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There are many competitions and clubs available to schools and young people. I thought I’d collate a list about the ones I know about so you can plan it into your […]

YoYo Games launched the GameMaker STEM Challenge Scotland for high school students (S1-S4)   YoYo Games is offering high school students across Scotland the chance to win some incredible prizes […]

BBC Bitesize is looking to commission writers to produce online revision content for the new Higher Computing Science. Writers will be required to produce content which covers key elements of […]

My slides from the Education Scotland event on May 29th in Edinburgh.  You can find out more about installing EasyPHP on local authority networks by reading this post on the […]

As part of the ongoing support for senior phase qualifications Education Scotland has organised a conference to support practitioners who are delivering the new Higher Computing Science course.  This will […]

Nesta are running a one day digital creativity CPD event for primary school teachers. Find out more about digital activities you can introduce into your own classroom. Choose from four […]

The Kodu Kup is open to anyone from a Scottish school aged between seven and fourteen. Children must be entered as a team of three, forming a mini “game studio”. […]

This week is the UK Hour of Code.  The resources on the Hour of Code website, if you haven’t already seen them, are pretty good.     Behind the Screen […]

The RSE have today published a fourth set of materials for Computing Science, developed by Jeremy Scott who has been on part-time secondment there. This resource has been developed by […]

BBC Scotland is looking to commission writers to produce revision materials to cover Computing Science at National 4 and National 5. While to an extent this will involve generating material […]