Prof Miles Berry
@milesberry.net
Professor of Computing Education at University of Roehampton
@peterejkemp.bsky.social's SCARI Computing site has this from the NPD. Red is non-FSM, blue is for FSM.
May 10, 2025 at 8:47 AM
@peterejkemp.bsky.social's SCARI Computing site has this from the NPD. Red is non-FSM, blue is for FSM.
Playing with the offer and uptake data for GCSE CS in summer 2024. Still big variations by deprivation indicators...
February 11, 2025 at 11:54 AM
Playing with the offer and uptake data for GCSE CS in summer 2024. Still big variations by deprivation indicators...
I like @stephenfry.bsky.social’s idea of more open assessment with AI, as a conversation exploring and drawing out what a child knows, Socratic method and assessment as learning. #bett25
January 22, 2025 at 9:48 AM
I like @stephenfry.bsky.social’s idea of more open assessment with AI, as a conversation exploring and drawing out what a child knows, Socratic method and assessment as learning. #bett25
“You can’t invent flying without putting in air traffic control, otherwise everyone dies“ @stephenfry.bsky.social at #bett25
January 22, 2025 at 9:42 AM
“You can’t invent flying without putting in air traffic control, otherwise everyone dies“ @stephenfry.bsky.social at #bett25
@stephenfry.bsky.social at #bett25 suggests that the flourishing of AI is a consequence of Moore’s law and Big Data, rather than human ingenuity.
January 22, 2025 at 9:39 AM
@stephenfry.bsky.social at #bett25 suggests that the flourishing of AI is a consequence of Moore’s law and Big Data, rather than human ingenuity.
I liked Bridget Phillipson’s emphasis on the importance of the relationship between pupils and teachers, as well as addressing the digital divide and inclusion. Optimism about AI to help with workload, but addressing recruitment, retention and school attendance may be more complex… #bett25
January 22, 2025 at 9:32 AM
I liked Bridget Phillipson’s emphasis on the importance of the relationship between pupils and teachers, as well as addressing the digital divide and inclusion. Optimism about AI to help with workload, but addressing recruitment, retention and school attendance may be more complex… #bett25
Bridget Phillipson says we must close the digital divide. Use of Ed tech should be based on evidence, including ‘the latest neuroscience’ #bett25
January 22, 2025 at 9:30 AM
Bridget Phillipson says we must close the digital divide. Use of Ed tech should be based on evidence, including ‘the latest neuroscience’ #bett25
Duncan Verry opens #bett25, saying education has massively changed over the last 40 years, since RM launched the Nimbus at the first BETT at the Barbican back in ‘85.
Has it?
Has it?
January 22, 2025 at 9:13 AM
Duncan Verry opens #bett25, saying education has massively changed over the last 40 years, since RM launched the Nimbus at the first BETT at the Barbican back in ‘85.
Has it?
Has it?
We launched the primary version ten years ago today! The KS3 subject knowledge one is online here pure.roehampton.ac.uk/portal/files...
January 7, 2025 at 11:04 AM
We launched the primary version ten years ago today! The KS3 subject knowledge one is online here pure.roehampton.ac.uk/portal/files...
But now, it seems that getting the complete lyrics is a policy violation?
January 4, 2025 at 8:26 PM
But now, it seems that getting the complete lyrics is a policy violation?
The third season of Charles doesn’t have the same dramatic thrust as the first.
December 25, 2024 at 3:16 PM
The third season of Charles doesn’t have the same dramatic thrust as the first.
DfE workforce census reported just shy of 6k teaching ICT in English secondaries in Nov 23. I know.
December 21, 2024 at 6:23 PM
DfE workforce census reported just shy of 6k teaching ICT in English secondaries in Nov 23. I know.
It’s a trick question. Interestingly, Chat GPT answers in the passive voice.
December 20, 2024 at 10:12 AM
It’s a trick question. Interestingly, Chat GPT answers in the passive voice.
Taken (a)back by the photo from the launch of Quick Start compuitng back in Jan 2015, shown by Simon Peyton Jones in his keynote for #BCLC24 - copy online here: pure.roehampton.ac.uk/ws/portalfil...
December 12, 2024 at 10:55 AM
Taken (a)back by the photo from the launch of Quick Start compuitng back in Jan 2015, shown by Simon Peyton Jones in his keynote for #BCLC24 - copy online here: pure.roehampton.ac.uk/ws/portalfil...
Safety and security day with my PGCE computing trainees today. GPT o1 has done a fine job with cracking a random substitution cipher. It shows its working.
December 11, 2024 at 8:59 AM
Safety and security day with my PGCE computing trainees today. GPT o1 has done a fine job with cracking a random substitution cipher. It shows its working.
OpenAI's Sora not available in the EU yet. Or the UK. help.openai.com/en/articles/...
December 9, 2024 at 7:13 PM
OpenAI's Sora not available in the EU yet. Or the UK. help.openai.com/en/articles/...
Well, it's *a* list, but not *the* list. See www.compare-school-performance.service.gov.uk/download-dat... for the raw data.
December 7, 2024 at 9:31 AM
Well, it's *a* list, but not *the* list. See www.compare-school-performance.service.gov.uk/download-dat... for the raw data.
New DfE ITT Computing figures. Numbers are up on the last two years, but so is the shortfall from the DfE's own target.
December 6, 2024 at 6:12 PM
New DfE ITT Computing figures. Numbers are up on the last two years, but so is the shortfall from the DfE's own target.
I visited #ElectricDreams at Tate Modern earlier this evening - early, digital art. It’s stunning! If my computing teacher friends on here are looking for trip ideas, this should be high on your list! #CSEd
December 5, 2024 at 9:06 PM
I visited #ElectricDreams at Tate Modern earlier this evening - early, digital art. It’s stunning! If my computing teacher friends on here are looking for trip ideas, this should be high on your list! #CSEd
Have just started reading Shipman’s Out, and was reminded of this, also from 2019, in the shadows when Johnson became PM
November 23, 2024 at 12:07 PM
Have just started reading Shipman’s Out, and was reminded of this, also from 2019, in the shadows when Johnson became PM
I'm talking about curiosity and creativity in an AI era this afternoon. Found this old slide which I might add to the deck. Compare and contrast...
November 20, 2024 at 9:14 AM
I'm talking about curiosity and creativity in an AI era this afternoon. Found this old slide which I might add to the deck. Compare and contrast...
School inspections back in '97. Those were the days, eh?
November 16, 2024 at 1:47 PM
School inspections back in '97. Those were the days, eh?
So lovely to welcome our new secondary PGCE trainees to campus yesterday. Looking forward to working with computing trainees.
September 5, 2024 at 6:03 AM
So lovely to welcome our new secondary PGCE trainees to campus yesterday. Looking forward to working with computing trainees.
... and a couple of questionable images from Midjourney
January 12, 2024 at 11:31 AM
... and a couple of questionable images from Midjourney
Lots of fun (and learning?) getting Bard to role play as historical figures - I think it gets into the spirit of this much more than ChatGPT does. Of course, it may still make things up, which would never happen with a human historian. cc @mrshistorylee.bsky.social
January 12, 2024 at 11:29 AM
Lots of fun (and learning?) getting Bard to role play as historical figures - I think it gets into the spirit of this much more than ChatGPT does. Of course, it may still make things up, which would never happen with a human historian. cc @mrshistorylee.bsky.social