Margaret Hamilton - it sounds like she was a pioneer of "defensive design". news.mit.edu/2026/margare...

Margaret Hamilton, computing pioneer who led software development for the Apollo program, dies at 90

Margaret H. Hamilton, a profoundly influential computer scientist best known for leading the software engineering team at MIT’s Instrumentation Lab during NASA’s Apollo program, died at age 90.

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Emily M. Bender@emilymbender.bsky.social · 3d ago

Software engineering could and should be done with the same care as any other type of engineering. This is a post in honor of Margaret Hamilton (and also a subtweet of all vibe-coders everywhere).

Every month we will be releasing a free CPD video for Computing teachers on our YouTube channel, which teachers can access anywhere. To start we have the incredible Professor Michael Kölling talking about coding and how to teach it in school. Watch the full video here: zurl.co/I9JIQ

Professor Michael Kölling - Programming isn't hard

Learning to program isn't hard, it's boring. In this talk from Digital Schoolhouse's Playful Computing Conference (June 2026), Michael Kölling from King's Co...

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Did you know, UK Schools can apply for free trees from The Woodland Trust? Details here www.woodlandtrust.org.uk/plant-trees/...

Free Trees for Schools and Communities

We’re giving away hundreds of thousands of trees

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Saw the absolutely brilliant Wiesenthal at Wilton's Music Hall yesterday. A one man show on Simon Wiesenthal set on the day he retired. Powerful way to remind us why we must not just bring those committing war crimes to justice whoever it is against but also ..remember wiltons.org.uk/whats-on/wie...

Wiesenthal - Wilton's Music Hall

James Seabright and NJNG Productions present Wiesenthal by Tom Dugan Directed by Mark Liebert Performed by Christopher C Gibbs The true story of the Holocaust survivor and Nazi hunter, Simon Wiesentha...

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Some people's chats with Claude AI found to be publicly available online www.bbc.co.uk/news/article.... Nice one to discus privacy with students and why it’s important!

Some people's chats with Claude AI found publicly available online

Hundreds of conversations with Anthropic’s chatbot were discovered as being publicly accessible.

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Free online public talk Wed 22nd, 6pm on Quantum Computing & AI from @imperialcollegeldn.bsky.social QUANTUM LEARNING QUANTUM: Quantum Computers and AI www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/online-pub... (it's also in-person but tickets for that are sold out). Full details www.imperial.ac.uk/events/21137...

Online Public Talk: QUANTUM LEARNING QUANTUM: Quantum Computers and AI

Prof. Gerard Milburn, Quantum Fellow at the UK's NQCC, shares his vision of how quantum computers and AI could transform science.

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Happy #WorldEmojiDay - here's an emoji film quiz I put together for kids a couple of years ago as part of an EPSRC public engagement with computing project* that @cs4fn.bsky.social was PI on cs4fn.blog/emoji/ *emoji as a digital comms tool and also about the way different demographics use them.

Workshops coming up at Centre of the Cell - I will be doing AI and Medical Machine Magic : fun workshops looking at overlaps between biology / healthcare and computer science for kids aged 7-11

Centre of the Cell@centreofthecell.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Take a look at our upcoming events buff.ly/h2us2gk

Got Primary 1/Reception class next year? You are the luckiest teacher in the school. Here’s why. #EduSkyPrimary

Reasons to love teaching Primary 1

I feel a need to spread a little positivity here. I tend to blog when I need a rant, but it’s good to reflect on what we are thankful for – and to be a child’s first ever teacher is in fact a…

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What a surprise ….. “Is AI ruining our skills? Early results are in — and they’re not good Reliance on artificial-intelligence tools degrades the abilities of physicians and software engineers, studies show.” www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Is AI ruining our skills? Early results are in — and they’re not good

Reliance on artificial-intelligence tools degrades the abilities of physicians and software engineers, studies show.

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Shortly to give a 2-minute lightning talk about careers in and around computing & tech (for delegates at the KCL / Computing At School Computing Teachers' Conference) based on my collection of ~130 archived computer science job packs techdevjobs.wordpress.com/kclcas/

For Computing Teachers’ Conference 2026 delegates

This page accompanies the lightning talk about this website that I gave / will have given to delegates at the CAS and King’s College London Computing Teachers’ Conference 2026. Imagine …

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My latest @newscientist.com cartoon

1 of 2: Free event for students and recent graduates considering data science careers linked with the life sciences, part of London Data Week #LDW26 Data careers in life sciences Tue 7 July 2-4.30pm, One Triton Square londondataweek.org/ldw26-events... cc @cs4fn.bsky.social

Become an Early Years Pupil Premium Champion. Apply for a unique funded opportunity, making a difference and growing your network. Apply by 16 July: tinyurl.com/dp28d8jx

Become an Early Years Pupil Premium Champion

Apply for a unique funded opportunity to make a difference and grow your network.

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Includes effective interventions to improve maths

Education Endowment Foundation@theeef.bsky.social · 4mo ago

Overwhelmed by the number of learning programmes on offer? Start with our Promising Programmes resource. It highlights programmes that have delivered meaningful, cost-effective improvements in attainment through independent evaluation, particularly for disadvantaged pupils. tinyurl.com/yzye3w99

I did not doubt her bravery when I saw what she was flying in at the Science Museum's Cosmonauts exhibition.

Dr Space Junk (Alice Gorman)@drspacejunk.bsky.social · 4mo ago

Valentina Tereshova was the first woman in space in 1963, but the space bros have never stopped giving her a hard time. In this post I analyse the misogyny and double standards which persist to this day. 🧪 #WomenInSTEM #ValentinasDay

Had a great time teaching the computer science of algorithms by teaching magic tricks in Dundee as part of the Digital Schoolhouse Festival of Play. How can you do a magic trick, moving a card invisibly from one place to another when you don't know how you did it? www.abertay.ac.uk/news/2026/fe...

Want to think about how artificial intelligent agents could work together? Try reading Shroud by @aptshadow.bsky.social Actually about alien intelligence, as with his other books, it explores other forms of intelligence (and consciousness) in a gripping way. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shroud_...

Shroud (Tchaikovsky novel) - Wikipedia

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My latest cartoon for @newscientist.com

What do you do when you have run out of funds to build your revolutionary machine that will change the world? Charles Babbage turned to game AI. Find out why he gave up having decided he could build it in our latest blog... cs4fn.blog/2026/06/11/b...

Babbage: making money through game AI

Image by Clker-Free-Vector-Images from Pixabay Victorian Innovator, Charles Babbage, had big ideas. He intended to build the first ever general purpose computer, despite living in the age of steam …

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Just saw the really inspiring Royal Shakespeare Company musical "The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind" about William Kamkwamba, the young teenager who worked out how to make a wind turbine from scrap to bring electricity to his Malawi village. Here is a CS4FN article about him cs4fn.blog/2026/06/07/w...

William Kamkwamba: The boy who harnessed the wind

William’s wind turbine made from local wood, scrap metal and a destroyed bicycle by CS4FN [SPOILER ALERT] “The boy who harnessed the wind” is a new musical from the Royal Shakespe…

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Problem solving in maths is about more than getting the right answer. Visualisation, discussion, reflection and curiosity all help pupils develop stronger mathematical thinking across the key stages. ow.ly/Ytkf50Z4yKo

Cultivating curious minds: problem solving across the key stages

Introducing problem solving as playful exploration

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Now published in The Computer Journal: my editorial, “In Memoriam: C. A. R. Hoare”: doi.org/10.1093/comj... A brief tribute to Tony Hoare’s extraordinary contributions to computer science, and to the journal’s particular connection to that legacy through the publication of “Quicksort” in 1962.

Every summer I repost this article on how to spot drowning. Please read it and pass on. In the last few years I’ve had SIX messages from people who saved a kid’s life after clicking on the link from my feed. slate.com/technology/2...

Drowning Doesn’t Look Like Drowning

Drowning is not the violent, splashing call for help that most people expect.

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Help shape the Mayor's AI and Jobs Taskforce to understand the impact of AI on Londoners’ jobs, and how we can support: what's AI actually doing to your work, your sector, your city? Take our @mayoroflondon.bsky.social survey; join the online discussion; RT! www.london.gov.uk/talk-london/...

"Human-centred design recommendations to help The National Archives shape the future of the data economy" www.projectsbyif.com/work/public-...

Unlocking the value of public sector information | Projects by IF

Human-centred design recommendations to help The National Archives shape the future of the data economy.

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Strong practice starts with sharp diagnosis. Not: “Which pupils are disadvantaged?” But: “What barriers are making success harder here — and how do we remove them?” tinyurl.com/2drkf87e

Misread Signals. How History Overlooked Women Codebreakers. Sir Dermot Turing (nephew!) www.computerconservationsociety.org/lectures/202... Free talk this Thursday afternoon 21st (online Zoom or in-person, London), 2.30pm, at the Computer Conservation Society. cc @cs4fn.bsky.social

Oh, dear Used in ways to harass "women only find out about the videos of them after they gain traction, and often abuse, online" but "plans to add facial recognition technology ... meaning wearers could not only ... surreptitiously record anyone, but quickly identify them, as well."

Computing in a Nutshell@advanced-ict.info · 5mo ago

What's the appeal? What are they for? www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...