Sway Grantham – Noise https://noise.getoto.net The collective thoughts of the interwebz Thu, 20 Mar 2025 15:09:25 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.2 Three ways to help students learn about the impact of technology https://noise.getoto.net/2025/03/20/three-ways-to-help-students-learn-about-the-impact-of-technology/ Thu, 20 Mar 2025 15:09:25 +0000 https://www.raspberrypi.org/?p=89638 As adults, it’s easy for us to see the impact technology has had on society and on our lives. Yet when I tell pupils that, within my lifetime, it wasn’t always illegal to hold your mobile phone to your ear and have a call while driving, they are horrified. They are living in the now…

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]]> AI isn’t just robots: How to talk to young children about AI https://noise.getoto.net/2023/12/12/ai-isnt-just-robots-how-to-talk-to-young-children-about-ai/ Tue, 12 Dec 2023 10:38:46 +0000 https://www.raspberrypi.org/?p=85852 Young children have a unique perspective on the world they live in. They often seem oblivious to what’s going on around them, but then they will ask a question that makes you realise they did get some insight from a news story or a conversation they overheard. This happened to me with a class of…

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]]> Evolving our online courses to help more people be computing educators https://noise.getoto.net/2023/11/21/evolving-our-online-courses-to-help-more-people-be-computing-educators/ Tue, 21 Nov 2023 11:04:30 +0000 https://www.raspberrypi.org/?p=85611 Since launching our free online courses about computing on the edX platform back in August, we’ve been training course facilitators and analysing the needs of educators around the world. We want every course participant to have a great experience learning with us — read on to find out what we’re doing right now and into…

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]]> Preparing young children for a digital world | Hello World #21 https://noise.getoto.net/2023/05/23/preparing-young-children-for-a-digital-world-hello-world-21/ Tue, 23 May 2023 09:09:26 +0000 https://www.raspberrypi.org/?p=83940 How do we teach our youngest learners digital and computing skills? Hello World‘s issue 21 will focus on this question and all things primary school computing education. We’re excited to share this new issue with you on Tuesday 30 May. Today we’re giving you a taste by sharing an article from it, written by our…

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]]> Teach your learners with The Computing Curriculum https://noise.getoto.net/2023/02/14/teach-your-learners-with-the-computing-curriculum/ Tue, 14 Feb 2023 11:07:40 +0000 https://www.raspberrypi.org/?p=83095 Computing combines a very broad mixture of concepts and skills. We work to support any school to teach students about the whole of computing and how to create with digital technologies. A key part of this support is The Computing Curriculum. The Computing Curriculum: Free and comprehensive The Computing Curriculum is our complete bank of…

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]]> Computing curriculum fundamentals | Hello World #20 https://noise.getoto.net/2023/01/30/computing-curriculum-fundamentals-hello-world-20/ Mon, 30 Jan 2023 10:02:53 +0000 https://www.raspberrypi.org/?p=82866 Why are computing systems at the heart of our computing curriculum design? Senior Learning Manager Sway Grantham from the Foundation team explains in her article from the brand-new issue of Hello World, our free magazine for computing educators, out today. Whether you plan lessons on a Computing topic, develop curriculum content, or even write curriculum…

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