspberry Pi Computing Education Research Centre is an exciting venture through which we aim to deliver a step-change…

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]]> A teaspoon of computing in every subject: Broadening participation in computer science https://noise.getoto.net/2022/05/19/a-teaspoon-of-computing-in-every-subject-broadening-participation-in-computer-science/ Thu, 19 May 2022 09:49:09 +0000 https://www.raspberrypi.org/?p=79678 From May to November 2022, our seminars focus on the theme of cross-disciplinary computing. Through this seminar series, we want to explore the intersections and interactions of computing with all aspects of learning and life, and think about how they can help us teach young people. We were delighted to welcome Prof. Mark Guzdial (University…

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]]> AI literacy research: Children and families working together around smart devices https://noise.getoto.net/2022/04/21/ai-literacy-research-children-and-families-working-together-around-smart-devices/ Thu, 21 Apr 2022 10:35:37 +0000 https://www.raspberrypi.org/?p=79248 Between September 2021 and March 2022, we’ve been partnering with The Alan Turing Institute to host a series of free research seminars about how to young people about AI and data science. In the final seminar of the series, we were excited to hear from Stefania Druga from the University of Washington, who presented on…

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]]> Exploring cross-disciplinary computing education in our new seminar series https://noise.getoto.net/2022/04/04/exploring-cross-disciplinary-computing-education-in-our-new-seminar-series/ Mon, 04 Apr 2022 15:32:56 +0000 https://www.raspberrypi.org/?p=78998 We are delighted to launch our next series of free online seminars, this time on the topic of cross-disciplinary computing, running monthly from May to November 2022. As always, our seminars are for all researchers, educators, and anyone else interested in research related to computing education. Crossing disciplinary boundaries What do we mean by cross-disciplinary…

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]]> Bias in the machine: How can we address gender bias in AI? https://noise.getoto.net/2022/03/08/bias-in-the-machine-how-can-we-address-gender-bias-in-ai/ Tue, 08 Mar 2022 09:42:15 +0000 https://www.raspberrypi.org/?p=78629 At the Raspberry Pi Foundation, we’ve been thinking about questions relating to artificial intelligence (AI) education and data science education for several months now, inviting experts to share their perspectives in a series of very well-attended seminars. At the same time, we’ve been running a programme of research trials to find out what interventions in…

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]]> Linking AI education to meaningful projects https://noise.getoto.net/2022/02/17/linking-ai-education-to-meaningful-projects/ Thu, 17 Feb 2022 11:02:34 +0000 https://www.raspberrypi.org/?p=78411 Our seminars in this series on AI and data science education, co-hosted with The Alan Turing Institute, have been covering a range of different topics and perspectives. This month was no exception. We were delighted to be able to host Tara Chklovski, CEO of Technovation, whose presentation was called ‘Teaching youth to use AI to…

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]]> Calling all Computing and ICT teachers in the UK and Ireland: Have your say https://noise.getoto.net/2022/02/07/calling-all-computing-and-ict-teachers-in-the-uk-and-ireland-have-your-say/ Mon, 07 Feb 2022 10:16:43 +0000 https://www.raspberrypi.org/?p=78142 Back in October, I wrote about a report that the Brookings Institution, a US think tank, had published about the provision of computer science in schools around the world. Brookings conducted a huge amount of research on computer science curricula in a range of countries, and the report gives a very varied picture. However, we…

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]]> The Roots project: Implementing culturally responsive computing teaching in schools in England https://noise.getoto.net/2022/01/27/the-roots-project-implementing-culturally-responsive-computing-teaching-in-schools-in-england/ Thu, 27 Jan 2022 09:52:09 +0000 https://www.raspberrypi.org/?p=78080 Since last year, we have been investigating culturally relevant pedagogy and culturally responsive teaching in computing education. This is an important part of our research to understand how to make computing accessible to all young people. We are now continuing our work in this area with a new project called Roots, bridging our research team…

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]]> The AI4K12 project: Big ideas for AI education https://noise.getoto.net/2022/01/20/the-ai4k12-project-big-ideas-for-ai-education/ Thu, 20 Jan 2022 10:48:51 +0000 https://www.raspberrypi.org/?p=77961 What is AI thinking? What concepts should we introduce to young people related to AI, including machine learning (ML), and data science? Should we teach with a glass-box or an opaque-box approach? These are the questions we’ve been grappling with since we started our online research seminar series on AI education at the Raspberry Pi…

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]]> How do we develop AI education in schools? A panel discussion https://noise.getoto.net/2021/11/30/how-do-we-develop-ai-education-in-schools-a-panel-discussion/ Tue, 30 Nov 2021 14:11:05 +0000 https://www.raspberrypi.org/?p=77394 AI is a broad and rapidly developing field of technology. Our goal is to make sure all young people have the skills, knowledge, and confidence to use and create AI systems. So what should AI education in schools look like? To hear a range of insights into this, we organised a panel discussion as part…

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]]> Computer science education is a global challenge https://noise.getoto.net/2021/10/27/computer-science-education-is-a-global-challenge/ Wed, 27 Oct 2021 11:49:24 +0000 https://www.raspberrypi.org/?p=76804 For the last two years, I’ve been one of the advisors to the Center for Universal Education at the Brookings Institution, a US-based think tank, on their project to survey formal computing education systems across the world. The resulting education policy report, Building skills for life: How to expand and improve computer science education around…

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]]> Should we teach AI and ML differently to other areas of computer science? A challenge https://noise.getoto.net/2021/10/14/should-we-teach-ai-and-ml-differently-to-other-areas-of-computer-science-a-challenge/ Thu, 14 Oct 2021 11:13:51 +0000 https://www.raspberrypi.org/?p=76460 Between September 2021 and March 2022, we’re partnering with The Alan Turing Institute to host a series of free research seminars about how to teach AI and data science to young people. In the second seminar of the series, we were excited to hear from Professor Carsten Schulte, Yannik Fleischer, and Lukas Höper from the…

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]]> What’s a kangaroo?! AI ethics lessons for and from the younger generation https://noise.getoto.net/2021/09/20/whats-a-kangaroo-ai-ethics-lessons-for-and-from-the-younger-generation/ Mon, 20 Sep 2021 10:01:21 +0000 https://www.raspberrypi.org/?p=74641 Between September 2021 and March 2022, we’re partnering with The Alan Turing Institute to host speakers from the UK, Finland, Germany, and the USA presenting a series of free research seminars about AI and data science education for young people. These rapidly developing technologies have a huge and growing impact on our lives, so it’s…

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]]> Delivering a culturally relevant computing curriculum: new guide for teachers https://noise.getoto.net/2021/08/05/delivering-a-culturally-relevant-computing-curriculum-new-guide-for-teachers/ Thu, 05 Aug 2021 10:02:38 +0000 https://www.raspberrypi.org/?p=73527 In computing education, designing equitable and authentic learning experiences requires a conscious effort to take into account the characteristics of all learners and their social environments. Doing this allows teachers to address topics that are relevant to a diverse range of learners. To support computing and computer science teachers with this work, we’re now sharing…

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]]> Educating young people in AI, machine learning, and data science: new seminar series https://noise.getoto.net/2021/07/29/educating-young-people-in-ai-machine-learning-and-data-science-new-seminar-series/ Thu, 29 Jul 2021 08:58:30 +0000 https://www.raspberrypi.org/?p=73150 A recent Forbes article reported that over the last four years, the use of artificial intelligence (AI) tools in many business sectors has grown by 270%. AI has a history dating back to Alan Turing’s work in the 1940s, and we can define AI as the ability of a digital computer or computer-controlled robot to…

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]]> The digital divide: interactions between socioeconomic disadvantage and computing education https://noise.getoto.net/2021/06/22/the-digital-divide-interactions-between-socioeconomic-disadvantage-and-computing-education/ Tue, 22 Jun 2021 08:27:13 +0000 https://www.raspberrypi.org/?p=71763 Digital technology is developing at pace, impacting us all. Most of us use screens and all kinds of computers much more than we did five years ago. The total number of apps downloaded globally each quarter has doubled since 2015, reflecting both increased smartphone penetration and the increasingly prominent role of apps in our lives.…

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]]> What does equity-focused teaching mean in computer science education? https://noise.getoto.net/2021/02/09/what-does-equity-focused-teaching-mean-in-computer-science-education/ Tue, 09 Feb 2021 14:44:45 +0000 https://www.raspberrypi.org/?p=67990 Today, I discuss the second research seminar in our series of six free online research seminars focused on diversity and inclusion in computing education, where we host researchers from the UK and USA together with the Royal Academy of Engineering. By diversity, we mean any dimension that can be used to differentiate groups and people…

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