Matt Wimpenny-Smith
@mwimpennys.bsky.social
Senior Lecturer, ITE and Computing
At Oxford Brookes University, CAS Master Teacher, BCS Cert Computing Teacher, Computing Hub Lead, RPi Cert Edu, formerly AHT, #FCCT, #FHEA #QTS
At Oxford Brookes University, CAS Master Teacher, BCS Cert Computing Teacher, Computing Hub Lead, RPi Cert Edu, formerly AHT, #FCCT, #FHEA #QTS
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Tickets are now available (and free)!! Book your place now on the Big Computing Leadership Conference 2026! Tuesday 13th Jan in Oxford Brookes Uni:
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The Big Computing Leadership Conference 2026!
I am delighted to announce that tickets for the 3rd annual Big Computing Leadership Conference are available for booking! Tuesday 13th January 2026 – Oxford Brookes University – Free en…
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November 6, 2025 at 8:41 AM
Tickets are now available (and free)!! Book your place now on the Big Computing Leadership Conference 2026! Tuesday 13th Jan in Oxford Brookes Uni:
rundontwalk.co.uk/2025/11/04/t...
Spread the word... #BCLC26 @tigwilliams.bsky.social @httcs.online @eduthingltd.bsky.social @mwimpennys.bsky.social
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DfE & Ofsted have updated guidance on AI in education
DfE: Training modules on safe/effective AI use & policy stressing professional judgement, safeguarding, data & IP.
Ofsted: Won’t inspect AI tools, but will look schools use impact on learners.
Early adopters: The biggest risk is doing nothing.
DfE: Training modules on safe/effective AI use & policy stressing professional judgement, safeguarding, data & IP.
Ofsted: Won’t inspect AI tools, but will look schools use impact on learners.
Early adopters: The biggest risk is doing nothing.
Generative artificial intelligence (AI) in education
www.gov.uk
August 18, 2025 at 5:16 AM
DfE & Ofsted have updated guidance on AI in education
DfE: Training modules on safe/effective AI use & policy stressing professional judgement, safeguarding, data & IP.
Ofsted: Won’t inspect AI tools, but will look schools use impact on learners.
Early adopters: The biggest risk is doing nothing.
DfE: Training modules on safe/effective AI use & policy stressing professional judgement, safeguarding, data & IP.
Ofsted: Won’t inspect AI tools, but will look schools use impact on learners.
Early adopters: The biggest risk is doing nothing.
Generative artificial intelligence (AI) in education
www.gov.uk
August 18, 2025 at 5:14 AM
DfE & Ofsted have updated guidance on AI in education
DfE: Training modules on safe/effective AI use & policy stressing professional judgement, safeguarding, data & IP.
Ofsted: Won’t inspect AI tools, but will look schools use impact on learners.
Early adopters: The biggest risk is doing nothing.
DfE: Training modules on safe/effective AI use & policy stressing professional judgement, safeguarding, data & IP.
Ofsted: Won’t inspect AI tools, but will look schools use impact on learners.
Early adopters: The biggest risk is doing nothing.
Great to be at the Festival of Computing today in Bromsgrove School #Computing #FestivalOfComputing25
July 2, 2025 at 9:51 AM
Great to be at the Festival of Computing today in Bromsgrove School #Computing #FestivalOfComputing25
Check out CrowPi 3: Al Learning and Development Station by Elecrow on @kickstarter.com www.kickstarter.com/projects/ele...
CrowPi 3: Al Learning and Development Station
All-in-One Learning Tool | AI Tech Integration | Multi-SBC Support | Rich Learning Resources | Raspberry Pi 5 Cyberdeck
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June 6, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Check out CrowPi 3: Al Learning and Development Station by Elecrow on @kickstarter.com www.kickstarter.com/projects/ele...
www.crowpi.cc
Check out the CrowPI. Looks really good for teaching physical computing #TeamCompSci #CSed #STEM #STEAM #CompSci #Edtech
Check out the CrowPI. Looks really good for teaching physical computing #TeamCompSci #CSed #STEM #STEAM #CompSci #Edtech
CrowPi Official Store | Raspberry Pi Laptop, Raspberry Pi Kit
The CrowPi series are Raspberry Pi based laptop catered to students, experimenters, Maker, Raspberry Pi fans. CrowPi intended to be used in STEM learning environments and rapid prototyping of Raspberr...
www.crowpi.cc
June 6, 2025 at 8:44 PM
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Check out the CrowPI. Looks really good for teaching physical computing #TeamCompSci #CSed #STEM #STEAM #CompSci #Edtech
Check out the CrowPI. Looks really good for teaching physical computing #TeamCompSci #CSed #STEM #STEAM #CompSci #Edtech
The TPEA conference is coming up soon! Unfortunately I can’t make this year, but it should be a great couple of days. #Edtech #Education #Conference #Computing #CSEd #Research
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2025 TPEA Conference – TPEA
tpea.ac.uk
May 27, 2025 at 5:55 PM
The TPEA conference is coming up soon! Unfortunately I can’t make this year, but it should be a great couple of days. #Edtech #Education #Conference #Computing #CSEd #Research
tpea.ac.uk/2025conferen...
tpea.ac.uk/2025conferen...
2025 TPEA Conference – TPEA
tpea.ac.uk
May 27, 2025 at 5:54 PM
The TPEA conference is coming up soon! Unfortunately I can’t make this year, but it should be a great couple of days. #Edtech #Education #Conference #Computing #CSEd #Research
tpea.ac.uk/2025conferen...
tpea.ac.uk/2025conferen...
Explore the AI Literacy Framework—helping learners understand, use & create with AI ethically.
#AI #EdTech #AILiteracy #DigitalSkills
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#AI #EdTech #AILiteracy #DigitalSkills
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May 23, 2025 at 1:38 PM
Explore the AI Literacy Framework—helping learners understand, use & create with AI ethically.
#AI #EdTech #AILiteracy #DigitalSkills
ailiteracyframework.org/wp-content/u...
#AI #EdTech #AILiteracy #DigitalSkills
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My son's homework last week was to create a Andy Warhol picture of some homeware. He created this on Apple Keynote with the iPad and the Apple Pencil. #ApplePencil #DigitalArt
May 23, 2025 at 12:56 PM
My son's homework last week was to create a Andy Warhol picture of some homeware. He created this on Apple Keynote with the iPad and the Apple Pencil. #ApplePencil #DigitalArt
Just arrived today! In my Kindle App
One Pagers Volume 2 to with my Volume 1
These are so useful for out #ITE #PGCE students for their professional studies sessions.
Fantastic work by Jamie once again! Thanks 🙌 @xpateducator.bsky.social
One Pagers Volume 2 to with my Volume 1
These are so useful for out #ITE #PGCE students for their professional studies sessions.
Fantastic work by Jamie once again! Thanks 🙌 @xpateducator.bsky.social
May 23, 2025 at 12:52 PM
Just arrived today! In my Kindle App
One Pagers Volume 2 to with my Volume 1
These are so useful for out #ITE #PGCE students for their professional studies sessions.
Fantastic work by Jamie once again! Thanks 🙌 @xpateducator.bsky.social
One Pagers Volume 2 to with my Volume 1
These are so useful for out #ITE #PGCE students for their professional studies sessions.
Fantastic work by Jamie once again! Thanks 🙌 @xpateducator.bsky.social
Super pleased to see that one of our BA Primary Teacher Education Trainnee Students has choosen to do their assignment poster for my module on foundation subjects about #Computing based on my seminars with them. #ITE #ITT #Primary #Education #DigitalLitracy
May 23, 2025 at 12:44 PM
Super pleased to see that one of our BA Primary Teacher Education Trainnee Students has choosen to do their assignment poster for my module on foundation subjects about #Computing based on my seminars with them. #ITE #ITT #Primary #Education #DigitalLitracy
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Thanks so much for visiting, and teaching us Crumble!
April 23, 2025 at 7:09 PM
Thanks so much for visiting, and teaching us Crumble!
Had a great day with @milesberry.net running a physical #computing workshop with his cohort of #PGCE computing students @uni-roehampton.bsky.social #TeamCompSci #ITE #ITT
April 23, 2025 at 7:05 PM
Had a great day with @milesberry.net running a physical #computing workshop with his cohort of #PGCE computing students @uni-roehampton.bsky.social #TeamCompSci #ITE #ITT
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In Action. Very proud of this series… Congratulations to @neilgilbride.bsky.social - welcome to the gang! @johncattedu.bsky.social
February 18, 2025 at 12:15 PM
In Action. Very proud of this series… Congratulations to @neilgilbride.bsky.social - welcome to the gang! @johncattedu.bsky.social
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⚠️ POOR PROXIES FOR LEARNING! Just because students are busy, engaged, or writing doesn’t mean they’re learning. Learning happens when students have to think hard! In this issue, I explore proxies for learning highlighted by @profcoe.bsky.social and what to do instead.
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https://newsletter.jamieleeclark.com/p/poor-proxies-for-learning
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April 17, 2025 at 11:54 PM
⚠️ POOR PROXIES FOR LEARNING! Just because students are busy, engaged, or writing doesn’t mean they’re learning. Learning happens when students have to think hard! In this issue, I explore proxies for learning highlighted by @profcoe.bsky.social and what to do instead.
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🫀 CHECKING FOR UNDERSTANDING! This new guide dives into the heartbeat of responsive teaching. CFU is crucial for making the invisible visible and capturing data needed to adapt teaching in real time.
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March 29, 2025 at 9:03 AM
🫀 CHECKING FOR UNDERSTANDING! This new guide dives into the heartbeat of responsive teaching. CFU is crucial for making the invisible visible and capturing data needed to adapt teaching in real time.
🌱 Support my work by tapping REPOST and grab a FREE HQcopy here: jamieleeclark.com/graphics
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📧 FREE NEWSLETTER! Subscribe to ⚗️DistillED and refer colleagues to get three unreleased A3 guides: Building Motivation, Adaptive Teaching, and Clear Explanations!
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April 18, 2025 at 1:33 AM
📧 FREE NEWSLETTER! Subscribe to ⚗️DistillED and refer colleagues to get three unreleased A3 guides: Building Motivation, Adaptive Teaching, and Clear Explanations!
newsletter.jamieleeclark.com
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Great to have the latest edition of HelloWorld magazine @raspberrypiorg.bsky.social the Teacher Symposium on Teaching AI was a fantastic day! Thanks again @janewaite.bsky.social for bringing us all together. #teamcompsci #HelloWorld #EduSky #AIEdu #Computing
April 11, 2025 at 3:55 PM
Great to have the latest edition of HelloWorld magazine @raspberrypiorg.bsky.social the Teacher Symposium on Teaching AI was a fantastic day! Thanks again @janewaite.bsky.social for bringing us all together. #teamcompsci #HelloWorld #EduSky #AIEdu #Computing
April 11, 2025 at 3:54 PM
Great to have the latest edition of HelloWorld magazine @raspberrypiorg.bsky.social the Teacher Symposium on Teaching AI was a fantastic day! Thanks again @janewaite.bsky.social for bringing us all together. #teamcompsci #HelloWorld #EduSky #AIEdu #Computing
Had a great chat today with @janewaite.bsky.social all about data-driven systems, data and information, and how we might teach this to our trainee teachers and ultimately children.
April 3, 2025 at 9:23 PM
Had a great chat today with @janewaite.bsky.social all about data-driven systems, data and information, and how we might teach this to our trainee teachers and ultimately children.
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8th April Online seminar on teaching data science in school David Weintrop and team. raspberrypi.org/research/sem...
17:00 GMT / 12:00 ET / 9:00 PT / 18:00 CET @raspberrypiorg.bsky.social @csedresearch.bsky.social
@theaieducator.io
@nctm.org @ncetm.bsky.social @computingatschool.bsky.social
17:00 GMT / 12:00 ET / 9:00 PT / 18:00 CET @raspberrypiorg.bsky.social @csedresearch.bsky.social
@theaieducator.io
@nctm.org @ncetm.bsky.social @computingatschool.bsky.social
Computing education research seminars
We host regular free online seminars about current computing education research topics. The seminars are your your opportunity to hear about the latest news in the field directly from researchers arou...
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April 3, 2025 at 4:35 PM
8th April Online seminar on teaching data science in school David Weintrop and team. raspberrypi.org/research/sem...
17:00 GMT / 12:00 ET / 9:00 PT / 18:00 CET @raspberrypiorg.bsky.social @csedresearch.bsky.social
@theaieducator.io
@nctm.org @ncetm.bsky.social @computingatschool.bsky.social
17:00 GMT / 12:00 ET / 9:00 PT / 18:00 CET @raspberrypiorg.bsky.social @csedresearch.bsky.social
@theaieducator.io
@nctm.org @ncetm.bsky.social @computingatschool.bsky.social
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NEW PODCAST EPISODE!
Rebecca Franks and I talk about Flip Computing, Quality First Teaching and Flock XR, Flip Computing's new, free, 3D creation tool that bridges the gap between Scratch and Blender. Also I wait while you donate to keep the podcast alive. bit.ly/4cettjo
#TeamCompSci #caschat
Rebecca Franks and I talk about Flip Computing, Quality First Teaching and Flock XR, Flip Computing's new, free, 3D creation tool that bridges the gap between Scratch and Blender. Also I wait while you donate to keep the podcast alive. bit.ly/4cettjo
#TeamCompSci #caschat
April 3, 2025 at 6:57 PM
NEW PODCAST EPISODE!
Rebecca Franks and I talk about Flip Computing, Quality First Teaching and Flock XR, Flip Computing's new, free, 3D creation tool that bridges the gap between Scratch and Blender. Also I wait while you donate to keep the podcast alive. bit.ly/4cettjo
#TeamCompSci #caschat
Rebecca Franks and I talk about Flip Computing, Quality First Teaching and Flock XR, Flip Computing's new, free, 3D creation tool that bridges the gap between Scratch and Blender. Also I wait while you donate to keep the podcast alive. bit.ly/4cettjo
#TeamCompSci #caschat
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Very interesting stuff here #teamcompsci
We've been sceptical about AI marking. Not any more!
When the facts change, we change our minds.
We think this is really big.
substack.nomoremarking.com/p/so-can-ai-...
When the facts change, we change our minds.
We think this is really big.
substack.nomoremarking.com/p/so-can-ai-...
So, can AI assess writing?
Results of our big new Comparative Judgement AI trial
substack.nomoremarking.com
April 1, 2025 at 8:55 PM
Very interesting stuff here #teamcompsci
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Curious changes to GCSE Computer Science from the DfE. #TeamCompSci
- if there are no topologies why do you still need to know about switches?
- doesn't discussion of magnetic/optical/solid-state get students to think about the the whole two-state representation thing, and why computers use binary?
- if there are no topologies why do you still need to know about switches?
- doesn't discussion of magnetic/optical/solid-state get students to think about the the whole two-state representation thing, and why computers use binary?
April 1, 2025 at 8:37 AM
Curious changes to GCSE Computer Science from the DfE. #TeamCompSci
- if there are no topologies why do you still need to know about switches?
- doesn't discussion of magnetic/optical/solid-state get students to think about the the whole two-state representation thing, and why computers use binary?
- if there are no topologies why do you still need to know about switches?
- doesn't discussion of magnetic/optical/solid-state get students to think about the the whole two-state representation thing, and why computers use binary?