Podcasts about computing education

In this special Bett 2025 edition of the ‘Insights with NetSupport' podcast, Mark Anderson - Head of Education at NetSupport, interviews Professor Miles Berry - Professor of Computing Education at the University of Roehampton. In this episode, Miles and Mark discuss computing education for trainee teachers explaining how the  foundations of digital literacy skills (and particularly AI literacy skills) are needed to keep learning at the heart and centre of anything teachers and students do with technology. They also touch on how the 'learning struggle' should be part of this, that AI shouldn't be used to make things ‘too easy'. Miles also shares what he would like to see more of in the UK computing curriculum.You can connect with our guest, Miles Berry on Bluesky at @milesberry.net

In this episode we are looking at how AI is forcing us to rethink efficiency - and pushing us to do better.As the energy usage of our IT infrastructure - especially data centers - creeps ever higher, organizations are thinking more seriously about how to make the whole process more efficient, and get more out of the tech and resources we have - potentially making AI not only more sustainable, but also cheaper.And that's where today's guest comes in. Discussing the topic with us is Dr John Frey, Chief Technologist for Sustainable Transformation at Hewlett Packard Enterprise.This is Technology Now, a weekly show from Hewlett Packard Enterprise. Every week we look at a story that's been making headlines, take a look at the technology behind it, and explain why it matters to organizations and what we can learn from it. Do you have a question for the expert? Ask it here using this Google form: https://forms.gle/8vzFNnPa94awARHMA About this week's guest: Dr John Frey: https://sustainablebrands.com/is/john-frey Sources cited in this week's episode:World Economic Forum statistics on data center energy use: https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2024/07/generative-ai-energy-emissions/Goldman Sachs report into growing AI energy demands: https://www.goldmansachs.com/insights/articles/AI-poised-to-drive-160-increase-in-power-demand Five levers for IT efficiency: https://www.hpe.com/h22228/video-gallery/us/en/Discover2023-26015/sustainable-it--a-strategic-approach-to-efficiency/video/?lang=en-USJapan's autonomous highway: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W0v0zAxu5Wo

In this episode we are looking at how AI is forcing us to rethink efficiency - and pushing us to do better.As the energy usage of our IT infrastructure - especially data centers - creeps ever higher, organizations are thinking more seriously about how to make the whole process more efficient, and get more out of the tech and resources we have - potentially making AI not only more sustainable, but also cheaper.And that's where today's guest comes in. Discussing the topic with us is Dr John Frey, Chief Technologist for Sustainable Transformation at Hewlett Packard Enterprise.This is Technology Now, a weekly show from Hewlett Packard Enterprise. Every week we look at a story that's been making headlines, take a look at the technology behind it, and explain why it matters to organizations and what we can learn from it. Do you have a question for the expert? Ask it here using this Google form: https://forms.gle/8vzFNnPa94awARHMA About this week's guest: Dr John Frey: https://sustainablebrands.com/is/john-frey Sources cited in this week's episode:World Economic Forum statistics on data center energy use: https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2024/07/generative-ai-energy-emissions/Goldman Sachs report into growing AI energy demands: https://www.goldmansachs.com/insights/articles/AI-poised-to-drive-160-increase-in-power-demand Five levers for IT efficiency: https://www.hpe.com/h22228/video-gallery/us/en/Discover2023-26015/sustainable-it--a-strategic-approach-to-efficiency/video/?lang=en-USJapan's autonomous highway: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W0v0zAxu5Wo

In this episode we are looking at how AI is forcing us to rethink efficiency - and pushing us to do better.As the energy usage of our IT infrastructure - especially data centers - creeps ever higher, organizations are thinking more seriously about how to make the whole process more efficient, and get more out of the tech and resources we have - potentially making AI not only more sustainable, but also cheaper.And that's where today's guest comes in. Discussing the topic with us is Dr John Frey, Chief Technologist for Sustainable Transformation at Hewlett Packard Enterprise.This is Technology Now, a weekly show from Hewlett Packard Enterprise. Every week we look at a story that's been making headlines, take a look at the technology behind it, and explain why it matters to organizations and what we can learn from it. Do you have a question for the expert? Ask it here using this Google form: https://forms.gle/8vzFNnPa94awARHMA About this week's guest: Dr John Frey: https://sustainablebrands.com/is/john-frey Sources cited in this week's episode:World Economic Forum statistics on data center energy use: https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2024/07/generative-ai-energy-emissions/Goldman Sachs report into growing AI energy demands: https://www.goldmansachs.com/insights/articles/AI-poised-to-drive-160-increase-in-power-demand Five levers for IT efficiency: https://www.hpe.com/h22228/video-gallery/us/en/Discover2023-26015/sustainable-it--a-strategic-approach-to-efficiency/video/?lang=en-USJapan's autonomous highway: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W0v0zAxu5Wo

Machine-learning based Generative AI is inherently inefficient. Training models by sifting findings again and again until a suitable output is generated is a time-consuming – end energy-consuming – process. So, could there be a better way to look at training our AI systems? Well, one possible option is physics-based AI, where training is viewed as an energy grid, and the best possible route though that grid mapped to find outputs. It's a novel way of thinking, but it could change our whole approach to AI.Joining us again today to find out more is Ray Beausoleil, a physicist, senior fellow and senior vice president at HPE. He leads the large scale integrated photonics lab at Hewlett Packard Labs. This is Technology Now, a weekly show from Hewlett Packard Enterprise. Every week we look at a story that's been making headlines, take a look at the technology behind it, and explain why it matters to organizations and what we can learn from it. Do you have a question for the expert? Ask it here using this Google form: https://forms.gle/8vzFNnPa94awARHMA About this week's guest: Ray Beausoleil: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ray-beausoleil-22b148a/ Sources and statistics cited in this episode:WEF paper on data centre energy usage: https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2024/07/generative-ai-energy-emissions/ IEA sats on energy usage in IT: https://www.iea.org/energy-system/buildings/data-centres-and-data-transmission-networks#overviewNovel insulins grand challenge: https://type1diabetesgrandchallenge.org.uk/funding/closed-funding/novel-insulins-innovation-incubator/

Machine-learning based Generative AI is inherently inefficient. Training models by sifting findings again and again until a suitable output is generated is a time-consuming – end energy-consuming – process. So, could there be a better way to look at training our AI systems? Well, one possible option is physics-based AI, where training is viewed as an energy grid, and the best possible route though that grid mapped to find outputs. It's a novel way of thinking, but it could change our whole approach to AI.Joining us again today to find out more is Ray Beausoleil, a physicist, senior fellow and senior vice president at HPE. He leads the large scale integrated photonics lab at Hewlett Packard Labs. This is Technology Now, a weekly show from Hewlett Packard Enterprise. Every week we look at a story that's been making headlines, take a look at the technology behind it, and explain why it matters to organizations and what we can learn from it. Do you have a question for the expert? Ask it here using this Google form: https://forms.gle/8vzFNnPa94awARHMA About this week's guest: Ray Beausoleil: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ray-beausoleil-22b148a/ Sources and statistics cited in this episode:WEF paper on data centre energy usage: https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2024/07/generative-ai-energy-emissions/ IEA sats on energy usage in IT: https://www.iea.org/energy-system/buildings/data-centres-and-data-transmission-networks#overviewNovel insulins grand challenge: https://type1diabetesgrandchallenge.org.uk/funding/closed-funding/novel-insulins-innovation-incubator/

Machine-learning based Generative AI is inherently inefficient. Training models by sifting findings again and again until a suitable output is generated is a time-consuming – end energy-consuming – process. So, could there be a better way to look at training our AI systems? Well, one possible option is physics-based AI, where training is viewed as an energy grid, and the best possible route though that grid mapped to find outputs. It's a novel way of thinking, but it could change our whole approach to AI.Joining us again today to find out more is Ray Beausoleil, a physicist, senior fellow and senior vice president at HPE. He leads the large scale integrated photonics lab at Hewlett Packard Labs. This is Technology Now, a weekly show from Hewlett Packard Enterprise. Every week we look at a story that's been making headlines, take a look at the technology behind it, and explain why it matters to organizations and what we can learn from it. Do you have a question for the expert? Ask it here using this Google form: https://forms.gle/8vzFNnPa94awARHMA About this week's guest: Ray Beausoleil: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ray-beausoleil-22b148a/ Sources and statistics cited in this episode:WEF paper on data centre energy usage: https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2024/07/generative-ai-energy-emissions/ IEA sats on energy usage in IT: https://www.iea.org/energy-system/buildings/data-centres-and-data-transmission-networks#overviewNovel insulins grand challenge: https://type1diabetesgrandchallenge.org.uk/funding/closed-funding/novel-insulins-innovation-incubator/

There are math problems that are hard. So hard that even current computers cannot solve them. To get around these problems, we need to re-think the very foundation of how we architect our IT, by using a technological field called 'novel accelerators'.It sounds complicated, but today's guest is particularly skilled at explaining incredibly complicated concepts. He says: "Right now, Generative AI and accelerators are at the forefront of being able to help with these major advances, and the world could change in really significant ways. Medicine, materials, energy, information technology... to harness these systems to help us - not to replace us." Joining us today is Ray Beausoleil, a physicist, senior fellow and senior vice president at HPE. He leads the large scale integrated photonics lab at Hewlett Packard Labs. This is Technology Now, a weekly show from Hewlett Packard Enterprise. Every week we look at a story that's been making headlines, take a look at the technology behind it, and explain why it matters to organizations and what we can learn from it. Do you have a question for the expert? Ask it here using this Google form: https://forms.gle/8vzFNnPa94awARHMA About this week's guest: Ray Beausoleil: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ray-beausoleil-22b148a/ Sources and statistics cited in this episode: Bloomberg report into AI growth: https://www.bloomberg.com/company/press/generative-ai-to-become-a-1-3-trillion-market-by-2032-research-finds/ Fusion and mayonnaise: https://engineering.lehigh.edu/news/article/lehigh-university-researchers-dig-deeper-stability-challenges-nuclear-fusion-mayonnaise

There are math problems that are hard. So hard that even current computers cannot solve them. To get around these problems, we need to re-think the very foundation of how we architect our IT, by using a technological field called 'novel accelerators'.It sounds complicated, but today's guest is particularly skilled at explaining incredibly complicated concepts. He says: "Right now, Generative AI and accelerators are at the forefront of being able to help with these major advances, and the world could change in really significant ways. Medicine, materials, energy, information technology... to harness these systems to help us - not to replace us." Joining us today is Ray Beausoleil, a physicist, senior fellow and senior vice president at HPE. He leads the large scale integrated photonics lab at Hewlett Packard Labs. This is Technology Now, a weekly show from Hewlett Packard Enterprise. Every week we look at a story that's been making headlines, take a look at the technology behind it, and explain why it matters to organizations and what we can learn from it. Do you have a question for the expert? Ask it here using this Google form: https://forms.gle/8vzFNnPa94awARHMA About this week's guest: Ray Beausoleil: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ray-beausoleil-22b148a/ Sources and statistics cited in this episode: Bloomberg report into AI growth: https://www.bloomberg.com/company/press/generative-ai-to-become-a-1-3-trillion-market-by-2032-research-finds/ Fusion and mayonnaise: https://engineering.lehigh.edu/news/article/lehigh-university-researchers-dig-deeper-stability-challenges-nuclear-fusion-mayonnaise

There are math problems that are hard. So hard that even current computers cannot solve them. To get around these problems, we need to re-think the very foundation of how we architect our IT, by using a technological field called 'novel accelerators'.It sounds complicated, but today's guest is particularly skilled at explaining incredibly complicated concepts. He says: "Right now, Generative AI and accelerators are at the forefront of being able to help with these major advances, and the world could change in really significant ways. Medicine, materials, energy, information technology... to harness these systems to help us - not to replace us." Joining us today is Ray Beausoleil, a physicist, senior fellow and senior vice president at HPE. He leads the large scale integrated photonics lab at Hewlett Packard Labs. This is Technology Now, a weekly show from Hewlett Packard Enterprise. Every week we look at a story that's been making headlines, take a look at the technology behind it, and explain why it matters to organizations and what we can learn from it. Do you have a question for the expert? Ask it here using this Google form: https://forms.gle/8vzFNnPa94awARHMA About this week's guest: Ray Beausoleil: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ray-beausoleil-22b148a/ Sources and statistics cited in this episode: Bloomberg report into AI growth: https://www.bloomberg.com/company/press/generative-ai-to-become-a-1-3-trillion-market-by-2032-research-finds/ Fusion and mayonnaise: https://engineering.lehigh.edu/news/article/lehigh-university-researchers-dig-deeper-stability-challenges-nuclear-fusion-mayonnaise

In this episode we are looking at computers going fast. ‘Exascale' means a computer is running a billion, billion operations every second. At the 2024 ISC high-performance conference in Hamburg, Germany, the world's second exascale machine was officially recognised: The Aurora supercomputer at Argonne National Laboratory officially broke the exascale barrier at 1.012 exaflops. So why does exascale matter, and why is it so difficult to achieve? Joining us to discuss is Susan Coghlan, Project Director of the Aurora exascale computer at the Argonne Leadership Computing Facility at Argonne National Laboratory in Lemont, Illinois.This is Technology Now, a weekly show from Hewlett Packard Enterprise. Every week we look at a story that's been making headlines, take a look at the technology behind it, and explain why it matters to organizations and what we can learn from it. Do you have a question for the expert? Ask it here using this Google form: https://forms.gle/8vzFNnPa94awARHMA About the expert: https://www.anl.gov/profile/susan-m-coghlan Sources and statistics cited in this episode:Top500 list of the fastest supercomputers: https://top500.org/Argonne National Laboratory: https://www.anl.gov/Quantum navigation flight: https://www.gov.uk/government/news/un-jammable-quantum-tech-takes-flight-to-boost-uks-resilience-against-hostile-actors

In this episode we are looking at computers going fast. ‘Exascale' means a computer is running a billion, billion operations every second. At the 2024 ISC high-performance conference in Hamburg, Germany, the world's second exascale machine was officially recognised: The Aurora supercomputer at Argonne National Laboratory officially broke the exascale barrier at 1.012 exaflops. So why does exascale matter, and why is it so difficult to achieve? Joining us to discuss is Susan Coghlan, Project Director of the Aurora exascale computer at the Argonne Leadership Computing Facility at Argonne National Laboratory in Lemont, Illinois.This is Technology Now, a weekly show from Hewlett Packard Enterprise. Every week we look at a story that's been making headlines, take a look at the technology behind it, and explain why it matters to organizations and what we can learn from it. Do you have a question for the expert? Ask it here using this Google form: https://forms.gle/8vzFNnPa94awARHMA About the expert: https://www.anl.gov/profile/susan-m-coghlan Sources and statistics cited in this episode:Top500 list of the fastest supercomputers: https://top500.org/Argonne National Laboratory: https://www.anl.gov/Quantum navigation flight: https://www.gov.uk/government/news/un-jammable-quantum-tech-takes-flight-to-boost-uks-resilience-against-hostile-actors

In this episode we are looking at computers going fast. ‘Exascale' means a computer is running a billion, billion operations every second. At the 2024 ISC high-performance conference in Hamburg, Germany, the world's second exascale machine was officially recognised: The Aurora supercomputer at Argonne National Laboratory officially broke the exascale barrier at 1.012 exaflops. So why does exascale matter, and why is it so difficult to achieve? Joining us to discuss is Susan Coghlan, Project Director of the Aurora exascale computer at the Argonne Leadership Computing Facility at Argonne National Laboratory in Lemont, Illinois.This is Technology Now, a weekly show from Hewlett Packard Enterprise. Every week we look at a story that's been making headlines, take a look at the technology behind it, and explain why it matters to organizations and what we can learn from it. Do you have a question for the expert? Ask it here using this Google form: https://forms.gle/8vzFNnPa94awARHMA About the expert: https://www.anl.gov/profile/susan-m-coghlan Sources and statistics cited in this episode:Top500 list of the fastest supercomputers: https://top500.org/Argonne National Laboratory: https://www.anl.gov/Quantum navigation flight: https://www.gov.uk/government/news/un-jammable-quantum-tech-takes-flight-to-boost-uks-resilience-against-hostile-actors

In this episode of Environment Variables, host Chris Adams delves into the fascinating topic of the rebound effect with Vlad Coroamă, founder of the Roegen Center for Sustainability. They discuss how improvements in efficiency can sometimes paradoxically lead to increased consumption, using examples like teleworking and online shopping to illustrate the point. Through their conversation, they explore why this happens and what conditions make it more likely. Their insights shed light on the complexities of balancing technological advancement with environmental sustainability, offering valuable perspectives for anyone interested in building greener digital services.

The dawn of the exascale computer has arrived. In May 2022, a computer named Frontier was switched on at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory in the USA. At well over twice the computing power of the previous world record holder, it has ushered in a new era of supercomputers, with at least two more to follow in the coming months and years.In this episode, we'll be looking at why this undeniably impressive milestone actually means, and more importantly, why it matters. We'll also be looking at some of the challenges remaining as we enter the exascale era – namely, how do we actually use computers at this scale?We're joined in this episode by Mike Woodacre, Chief Technologist at HPE. He starts by spelling out some of the core statistics underpinning the Frontier exascale computer and its 60 million parts, as well as some of the challenges endemic to computing at the cutting edge of technology.We also meet Doug Kothe, former Director of the Exascale Computing Project at Oak Ridge National Laboratory. He's hugely excited about the possibilities of exascale as a source of incredible compute in-depth with the ability to return answers to complex questions and simulations in almost real-time. At the same time, he's also keen to use Frontier as a gateway to open up HPC and supercomputing to more and more organizations, via an ‘app store' which allows potentially thousands of users simultaneous access to Frontier for their own needs.For different reasons, Professor Rick Stevens is also excited to be entering the exascale age. He's Argonne National Laboratory's Associate Laboratory Director for Computing, Environment and Life Sciences. He's keen to put their upcoming Aurora exascale computer to work on projects to revolutionise cancer treatments, from diagnostics to drug discovery, through his CANDLE program. Rick's also cautious, though. Whilst he appreciates the promise that exascale offers, he knows that it's not an end-goal, but a stepping stone to the next generation and new technological advances.That's a sentiment shared by our final guest, Cristin Merritt. She's the Chief Marketing Officer at Alces Flight, an HPC solutions provider. She's keenly across worldwide demand for supercomputing power, and sees an evolving landscape of commercial demand and supply growing out of the innovations that exascale offers. She's cautious, though – right now, exascale is too experimental and non-standard to be commercially mass-market. With time, though, she believes that might just change.

Today's guest is the Senior Director of the Constellations Center for Equity in Computing at Georgia Tech and the Director of STEM Education Strategy at Google. Hear his story when he witnessed someone with a broken arm screwed to a board to set it instead of a cast opened his perspective to the differences in economies and education, and that set him in motion to aim to make a difference where he could. As the first generation in his family born in America, to Guyana immigrants, his work focuses on building an equitable approach to computing education as a cornerstone of modern citizenship, to support opportunities in education for all. Please welcome Kamau Bobb. https://www.kamaubobb.com https://twitter.com/kamaubobb https://www.linkedin.com/in/kbobb/  

Welcome back to the Brighter Thinking Pod! In this episode we dive into teaching programming to primary and secondary learners. We believe that learning to code is an important skill for young people in today's world - not just in itself, but with the '21st century skills' that come with it: computational thinking, critical thinking, creativity and much more. Our host for this episode is Commissioning Editor for computing and ICT resources at the Press, Carys Morley. She is joined by Neil Rickus and Dr Jon 'Chip' Chippindall. Neil is a Senior Lecturer in Computing Education at the University of Hertfordshire. He also lectures at UCL, Brunel and for various School-Centred Initial Teacher Trainings. Chip is a Primary School teacher at a UK primary school where he teaches computing and science. He is the Director of BCS Barefoot programme and Lead Computing PGCE at The University of Manchester.  Show notes Cambridge Primary and Lower Secondary Computing Barefoot Computing Bee-Bots Daisy the Dinosaur app Hour of Code ScratchJr Sphero Neil Rickus Twitter Dr Jon Chippindall (Chip) Twitter Cambridge University Press Twitter Cambridge University Press Instagram

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

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

AIICE stands for Alliance for Identity Inclusive Computing Education. It is an organization dedicated to "empowering the next generation of computer scientists by eliminating systemic barriers." This episode is with Dr. Shaundra (Shani) B. Daily, Ph.D., the backbone director of the organization. We discuss how she and her Co-PI, Dr. Nicki Washington, Ph.D., and past podcast guest, wrote the grant that started it all, how we should stop trying to "fix" students, that we should instead focus on fixing the systems that "requires" "fixing" students, and about their 3C program, a professional development program that is part of trying to make systemic change.

Welcome to another episode of #TipTopTipsEdu. In this episode, we were delighted to have the opportunity to interview someone who has been pivotal in supporting many educators across the country with their teaching of Computing. A founder of one of the UK's longest running Twitter chats all focused on the teaching of Computing, #caschat, Andy Colley has had a broad experience in his career within education. A former school IT technician and subsequently teacher of Computing and now Director of Computing at Laurus Cheadle Hulme school in the Northwest of England, Andy's been a CAS Master Teacher, Teaching and Learning Lead Practitioner, Advanced Skills Teacher and much more, including hosting the popular Learning Dust podcast with friend of NetSupport and ANME (Association of Network Managers in Education) Ambassador, Dave Leonard. We were delighted to get the opportunity to quiz Andy on many aspects of the role of Computing within education, both from secondary and primary school perspectives. We covered lots of topics including:1. What tips would you offer to somebody new to role of Head of Computing?2. What do you see as being the difference between being a subject teacher and a subject leader? What advice would you give your earlier career self?3. Leading Computing at secondary is different to leading Computing at primary. What do you see those differences as being and what would you say the key focuses should be for each?4. Can you share any resources that you think would be useful, plus any people/blogs you would recommend following on social media?  5. Are there any paid-for resources that you would recommend utilising?6. Network managers often express concern over children coding programs that can create executables. Do you have any advice on how to balance their security concerns, particularly as students develop their skills and use more technical software at a level that can facilitate curriculum whilst ensuring security?Running through Andy's answers like a pattern through a stick of rock was his core desire to both improve pupil outcomes and support colleagues in their work, whilst keeping approaches grounded in evidence-informed practice. What was particularly noteworthy of Andy's responses was how much of what he shared was just solid advice, regardless of whether you are leading on Computing or any other subject, such was its applicable nature. References:  As part of the conversation, Andy shared lots of great people to follow, websites to visit and resources to check out, books to read and tools to use. Check them out here: @LearningDust@ITBadger@MrARobbins@clcsimon@tsuiallen@rcoultart@baggiepr@lessonhackerNational Centre for Computing Education@adamboxer1http://code-it.co.uk/ https://edublocks.org/https://replit.com/https://replit.com/@MrAColleyhttps://quizizz.com/Middle Leadership Mastery

In this episode I unpack Walker, Sherif, and Breazeal's (2022) publication titled “Liberatory computing education for African American students,” which unpacks and situates the five pillars of the liberation framework proposed by El-Amin within data activism modules.Click here for this episode's show notes.This podcast is powered by BootUp Professional Development.

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

Experts are bullish on cloud computing careers as the field continues its upward trajectory. If you want to get a job in this growing sector, you can start laying the groundwork with this program. Learn more at https://tidd.ly/3ewLWtB (https://tidd.ly/3ewLWtB)

Quantum computing is enigmatic, thrilling, and almost impenetrable from the outside. If you're not a scientist or a mathematician, it's easy to get swept up in the hype. But are these spooky phenomena and mystical properties obscuring us from asking the important questions?In today's episode, we enter the multiverse of quantum computing. HPE Chief Technologist Tony Stranack helps to understand what makes this tech so radically different. We size up quantum supremacy and harnessing decoherence with Dr. Ray Beausoleil, Director of Large-Scale Integrated Photonics Lab at Hewlett Packard Labs. Plus, mathematician, computer scientist and post-quantum cryptographer Dr. Sarah McCarthy explains why we need to shake-up our security now, before it's too late! The long show notes for this episode can be found here: https://community.hpe.com/t5/HPE-Blog-UK-Ireland/Quantum-computing-Superposition-or-qubit-too-far/ba-p/7140416#.YNrAV-hueUk

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?

In this interview with Mark Guzdial, we discuss the similarities and differences between constructionism and constructivism, think through when to situate and apply learning, discuss contextualized learning, creating multiple pathways for exploring computer science, problematizing subservient relationships with integrated curricula or courses, task-specific and domain-specific languages, using multiple learning theories through a multiperspectivalist approach, changes to public policy that Mark would make to help out CS educators and the field, and much more.Click here for this episode's show notes.

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 notesGeneral:Read issue 13 Hello World magazineSubscribe to Hello World magazineFind out more about the charitable mission of the Raspberry Pi FoundationTeaching resources:Compare your moral decisions with the Moral MachineTeach AI to 11- to 13-year-olds with the DAILy curriculumTake a look at Isaac Computer ScienceTopical examples of ethics in computing:Recommender systems and their ethical challengesBoeing 737 Max software issues2020 UK grading algorithm

Dr. Marie desJardins joined Simmons University as the Inaugural Dean of the College of Organizational, Computational, and Information Sciences in 2018. Previously, she was a member of the computer science faculty at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County, from 2001 to 2018, most recently as the Associate Dean for Academic Affairs in the College of Engineering and Information Technology. Before joining the faculty at UMBC, she was a Senior Computer Scientist at SRI International. She earned her A.B. in Engineering from Harvard University and her Ph.D. in Computer Science from the University of California, Berkeley.  Her research is in artificial intelligence, focusing on the areas of machine learning, multi-agent systems, decision making, and interactive AI. She was named one of the "Ten AI Researchers to Follow on Twitter" by TechRepublic and one of "14 Women in AI You Should Follow on Twitter" by craigconnects. She has published over 135 scientific papers on AI and CS education, and has been PI or co-PI on nearly $12,000,000 of external research funding, including a prestigious NSF CAREER Award. She has mentored 13 Ph.D. students, 27 M.S. students, and nearly 100 undergraduate researchers. She is known on campus and throughout her professional community for her dedication to mentoring, diversity, outreach, and innovative educational practices. Dr. desJardins is a Fellow of the Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence (AAAI) and a Distinguished Member of the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM). She is a recipient of the Distinguished Alumni Award in Computer Science from UC Berkeley; the A. Richard Newton Educator ABIE Award from the Anita Borg Institute; the NCWIT Undergraduate Research Mentoring Award; and the CRA Undergraduate Research Mentoring Award. She was the 2014-2017 UMBC Distinguished Teaching Professor, was an inaugural UMBC Hrabowski Innovation Fellow, and was named one of UMBC's ten "Professors Not to Miss" in 2011.  Dr. desJardins is known nationally for her support of and commitment to improving student diversity, access, and quality of computer science courses at the high school level, and received multiple NSF awards to support her efforts in this area. She was the lead PI on the NSF-sponsored "CS Matters in Maryland" project, which created curriculum and trained high school teachers to teach the AP CS Principles course.  She built a statewide coalition in Maryland to increase access to K-12 CS education, with a focus on inclusion and diversity, and cofounded the Maryland Center for Computing Education, which received $5,000,000 in state funding for teacher preparation and advocacy. She was the Maryland team leader for the Exploring Computing Education Pathways (ECEP) Alliance and a founding member of the Maryland chapter of the Computer Science Teachers Association.

As pupils and teachers around the world return to school for what is likely to be a challenging year in education, many will be benefiting from the latest piece of support provided by the National Centre for Computing Education. The "Teach Computing Curriculum" aims to support teachers, reduce workload, and provide outstanding learning experiences for pupils. This massive 18-month project reached its goal in July, completing 500 hours of computing lessons for Key Stage 1 - 4 students (aged 5 -16). In this episode, we hear from the team behind the project as well as teachers preparing to use this exciting new content. The episode comes in two versions, this one is focused on primary education. Notes Find more information at http://ncce.io/tc11 This month, everything we've discussed can be found on the teachcomputing.org site or via ncce.io/tcc You can also view the full transcript for the primary episode and the full transcript for the secondary episode. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/teachcomputing/message

As pupils and teachers around the world return to school for what is likely to be a challenging year in education, many will be benefiting from the latest piece of support provided by the National Centre for Computing Education. The "Teach Computing Curriculum" aims to support teachers, reduce workload, and provide outstanding learning experiences for pupils. This massive 18-month project reached its goal in July, completing 500 hours of computing lessons for Key Stage 1 - 4 students (aged 5 -16). In this episode, we hear from the team behind the project as well as teachers preparing to use this exciting new content. The episode comes in two versions, this one is focused on secondary education. Notes Find more information at http://ncce.io/tc11 This month, everything we've discussed can be found on the teachcomputing.org site or via ncce.io/tcc You can also view the full transcript for the primary episode and the full transcript for the secondary episode. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/teachcomputing/message

SEI Quantum Computing team members Dr. Jason Larkin, Daniel Justice, and Matias Jonsson discuss what Jonsson is learning as a student intern in quantum computing, applications where quantum computing can offer advantages over classical computers, and where they think the quantum field is going.

In this interview with Rafi Santo and Sara Vogel, we discuss informal learning in CS, the CS Visions Framework, equity through social justice pedagogy, considerations for Integration, and much more.Click here for this episode’s show notes.

In this episode, Claire meets with Jonathan Chippindall: a part-time teacher and computing specialist. During the episode, Jonathan talks about his passion for computing and technology as well as giving teachers tips and advice on how to deliver the computing curriculum. He explains how the new curriculum opened doors in terms of his interest in coding and engineering allowing him to get involved in developing resources for Barefoot Computing and pursuing his specialism. Jonathan reassures teachers that it is okay to have concerns and worries about the computing curriculum; it is a challenge. However, he explains that help and support is out there noting Barefoot and the National Centre for Computing Education (NCCE) as starting points. He suggests that schools should be committed to staff development to ensure they are skilled and confident in teaching this subject area. He also offers advice on how computing should be taught with a focus on computational thinking and creativity. Jonathan reinforces the idea that these skills can be taught through unplugged computing and can be delivered with limited technology and a small budget. The conversation also covers Jonathan’s favoured kit and tech where he explains that the best companies also offer resources to teachers as well as listening to the primary community. The most valuable companies are ones which evolve over time so that the technology doesn’t become irrelevant or redundant. Jonathan also suggests creative ways of getting technology into school such as teaming up with schools to create a ‘kit loan library’, researching computing hubs and empowering the strongest pupils to upskill other children and staff.   KEY TAKEAWAYS Computing is a challenge. Teachers have the right to be worried about coding as they are being asked to teach something that they may not necessarily have experience of. However, there are free resources out there such as Barefoot Computing and the NCCE to provide support and empower teachers. Barefoot provide free workshops for staff and NCCE provide online primary pedagogy courses. Schools could dedicate staff meetings to upskilling staff in these areas. Unplugged computing is just as important. Computing doesn’t just mean using the technology. The Barefoot model involves six skills that make up computational thinking which can all be taught through unplugged activities. Computational thinking should be at the root of all IT teaching. The opening line of the new computing curriculum doesn’t mention programming or coding - it mentions computational thinking. This means developing problem solving skills: what are the steps to solve it? How can I break this problem down? These skills should be the main focus in all computing teaching. Teachers should allow for creativity in computing lessons. Jonathan mentions the importance of trying not to have lessons that are too scaffolded. Copying code that children might have seen in a resource means that the children are just recreating. In these cases, programming is not being taught: the children themselves are being programmed. Creativity in lessons encourages children to be innovative and to be designers. The pupils themselves can support you. Get pupils supporting you. Some pupils are very confident with technology. These children could be ‘Computing Ambassadors’, supporting other pupils and yourself. Invest in high quality kit and training for teachers. Jonathan suggests that the best use of funding is ensuring that new kit bought is used and used well. In addition to this, taking the top 10-20% of any budget and putting it towards staff training can see greater returns in teachers’ knowledge and confidence. He explains to look for the companies that aren’t just providing the kit, but are also providing the support. Chip’s favourite tech. Jonathan recommends the ‘Crumble Controller’ for key stage 2 as it is an inexpensive tool which allows physical computing. The company behind this technology listens to teachers and is constantly evolving so the equipment doesn’t become outdated. He also recommends Sphero for programming in key stage 2. For key stage 1, he suggests Beebots which are ideal for teaching basic programming skills.   BEST MOMENTS “It is a fairly significant ask. We are asking teachers to teach something they haven’t had experience of themselves in their own education although that is going to change through time as people come up through the system. And then I think that it is then realising that there is a lot of support out there. “ “Computing and computer science is not all about going straight to the coding. There’s a lot of work you can do with unplugged activities where you’re teaching these concepts without technology.” “For people that are worrying, you’re not on your own. It is acknowledged that this is an area we need to offer support and there is support out there” “In my school, I use Sphero, Crumble for key stage 2 and Beebots in key stage 1 and that’s our main focus.” “I just think hobbies are really important. Particularly for teachers as well, we’re working with kids and the idea is we are inspiring them because we like doing stuff and learning stuff. So it’s nice to have hobbies that you can talk to them about” “I think sometimes we fall into the trap of trying to do a one-size-fits-all. If you are working longer hours but you are loving it and you are happy, you’re going to be less happy if I tell you ‘you can’t’. It’s about just empowering people to know what they are comfortable with and helping them to work towards that.” “It’s these problem-solving skills which are really valuable that we want to develop in pupils because technology changes … What we want to do is make great problem solvers. So computational thinking needs to be at the heart of what we’re doing.”   VALUABLE RESOURCES Barefoot Computing: https://www.barefootcomputing.org/ NCCE National Centre for Computing Education: https://teachcomputing.org/ Microbit Website: https://microbit.org/ Sphero Website: https://www.sphero.com/ The Teachers’ Podcast: https://www.facebook.com/groups/TheTeachersPodcast/ Classroom Secrets Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ClassroomSecretsLimited/ Classroom Secrets website: https://classroomsecrets.co.uk/ LIFE/work balance campaign: https://classroomsecrets.co.uk/lifeworkbalance-and-wellbeing-in-education-campaign-2019/   ABOUT THE HOST Claire Riley Claire, alongside her husband Ed, is one of the directors of Classroom Secrets, a company she founded in 2013 and which provides outstanding differentiated resources for teachers, schools, parents and tutors worldwide. Having worked for a number of years as a teacher in both Primary and Secondary education, and experiencing first-hand the difficulties teachers were facing finding appropriate high-quality resources for their lessons, Claire created Classroom Secrets with the aim of helping reduce the workload for all school staff. Claire is a passionate believer in a LIFE/work balance for those who work in education citing the high percentage of teachers who leave or plan to leave their jobs each year. Since February 2019, Classroom Secrets has been running their LIFE/work balance campaign to highlight this concerning trend. The Teachers’ Podcast is a series of interviews where Claire meets with a wide range of guests involved in the field of education. These podcasts provide exciting discussions and different perspectives and thoughts on a variety of themes which are both engaging and informative for anyone involved in education.

At the Raspberry Pi Foundation, the Educator Support team have been spending a lot of time thinking about how they are approaching progression throughout the NCCE Resource Repository resources. In this month's episode, we hear from members of the team about their approach to progression developing Learning Graphs and how they expect these to be used by educators. Also this month, I speak with Oliver Quinlan, Head of Impact and Research at the Raspberry Pi Foundation, about the upcoming Research Symposium. Thanks to all our guests for their contributions to this episode, and a special thanks to Oliver Quinlan for our intro theme built from Commodore 64 sounds. Full notes and transcript available on the Teach Computing Blog --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/teachcomputing/message

SEI Quantum Computing team members Dr. Jason Larkin, Daniel Justice, and Matias Jonsson discuss what Jonsson is learning as a student intern in quantum computing, applications where quantum computing can offer advantages over classical computers, and where they think the quantum field is going.

Teaching students outside major colleges and major hubs how to program, and creating more tech hubs outside of the US, is the goal of CSBridge, a nonprofit that teaches foundations of Stanford's CS 1 course in Istanbul, Prague, Bogotá, and more. Hear from founders and Stanford affiliates Nick and Asena McKeown.

What's in this episode? In this week's BONUS episode we throw back to Ian Hurd recording at the graduation of the first cohort of teachers to complete a nationally recognised qualification from the National Centre for Computing Education (NCCE).  Ian is first in conversation with Professor Simon Peyton Jones, the NCCE Chair, and Liza Belozerova, Google.org Program Manager for Europe, Middle East and Africa.  Both guests share some good reads and inspirational tech for teachers in this space. Also in this episode two real-world learning opportunities for students. First, Constance Agyeman, Nesta’s Head of Thriving Communities, introduces the Longitude Explorer Prize focusing on getting a more diverse group of young people into AI, tech and innovation. Next, Sevra Davis, Head of Learning at the Design Museum, talks about Design Ventura, aimed at encouraging design thinking, creativity and business acumen in young people.    Happy listening! People Sophie Bailey is the Founder and Presenter of The Edtech Podcast | Twitter: @podcastedtech Ian Hurd, Presenter, The Edtech Podcast | Twitter @Ian_R_Hurd Constance Agyeman, Nesta’s Head of Thriving Communities, @ConstanceAgyema Simon Peyton Jones, the NCCE Chair, Microsoft Research Liza Belozerova, Google.org Program Manager for Europe, Middle East and Africa Sevra Davis, Head of Learning at the Design Museum, @sevradavis Show Notes and References   Check out https://theedtechpodcast.com/edtechpodcast for the full show notes  Tell us your story We'd love to hear your thoughts. Record a quick free voicemail via speakpipe for inclusion in the next episode. Or you can post your thoughts or follow-on links via twitter @podcastedtech or via The Edtech Podcast Facebook page or Instagram. Read more at https://theedtechpodcast.libsyn.com/#U0B5LfxMkQRUBdV2.99

An exciting new podcast from the National Centre for Computing Education in England. Each month, you get to hear from a range of experts, teachers, and educators from other settings as they discuss with us key issues, approaches, and challenges related to teaching computing in the classroom. teachcomputing.org/ --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/teachcomputing/message

Developer Hiring TableXI is now offering training for developers and products teams! For more info, email workshops@tablexi.com or find us at http://tablexi.com.workshops Today on the show, we're talking about hiring with Jennifer Tu and Zee Spencer of Cohere, Thayer Prime of Team Prime, and software consultant Matt Patterson. We talk about the entire developer hiring process from how to advertise your company to potential candidates, through coding tests and interviews, and all the way to the final decision process. It's a great conversation with a lot of different perspectives and a lot of good advice. We’d like to hear from you. What do you look for when hiring developers? Let us know at http://techdoneright.io/56 or on Twitter at @tech_done_right Guests Jennifer Tu (https://twitter.com/jtu): Cofounder of Cohere (http://wecohere.com). Zee Spencer (https://twitter.com/zspencer): Cofounder of Cohere (http://wecohere.com). Thayer Prime (https://twitter.com/Thayer): Founder of Team Prime (https://team-prime.com/). Matt Patterson (https://twitter.com/fidothe): Software Consultant. Notes 02:55 - Common Mistakes When Hiring Developers 05:17 - Effective Hiring Procedures and Interview Processes 10:31 - Getting Your Company’s Name Out There 15:30 - Recruitment, Onboarding, and Reviews 18:52 - Sending Take-Home Exercises and the Problems They Present; Pre-Hire Pairing 30:33 - Good and Bad Uses of Interview Time 33:11 - Developing Interview Question and Using Standardization to Remove Biases 35:34 - Making Yes/No Decisions Related Episodes Apprenticeship with Megan Tiu, Kara Carrell, and Alyssa Ramsey (https://www.techdoneright.io/41) Diversity and Inclusion at Small Companies with Meara Charnetzki, Michael Donnelly, and Elena Valentine (https://www.techdoneright.io/40) Live Panel: Hiring Developers in (and out of) Health Care (https://www.techdoneright.io/23) Developer Bootcamps and Computing Education with Jeff Casimir and Mark Guzdial (https://www.techdoneright.io/20) Special Guests: Jennifer Tu, Matt Patterson, Thayer Prime, and Zee Spencer.

This is Mark Guzdial: he is a Professor in the College of Engineering at the University of Michigan.This is his talk from "To Code and Beyond," a conference about education and computer science, hosted by Cornell Technion.Guzdial is a really important piece of this rubik's cube that is contemporary thought on computer science education. This talk is an important appetizer to the forthcoming episode, where Professor Guzdial and I dig into some of the topics he alludes to here. You'll notice that in the audio I intentionally made it sound like a hollow lecture hall to bring you closer to the milieu where such talks typically occur. That's not true. Sometimes a venue has technical hiccups, and this one caught the audio but didn't get a great recording. That's okay though, i'm grateful to have what we could get.If you're fired up about the talk. I'll link to the video in the show notes, where you'll be able to see some of the visuals he was sharing. It was a terrific talk, and if you can't tell from his introduction, Mark is one in a line of thought leaders who have fought hard to help us stay motivated in answering the tough questions around technology in learning. Is coding a critical 21st century literacy? Yes, he says, because it helps us learn everything else better.My tremendous thanks to Diane Levitt of Cornell Tech, who helped make this talk and my interview with Mark a possibility, and for throwing a top notch event where this and much more dialogue like it can take place.Notes from this episode:Video of the talk, "Computing Education as a Foundation for 21 Century Literacy": https://cornell.app.box.com/s/feib38ctri0hpcgylte78zbstvlrneywSeymor Papert, Mindstorms: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mindstorms_(book)Elliot Solloway: http://www.soe.umich.edu/people/profile/elliot_soloway/K-12 Initiative at Cornell Tech: https://tech.cornell.edu/impact/k-12/ See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Apprenticeship with Megan Tiu, Kara Carrell, and Alyssa Ramsey TableXI is offering training for developers and products teams! For more info, email workshops@tablexi.com. Get your FREE career growth strategy information and techniques! (https://stickynote.game) Summary What is an apprenticeship program, how is it different from an internship, and how can your company benefit from having one? In this episode, we’re talking about technical apprenticeships with Megan Tiu of Women Who Code. Megan and I have both run apprenticeships at various companies. We’re also joined by Table XI’s current apprentice cohort, Kara Carrell and Alyssa Ramsey. Guests Megan Tiu (http://twitter.com/megantiu): Engineering Manager with Women Who Code (https://www.womenwhocode.com). megantiu.com (http://www.megantiu.com/). Alyssa Ramsey: Developer Apprentice at TableXI (https://www.tablexi.com/). Kara Carrell: Developer Apprentice at TableXI (https://www.tablexi.com/). Notes 02:18 - Apprenticeship: Defined 04:38 - Finding and Hiring People for Apprenticeships 05:21 - Interviewing For Apprenticeships 08:35 - Organizing Apprenticeships 14:13 - Making Use of Unstructured Time and Other Opportunities for Apprentices 17:39 - Career-Growth Support - Apprenticeship Patterns by Dave Hoover and Adewale Oshineye (http://shop.oreilly.com/product/9780596518387.do) 20:40 - Having a Sponsor and Getting Support - Sticky Note Game (http://stickynote.game) 24:20 - Evaluating Apprentices 27:59 - Benefits For Companies That Have Apprenticeship Programs - How to be a Better Junior Developer, by Katherine Wu (https://confreaks.tv/videos/railsconf2014-how-to-be-a-better-junior-developer) Related Episodes Your First 100 Days Onboarding A New Employee With Shay Howe and John Gore (http://www.techdoneright.io/37) Developer Bootcamps and Computing Education with Jeff Casimir and Mark Guzdial (http://www.techdoneright.io/20) Managing For Career Development with Claire Lew and Dan Hodos (http://www.techdoneright.io/12) Career Development With Brandon Hays and Pete Brooks (http://www.techdoneright.io/002-career-development-with-brandon-hays) Special Guests: Alyssa Ramsey, Kara Carrell, and Megan Tiu.

Developer Bootcamps and Computing Education with Jeff Casimir and Mark Guzdial Follow us on Twitter @techdoneright (https://twitter.com/tech_done_right), and please leave us a review on Apple Podcasts (https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/tech-done-right/id1195695341?mt=2)! Guests Mark Guzdial (https://twitter.com/guzdial): Professor in Interactive Computing at Georgia Tech (http://home.cc.gatech.edu/guzdial) and Computer Science Education Researcher. Jeff Casimir (https://twitter.com/j3): Executive Director at The Turing School (https://www.turing.io/). Summary How do people learn computing? Who learns best from traditional computer science education and who from bootcamps? How can we teach people who are not developers but who need to learn some programming to do their jobs? Jeff Casimir, the founder of Turing academy, and Georgia Tech's Mark Guzdial, one of the founders of the International Computing Education Research conference, join Noel to answer these questions and also explain why Excel is both the best and the worst thing in the world. Notes 01:45 - “Computing Education” - Paul Krugman: The Excel Depression (http://www.nytimes.com/2013/04/19/opinion/krugman-the-excel-depression.html?mcubz=0) - The Language of Programming (https://temochka.com/blog/posts/2017/06/28/the-language-of-programming.html) 05:27 - Teaching Developers at The Turing School 09:53 - Measuring the Quality of Education 14:05 - The Graduation Rate of Women and Underrepresented Groups 16:19 - Skills Acquisition 20:20 - Why not Fix Traditional Computer Science? 24:05 - Computing and Contextualized Computer Education - “Cargo Culting” (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cargo_cult_programming) 41:00 - Why Do Bootcamps Close? - Steve Lohr: As Coding Boot Camps Close, the Field Faces a Reality Check (New York Times Piece) (https://www.nytimes.com/2017/08/24/technology/coding-boot-camps-close.html?mcubz=0) - Audrey Watters: Why Are Coding Boot Camps Going Out of Business? (http://hackeducation.com/2017/07/22/bootcamp-bust) - The Problems with Coding Bootcamps: Allure with little Payoff (Mark’s Post) (https://computinged.wordpress.com/2017/08/28/the-problems-with-coding-bootcamps-allure-without-payoff/) - Barriers Faced by Coding Bootcamp Students by Kyle Thayer and Andrew J. Ko (http://www.kylethayer.com/assets/papers/BarriersFacedByCodingBootcampStudents-Thayer-Ko.pdf) - What I Learned from Researching Coding Bootcamps by Kyle Thayer (https://medium.com/bits-and-behavior/what-i-learned-from-researching-coding-bootcamps-f594c15bd9e0) 46:11 - Success Rates Between People Who Have Had a Career First vs People Who Skip College and Enter Bootcamps Special Guests: Jeff Casimir and Mark Guzdial.

Mark Guzdial, a Professor in the College of Computing at the Georgia Institute of Technology, is the inventor of the Media Computation approach to learning introductory computing, which uses contextualized computing education to attract and retain students. Mark is also the Director of the NSF-sponsored alliance to broaden participation in computing, "Georgia Computes!"

Jon G. Hall and Lucia Rapanotti from the Department of Computing, The Open University, discuss the teaching of computing in schools.