The One To Make My Husband Mad

A Force to be Reckoned With

Two years ago when this article about the default parent came out on Huff post, I read it and it resonated with me so strongly I wanted to talk to my husband, Max about it. He instantly heard the title and thought “that’s me”. In his defense he was the stay at home dad at the time. So, he was kissing boo-boos, fixing lunches, and doing all the daily business.  But what my husband could not see was that while he was the one home with kids, people called me for play dates and appointments. Even though he was the one who was with them, their grandparents called me to ask their sizes and to talk to them on the phone and sometimes were even perturbed when I was not home with them. During the four years I was getting my two bachelor’s degrees my husband was a stay at home…

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Strawberry Jam

Coding is fun!

Why kids should NOT learn to code …

Cooper Babble

I am sure many people have said this before, but I just have to get it out. I hate “coding” and I don’t think kids need to learn to code. Full disclosure — I am a K-12 programming teacher, have been a professional programmer and love programming.

Let’s go multidisciplinary on this. A world class violin maker is at an exhibition of her work, someone says to her, “Did you always want to be a sawer?” Do you think Maya Angelou excelled in comma class? Was Eames (the chair guy) a great hammerist? All of these people are not defined by their tool, they are defined and admired for their design. Designers are tool users. Programmers are designers, problem solvers, self-expressionists, artisans. Coders were people who worked on the Enigma machine (some were also programmers).

So programmers design solutions often using computer code AND that can be a good paying job so…

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BBC Micro:Bit available for the masses

Max Hemingway

Its been a while now since the launch of the BBC Micro:Bit and its mission to provide year 7’s with the platform.  It is only recently being made available to the general public in batches of 90 , however this has now shifted to being able to purchase single units and development kits are also being produced/made available for pin outs and expansions. I’ve seen several dates for availability in several online shops from end of June to end of July. Most places have the Micro:Bit on pre-order only at the moment, but peripherals are available to ship.

Coming in at around £13.00 for a board its more expensive than the Pi Zero at £5.00. I was expecting something of a similar price bracket. There are some interesting projects already appearing on the web.

(Other online outlets are available) One outlet stocking the Micro:Bit shortly https://shop.pimoroni.com/products/microbit

I have placed a…

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REFLECTIONS ON A REFERENDUM

This is not a blog

You might believe we were living in two parallel universes. My social-media and news feed is telling me that we are doomed, depressed and facing imminent disaster. My friends (and myself) are shell-shocked – not quite believing the finality of the outcome of this referendum. News stories are telling us of “Bregret” – those who regret having voted out, and of the petition that has reached over 3.5 million signatures in three days asking for a second referendum, and of the mayhem and uncertainty facing Westminster.  The over-riding sentiment that I’ve come across has been of betrayal, fury and unfairness.  And yet, if you opened up the Sun, you’d feel the glee and the glory jumping from pages… victory of the majority having been heard after having been ignored for so long, feelings of euphoria and excitement, “We are Boomed!” reads one headline – and a great big middle-finger to…

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