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First physical computing project with Python on Raspberry Pi

Posted on October 18, 2015 by blogmywiki

I’m really excited about a Python library called GPIO Zero. This makes it very easy to use the Raspberry Pi’s GPIO pins to do some physical computing in the Python programming language. The GPIO pins are how you connect your … Continue reading →

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Keeping physical computing simple

Posted on October 11, 2015 by blogmywiki

I love Scratch. I think it’s actually under-rated as a way of teaching computing, even in secondary schools (KS3). I remember a long time ago someone on the BBC ‘Computer Programme’ defending BASIC with the words ‘it’s a bad workman … Continue reading →

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BBC Microbit: first impressions

Posted on September 26, 2015 by blogmywiki

I was lucky to find out about & get a ticket to the CAS London event at King’s College today, where a group of teachers got hands-on with the BBC Microbit, the micro-controller that – we are told – will … Continue reading →

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What I Did in the Summer Holidays

Posted on August 31, 2015 by blogmywiki

Remember Get Lost? Probably not. It was a great Alan Plater 1981 series on ITV (predating The Beiderbecke Affair) about a couple of school teachers who investigate people vanishing. One of the characters was an English teacher and she always … Continue reading →

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Using an old Wacom Graphire tablet in OS X 10.10 Yosemite

Posted on August 29, 2015 by blogmywiki

I love it when I make things work that shouldn’t and I also love saving money. This does both. I have an old Wacom Graphire graphics tablet model ET-0405-U. It’s not supported by recent versions of OS X, but graphics … Continue reading →

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