Andy Colley
@mracolley.bsky.social
11-18 Computer Science teacher |
Director of Computing | CAS master teacher | NPQLT | Lead practitioner - T&L | LearningDust podcast host | Parkrunner, bass player, cyclist #TeamCompSci #CASchat #EduSky
Director of Computing | CAS master teacher | NPQLT | Lead practitioner - T&L | LearningDust podcast host | Parkrunner, bass player, cyclist #TeamCompSci #CASchat #EduSky
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'Seeing black and Asian people drives me mad.'
'Legitimate concerns.'
Absolutely fuck all of these clowns and the cretins who are unable to push back on them.
'Legitimate concerns.'
Absolutely fuck all of these clowns and the cretins who are unable to push back on them.
Conservative Shadow Home Secretary Chris Philp repeatedly refusing to say that he thinks Reform MP Sarah Pochin saying she doesn't like seeing black people on TV was racist.
Says he wouldn't use her "language" but it's right for her to express "legitimate concerns" about migration
Says he wouldn't use her "language" but it's right for her to express "legitimate concerns" about migration
October 26, 2025 at 11:22 AM
'Seeing black and Asian people drives me mad.'
'Legitimate concerns.'
Absolutely fuck all of these clowns and the cretins who are unable to push back on them.
'Legitimate concerns.'
Absolutely fuck all of these clowns and the cretins who are unable to push back on them.
October 24, 2025 at 8:57 AM
#TeamCompSci royalty kicking off #CASConf2025
Top organisation & coffee from
Johnny Palmer
Becci Pearce
Fran Round and loads more
Top organisation & coffee from
Johnny Palmer
Becci Pearce
Fran Round and loads more
October 24, 2025 at 8:39 AM
#TeamCompSci royalty kicking off #CASConf2025
Top organisation & coffee from
Johnny Palmer
Becci Pearce
Fran Round and loads more
Top organisation & coffee from
Johnny Palmer
Becci Pearce
Fran Round and loads more
Where do students learn about "break"? I don't teach anything too Pythonic, such as list comprehension, but I'm OK if students use it. There's only one time to use "break", however - never! If you need "break" then you're using the wrong type of loop. #TeamCompSci
October 14, 2025 at 9:07 PM
Huge shout out for @lessonhacker.bsky.social's Knowledge Bytes series on the @craigndave.bsky.social YouTube channel. Great for helping with those tricky technical questions from the kid who builds their own PC! Entertaining and informative too! youtube.com/playlist?lis... #CASchat #TeamCompSci
Knowledge Bytes - YouTube
Shorts for students and teachers who want to go beyond the content of exam board specifications and learn a little more about computing from Dave #2 (not og ...
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October 1, 2025 at 7:02 AM
Huge shout out for @lessonhacker.bsky.social's Knowledge Bytes series on the @craigndave.bsky.social YouTube channel. Great for helping with those tricky technical questions from the kid who builds their own PC! Entertaining and informative too! youtube.com/playlist?lis... #CASchat #TeamCompSci
Does this include all the temporary ones for students who have forgotten theirs?
I use a password manager, which helps with my various accounts.
#CASchat #TeamCompSci
@teachertapp.bsky.social
I use a password manager, which helps with my various accounts.
#CASchat #TeamCompSci
@teachertapp.bsky.social
September 11, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Does this include all the temporary ones for students who have forgotten theirs?
I use a password manager, which helps with my various accounts.
#CASchat #TeamCompSci
@teachertapp.bsky.social
I use a password manager, which helps with my various accounts.
#CASchat #TeamCompSci
@teachertapp.bsky.social
September 8, 2025 at 6:09 AM
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Has a technologist ever had a correct opinion about education?
Technologist Victor Riparbelli sees a future where students interact with AI avatars rather than read and write. We ask teachers and kids what they think and how they're using AI right now.
Will AI avatars eventually teach our kids?
Technologist Victor Riparbelli sees a future where students interact with AI avatars rather than read and write. We ask teachers and kids what they think and how they're using AI right now.
n.pr
September 7, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Has a technologist ever had a correct opinion about education?
@101computing.bsky.social is consistently a source of great ideas, resources and activities.
If you've not followed them or visited the site then you really, really should.
##TeamCompSci #CASchat #CSed
If you've not followed them or visited the site then you really, really should.
##TeamCompSci #CASchat #CSed
Apply the Luhn Algorithm to decide if a credit card number is valid or not. Write a Python script to validate any credit card number using this algorithm. - Find out more on: https://www.101computing.net/is-my-credit-card-valid/
August 31, 2025 at 2:34 PM
@101computing.bsky.social is consistently a source of great ideas, resources and activities.
If you've not followed them or visited the site then you really, really should.
##TeamCompSci #CASchat #CSed
If you've not followed them or visited the site then you really, really should.
##TeamCompSci #CASchat #CSed
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Apply the Luhn Algorithm to decide if a credit card number is valid or not. Write a Python script to validate any credit card number using this algorithm. - Find out more on: https://www.101computing.net/is-my-credit-card-valid/
August 31, 2025 at 9:40 AM
Apply the Luhn Algorithm to decide if a credit card number is valid or not. Write a Python script to validate any credit card number using this algorithm. - Find out more on: https://www.101computing.net/is-my-credit-card-valid/
The curse of the teacher. Spending your holidays visiting places, reading books, watching news etc with at least half an eye on turning them into lesson plans.
Just wish I got fewer potential cyber security breach examples from the news.
#EduSky #TeamCompSci #CSed #CASchat
Just wish I got fewer potential cyber security breach examples from the news.
#EduSky #TeamCompSci #CSed #CASchat
We went to the Museum of Carpet in Kidderminster today - I think you could use it for a computing lesson on control, stored programs and representation of images. It's free in August if you want a last-minute summer outing. #TeamCompSci
August 28, 2025 at 7:09 PM
The curse of the teacher. Spending your holidays visiting places, reading books, watching news etc with at least half an eye on turning them into lesson plans.
Just wish I got fewer potential cyber security breach examples from the news.
#EduSky #TeamCompSci #CSed #CASchat
Just wish I got fewer potential cyber security breach examples from the news.
#EduSky #TeamCompSci #CSed #CASchat
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Almost four years out from an election & paying *the actual fucking Taliban* to torture & murder people who risked their lives to escape them is getting the full ‘both sides’ treatment in Brexit Britain.
August 27, 2025 at 10:28 AM
Almost four years out from an election & paying *the actual fucking Taliban* to torture & murder people who risked their lives to escape them is getting the full ‘both sides’ treatment in Brexit Britain.
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BREAKING NEWS - coming soon, Python courses in VSCode for Education. I'm delighted to be able to reveal what I've been up to on behalf of @aqaeducation.bsky.social. Join me on 23 Sep at the @computingatschool.bsky.social event:
www.computingatschool.org.uk/events/2025/... #TeamCompSci
www.computingatschool.org.uk/events/2025/... #TeamCompSci
Coding Made Easy: AQA’s Python on VS Code Resources
www.computingatschool.org.uk
August 22, 2025 at 2:54 PM
BREAKING NEWS - coming soon, Python courses in VSCode for Education. I'm delighted to be able to reveal what I've been up to on behalf of @aqaeducation.bsky.social. Join me on 23 Sep at the @computingatschool.bsky.social event:
www.computingatschool.org.uk/events/2025/... #TeamCompSci
www.computingatschool.org.uk/events/2025/... #TeamCompSci
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It’s amazing how no one ever points out the reason we can’t return asylum seekers to France (or the EU) is because of Brexit.
The same folks who said we could take back control, are the same folks who didn’t mention this particular consequence of such actions.
Funny that.
The same folks who said we could take back control, are the same folks who didn’t mention this particular consequence of such actions.
Funny that.
August 22, 2025 at 7:13 AM
It’s amazing how no one ever points out the reason we can’t return asylum seekers to France (or the EU) is because of Brexit.
The same folks who said we could take back control, are the same folks who didn’t mention this particular consequence of such actions.
Funny that.
The same folks who said we could take back control, are the same folks who didn’t mention this particular consequence of such actions.
Funny that.
Good luck to all the GCSE students picking up results tomorrow (especially my superb bunch of y11s). And to all the #TeamCompSci #CASchat folk who worked so hard to help them get there. #edusky
August 20, 2025 at 7:57 PM
Good luck to all the GCSE students picking up results tomorrow (especially my superb bunch of y11s). And to all the #TeamCompSci #CASchat folk who worked so hard to help them get there. #edusky
This is a top class resource - introduces some very complex programming constructs in a really accessible way.
#TeamCompSci #CASchat #CSed
#TeamCompSci #CASchat #CSed
Be the captain of your own pirate ship and sail the seven seas to find the 32 lost treasures of pirate island. - Find out more on: https://www.101computing.net/the-lost-treasures-of-pirate-island/
August 12, 2025 at 5:32 PM
This is a top class resource - introduces some very complex programming constructs in a really accessible way.
#TeamCompSci #CASchat #CSed
#TeamCompSci #CASchat #CSed
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"Most of the promotion of A.I. in schools boils down to: Well, it’s happening, and so students need to know.
But there’s nothing attaching it to learning outcomes. There’s nothing assessing its risk to privacy, to data, to the mental and emotional and cognitive development of students."
But there’s nothing attaching it to learning outcomes. There’s nothing assessing its risk to privacy, to data, to the mental and emotional and cognitive development of students."
August 12, 2025 at 12:23 PM
"Most of the promotion of A.I. in schools boils down to: Well, it’s happening, and so students need to know.
But there’s nothing attaching it to learning outcomes. There’s nothing assessing its risk to privacy, to data, to the mental and emotional and cognitive development of students."
But there’s nothing attaching it to learning outcomes. There’s nothing assessing its risk to privacy, to data, to the mental and emotional and cognitive development of students."
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Seeing more posts like this (and I don’t mean to single out Andrea!)
After enthusiasm thanks to rapid progress —> a few months of increasing pain —> giving up
Turns out having a tool that generates code doesn’t remove the need to know how to program to build complex software…
After enthusiasm thanks to rapid progress —> a few months of increasing pain —> giving up
Turns out having a tool that generates code doesn’t remove the need to know how to program to build complex software…
August 11, 2025 at 8:25 PM
Seeing more posts like this (and I don’t mean to single out Andrea!)
After enthusiasm thanks to rapid progress —> a few months of increasing pain —> giving up
Turns out having a tool that generates code doesn’t remove the need to know how to program to build complex software…
After enthusiasm thanks to rapid progress —> a few months of increasing pain —> giving up
Turns out having a tool that generates code doesn’t remove the need to know how to program to build complex software…
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The mathematician John Venn was born on this day in 1834. To commemorate the occasion, here’s a poem in the form of a Venn diagram.
August 4, 2025 at 9:27 AM
The mathematician John Venn was born on this day in 1834. To commemorate the occasion, here’s a poem in the form of a Venn diagram.
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1 in 3 doctors were born overseas.
1 in 2 builders were born overseas.
1 in 6 nurses were born overseas.
1 in 4 transport workers were born overseas.
1 in 7 UK business founders were born overseas.
1 in 5 university academics were born overseas.
The UK would be screwed without them.
1 in 2 builders were born overseas.
1 in 6 nurses were born overseas.
1 in 4 transport workers were born overseas.
1 in 7 UK business founders were born overseas.
1 in 5 university academics were born overseas.
The UK would be screwed without them.
August 1, 2025 at 8:40 AM
1 in 3 doctors were born overseas.
1 in 2 builders were born overseas.
1 in 6 nurses were born overseas.
1 in 4 transport workers were born overseas.
1 in 7 UK business founders were born overseas.
1 in 5 university academics were born overseas.
The UK would be screwed without them.
1 in 2 builders were born overseas.
1 in 6 nurses were born overseas.
1 in 4 transport workers were born overseas.
1 in 7 UK business founders were born overseas.
1 in 5 university academics were born overseas.
The UK would be screwed without them.
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In an age of satellite navigation when ships have high-tech navigation systems that tell them exactly where they are, on accurate charts that show exactly where dangers lurk, why do we still keep working lighthouses? Because it makes for a more dependable system...
cs4fn.blog/2025/08/02/w...
cs4fn.blog/2025/08/02/w...
Why do we still have lighthouses?
Image by Tom from Pixabay In an age of satellite navigation when all ships have high-tech navigation systems that can tell them exactly where they are to the metre, on accurate charts that show exa…
cs4fn.blog
August 2, 2025 at 9:22 PM
In an age of satellite navigation when ships have high-tech navigation systems that tell them exactly where they are, on accurate charts that show exactly where dangers lurk, why do we still keep working lighthouses? Because it makes for a more dependable system...
cs4fn.blog/2025/08/02/w...
cs4fn.blog/2025/08/02/w...
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Is low-level code still a thing? Oh yes — and it’s quietly running everything from your car to your kettle. 🔧🔥
Watch now and see why C, C++ and Rust still rule the tech world.
📌 youtube.com/shorts/6fr4l...
#TeamCompSci #CraignDave #LowLevelCode
Watch now and see why C, C++ and Rust still rule the tech world.
📌 youtube.com/shorts/6fr4l...
#TeamCompSci #CraignDave #LowLevelCode
Does anyone still use low-level code?
YouTube video by Craig'n'Dave
youtube.com
July 30, 2025 at 1:11 PM
Is low-level code still a thing? Oh yes — and it’s quietly running everything from your car to your kettle. 🔧🔥
Watch now and see why C, C++ and Rust still rule the tech world.
📌 youtube.com/shorts/6fr4l...
#TeamCompSci #CraignDave #LowLevelCode
Watch now and see why C, C++ and Rust still rule the tech world.
📌 youtube.com/shorts/6fr4l...
#TeamCompSci #CraignDave #LowLevelCode
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People are less than half as likely to click a link in search results that contain an AI summary, and 26% of users close the browser after seeing one. #TeamCompSci
www.bbc.co.uk/future/artic...
www.bbc.co.uk/future/artic...
You might be ghosting the internet. Can it survive?
Your clicks have immense power. Collectively, just moments of our attention can lift or sink a site. But our browsing is changing, and it could reshape the internet you know and love.
www.bbc.co.uk
July 29, 2025 at 6:48 PM
People are less than half as likely to click a link in search results that contain an AI summary, and 26% of users close the browser after seeing one. #TeamCompSci
www.bbc.co.uk/future/artic...
www.bbc.co.uk/future/artic...