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How to develop as a computing educator?

Explore the keys skills and attributes that successful computing educators have in common and how to go about developing them in this episode of the Hello World podcast.

Why is understanding cybersecurity so important?

Discover how to help learners keep themselves and their data safe online, and explore how cybersecurity can get them interested in computing. Full show notes here: rpf.io/hwp-s6e3

The role of computing communities

This week our hosts and guest speakers discuss the role computing communities can play in computing educators lives. They share what communities they're a part of and the experiences they’ve had as community leaders. Read the full show notes here:  rpf.io/hwp-s6e2

Do kids still need to learn how to code?

This week we're exploring the big question "Do kids still need to learn how to code?" Our hosts James and Veronica pose the question to our guests who share their experiences from the classroom, voice their opinions and discuss the implications of AI within computing education.  Full show notes: rpf.io/hwp-s6e1

Why write for Hello World?

Have you ever considered writing for Hello World magazine? Do you have an idea, experience, or opinion you want to share? In our final episode of season 5, James and Gemma are joined by three experienced writers of Hello World articles to discuss the various benefits, motives and tips for sharing experiences in Hello World. Full show notes: https://helloworld.raspberrypi.org/articles/why-write-for-hello-world

What's the value of extracurricular clubs?

This week we're discussing the benefits of running an extracurricular club for both the learners that attend, and you, the educator or volunteer that runs them. These clubs come in many different shapes and sizes, and in this episode, James and Laura, along with guests, explore Code Clubs, CoderDojo clubs, esports clubs, and many more in between. We also delve into some of the barriers to setting up an extracurricular club and how some of these can be overcome. Full show notes: https://hell...

How can AI help us tackle climate change?

This week we're exploring the impact of artificial intelligence (AI) on the global challenge of climate change. The relationship between these two topics is complex as, like any digital technology, AI consumes energy and has potential negative consequences for the climate. However, its judicious application can drive all sorts of insights and innovation that help us combat climate change. It is not, however, an instant solution that can fix all the challenges we face. Full show notes: https...

What does computing education look like around the world?

This week we're taking a mini tour to look at the state of computing education in different parts of the world. James, Divya, and guests discuss the similarities, differences, challenges, and opportunities of delivering computing education in England, Kenya, India, and Iraq. Full show notes: https://helloworld.raspberrypi.org/articles/what-does-computing-education-look-like-around-the-world

What role does philosophy have in computing education?

We're excited to be back, bringing you conversations about computing education. For our first episode, we're exploring an emerging field in computing and how we might approach it with students. We'll be asking our expert guests, "What role does philosophy have in computing education?" Full show notes: https://helloworld.raspberrypi.org/articles/what-role-does-philosophy-have-in-computing-education

What on earth is quantum computing?

Welcome to Season 5 of the Hello World podcast. We're excited to be back, bringing you conversations about computing education. For our first episode, we're exploring an emerging field in computing and how we might approach it with students. We'll be asking our expert guests, "What on earth is quantum computing?" Full show notes: https://helloworld.raspberrypi.org/articles/what-on-earth-is-quantum-computing

What makes an effective computing PD experience?

In our final episode for this season we ask the question "What makes an effective computing PD experience?". Full show notes: https://helloworld.raspberrypi.org/articles/what-makes-an-effective-computing-pd-experience

Does upgrade culture need an upgrade

In this episode we'll explore whether this is sustainable and ask, "Does upgrade culture need an upgrade?" Full show notes: https://helloworld.raspberrypi.org/articles/does-upgrade-culture-need-an-upgrade

Does upgrade culture need an upgrade?

In this episode we'll explore whether this is sustainable and ask, "Does upgrade culture need an upgrade?" Full show notes: https://helloworld.raspberrypi.org/articles/does-upgrade-culture-need-an-upgrade

What can computing educators learn from industry?

Recently we've been thinking about the connection between computing education and the computing workplace and asking "What can computing educators learn from industry?" Full show notes: https://helloworld.raspberrypi.org/articles/what-can-computing-educators-learn-from-industry

Can teaching coding skills help tackle inequality?

We’ve been thinking about the challenges that many people, young and old, encounter and ask “Can teaching coding skills help tackle inequality?" Full show notes: https://helloworld.raspberrypi.org/articles/can-teaching-coding-skills-help-tackle-inequality

How can we support all students in developing key digital skills?

We continue our fourth season by exploring techniques, approaches and technology that teachers can use to support all their learners in developing digital skills Full show notes: https://helloworld.raspberrypi.org/articles/how-can-we-support-all-students-in-developing-key-digital-skills

Are computing competitions worth the effort?

To kick off our fourth season we ask the question "Are computing competitions worth the effort?". What's in it for our learners, and what can we take from the experience? Full show notes: https://helloworld.raspberrypi.org/articles/are-computing-competitions-worth-the-effort

What does ecology have to do with digital making?

In our final episode for this season we ask the question "What does ecology have to do with digital making?". Are there parallels between ecology and computing systems, and how do we use the latter to help us understand, measure, and protect our natural environment? Full show notes: https://helloworld.raspberrypi.org/articles/what-does-ecology-have-to-do-with-digital-making

How can digital leaders raise the profile of computing in schools?

In this episode we explore the role learners can play as digital leaders, supporting the development of computing in school settings whilst themselves learning valuable skills. Sway and James talk to educators who have introduced digital leader programmes in their schools. These programmes increase the visibility of computing across the school and empower learners who have a particular interest in the subject to support computing in their other lessons. Full show notes: https://helloworld.r...

5 years of Hello World

In this special episode, recorded from a live Twitter spaces event, we celebrate the 5 year anniversary of Hello World. We reflect on its success as a magazine and growth into a supportive community of computing educators sharing their experience and learning. Over the last 5 years the team have published 18 issues as well as our special issue, The Big Book of Computing Pedagogy, that's a whopping 1800 pages of content. Full show notes: https://helloworld.raspberrypi.org/articles/celebratin...

What has storytelling and imagination got to do with computing?

In this episode, we explore computing from a more playful and inventive angle as we ask: "What has storytelling and imagination got to do with computing?" James and Carrie Anne investigate how we as computing educators can find computing concepts in familiar stories and children's literature as well as how telling stories might help learners understand more abstract concepts through analogy and metaphor. Can storytelling benefit some learners and help them connect with complex ideas? Full s...

Can maker spaces change the world?

Following on from our last episode in which we explored the role of maker spaces in schools, in this episode we take a wider look at maker spaces and examine their impact on local communities. James and Carrie Anne look at how learning to "make" can have a real-world impact and change the world for the better. Full show notes: https://helloworld.raspberrypi.org/articles/can-maker-spaces-change-the-world

Can makerspaces change the world?

Following on from our last episode in which we explored the role of maker spaces in schools, in this episode we take a wider look at maker spaces and examine their impact on local communities. James and Carrie Anne look at how learning to "make" can have a real-world impact and change the world for the better. Full show notes: https://helloworld.raspberrypi.org/articles/can-maker-spaces-change-the-world

What role do makerspaces play in the classroom?

We're back for a new season of the Hello World podcast, with six episodes exploring computing and digital making with our amazing guests. To kick things off, this week Carrie Anne and James discuss the role of maker spaces within schools and explore what it is that makes a space, a maker space! Full show notes: https://helloworld.raspberrypi.org/articles/what-role-do-makerspaces-play-in-the-classroom

Season 3 - trailer

Accessible and inclusive computing education: Where to start?

This week, we begin to explore the topic of inclusion, ensuring that **all** learners are able to access and participate in meaningful learning opportunities in computing. How do we as educators ensure that learners are able to thrive and learn within computing regardless of any special educational needs they have? Full show notes: https://helloworld.raspberrypi.org/articles/how-can-you-make-your-computing-classroom-more-accessible-and-inclusive-for

How do we engage learners in data science?

Understanding data has always been an important skill, but particularly so now as data is all around us and interacts with so many parts of our lives. Analysing and interpreting data can be challenging for learners, particularly if they don't see the value in doing so. Providing them with engaging and relevant opportunities to work with data is crucial. Full show notes: https://helloworld.raspberrypi.org/articles/how-do-we-engage-learners-in-data-science

What does equity have to do with computing?

Recent events, particularly COVID-19, have emphasised the lack of equity in computing, especially when it comes to equipment and connectivity. It’s also no secret that the field of computer science is lacking in diversity. So today, we’re asking the question: "What does equity, access, diversity, and inclusion have to do with computing?". James and Carrie Anne are joined by two guests to explore how important it is for educators to reflect on their practice and ensure their teaching is acces...

Machine Learning for Kids: why introduce young learners to AI?

Although artificial intelligence (AI) is a developing field, its applications are all around us and increasingly part of our everyday lives. This week, James and Carrie Anne explore why educators should introduce even their young learners to the principles of AI, and they explore some activities and experiences to develop learners' understanding. Not only are many learners likely to use or even develop AI as part of their future careers, but they should all understand the principles, benefit...

How can computing help us re-connect with nature?

This week James and Carrie Anne go outdoors to explore some of the ways in which educators can connect their learners with nature using technology. Whether for investigating local habitats and wildlife or exploring remote locations, technology is a vital tool for learning about the natural world and our place in it. Nature is yet another context through which learners can experience computing concepts and learn about the relevance of programming, physical computing, and machine learning. Fu...

What is Digital Making?

To kick off the second season of the Hello World podcast, we decided to explore "digital making"; it's part of the mission here at the Raspberry Pi Foundation, but what does it mean? Our digital making duo, Carrie Anne and James, challenge themselves to explain this broad practice, share their experiences, and explore what makes digital making appealing to learners. Full notes available at https://helloworld.raspberrypi.org/articles/what-is-digital-making

Could curriculum design be as simple as ABC?

In our final episode of this series, we explore remote learning and ask: can curriculum design be as easy as ABC? As teachers reflect on their recent experience of remote education, we discuss the ABC design process, which can help plan online experiences that achieve the same goals as their in-person counterparts. Together with our brilliant guests, we look at the ABC approach and examine how it can be applied in practice. Full notes available at https://helloworld.raspberrypi.org/articles...

Are these the droids you’re looking for? Robotics in computing education

This week, we’re diving into the world of robotics in education, and asking are these the droids you’re looking for... to teach algorithms?! Combining technology and real-world challenges with teaching computer science concepts can be a really rewarding experience for both educators and learners, but are setup costs and teacher confidence too high a barrier to overcome?

Do not disturb: how to keep well when teaching with technology

Show notes General : Subscribe to Hello World magazine Find out more about the charitable mission of the Raspberry Pi Foundation Read How To Keep Well When Teaching From Home in issue 13 of Hello World Computing education community : Computing at School (CAS) is a community of computing educators based in the UK CAS also host a community forum and #caschat, a regular Twitter chat on Tuedays 8–9pm (GMT) The Global GEG website is a Google educator platform for education communities inc...

How do we give learners context and creativity in computing?

Show notes General : Subscribe to Hello World magazine Find out more about the charitable mission of the Raspberry Pi Foundation Read Dahlia's Hello World article on creativity and context Creative projects : Get students composing their own music with code Use Python to hack the Minecraft world Create digital art with code Try Tinkercad for 3D modelling Explore our Scouts digital making activies Dahlia and Ethan : Check out Coding Siblings on YouTube Watch the siblings' Hangman...

How moral is your machine? Ethics in computing education

This week, after watching too many science fiction films, Carrie Anne and James ask, "How moral is your machine?". We explored if computers are simply tools now that they are increasingly capable of making recommendations and taking decisions for us. What are the consequences if developers do not take the time to consider ethics and morality in their programming? And how, as educators, we can usefully bring this conversation into the classroom to engage and inspire our learners? Show notes ...

How can we get everyone excited about code?

To kick off our first ever Hello World podcast episode, we thought we would explore what excites us and frustrates us about programming. Learning to code can be a creative, imaginative, immersive and rewarding experience. We discuss the role that programming has as a practical application of computer science concepts, as well as how it brings the subject to life and enables learners to solve meaningful problems that are important to them. Show notes  General Subscribe to Hello World Magaz...

Season 1 trailer

Welcome to Hello World, our new podcast for educators interested in computing and digital making in the classroom. Join us as we explore the exciting world of computing and digital making education and hear from educators, learners, and experts along the way. In each episode, you'll hear from a range of exciting guests, hear their stories, learn something new, and have some fun along the way. In season one, we explore the importance of creativity and passion in computing, get hands-on with...