Episodes 17
Avg. Duration 42m
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Since Feb 2024
Latest Episode Apr 2025

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It’s here! HTTCS the podcast. Listen to extracts from the book ”How to Teach Computer Science” read by me, the author Alan Harrison. I’ll discuss the thinking behind the content, bring it up to date with the latest news and research and help you understand how to use the knowledge in your classroom. See https://httcs.online for more info.

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S2E7 Enrichment Ideas

Apr 03, 2025 25m Transcript

Rebecca Franks and I talk about Enrichment, but as Rebecca is co-founder of Flip Computing, we can't resist going back to the subject of the last episode: inclusion. Flip Computing and Quality First…

S2E6 What does inclusion look like in computing?

Mar 14, 2025 52m Transcript

I chat with the co-editor of "Inclusive Computing Education in the Secondary School", Ellie Overland. We discuss the moral imperative for inclusion, how all teachers want to include everyone, the…

S2E5 Will AI revive the art of tinkering?

Mar 07, 2025 50m Transcript

The brilliant Miles Berry and Becci Peters and I chat all things AI in education. Becci gives us practical tips for lesson planning and engagement. Alan explains why students still need to know…

S2E4 Bumper Workload Special!

Feb 16, 2025 55m Transcript

Almost an hour of cracking bantz from Dave Cross, Becci Peters, Andy Colley and myself covering ways to reduce workload in the Computing department. Centralised curriculum, beg-steal-borrowing…

S2E3 What are the Issues and Impacts of Computing?

Jan 27, 2025 48m Transcript

I discuss Issues and Impacts of computing with the wonderful Beverly Clarke MBE. We discuss AI (of course), and the impact of automation on jobs and the economy, The value of Tik Tok (and the…

S2E2 What are our KS4 curriculum and qualifications?

Dec 08, 2024 34m Transcript

ECDL, CIDA, DIDA, we taught them all! Nowadays we're all about Computer Science GCSE but how do we get there? Andrew Virnuls returns, joined by Becci Peters of CAS to talk about the key stage 4…

S2E1 What is Physical Computing? With Pete Dring

Nov 18, 2024 47m Transcript

S2 E01: Pete and I discuss Microbits, Pis and the hassles of getting permission to drop something from a drone. Making computing interesting - don't say "fun"! And we go off-topic about AI,…

S1E10 What’s the Future of Education? Part 2

May 26, 2024 39m Transcript

The concluding part of my chat with David Morgan aka "The Lesson Hacker". We talk AI-drawn Labradors with two tails, AI failing to get Star Trek uniforms right, and the end of the costume rental…

What’s the future of education?

May 03, 2024 46m Transcript

David Morgan of Craig'n'Dave and Mindjoy joins me to talk about the future. Apparently it's here already, who knew? Personalised teaching bots, the history of cheating and how to become a "10x…

S1E8 How Do We Teach Algorithms?

Apr 20, 2024 48m Transcript

One of the best known creators of computing education content, one half of Craig'n'Dave, Dave Hillyard, joins me to talk about Hungarian Dancers, Snakes and Ladders and the day we did a "collab".…

How Hard Can it Be?

Apr 11, 2024 49m Transcript

Rachel Arthur from Teach First joins me to talk all things Initial Teacher Training. We discuss the joys of teaching computing, routes into teaching, what to expect from your placements and why we…

S1E6 How do we prepare for exams?

Mar 28, 2024 50m Transcript

Miss Tough joins me to discuss exam preparation: revision techniques, retrieval practice, making mind maps (or not!) answering exam questions. Playing Taboo! and corny computing jokes. I tell you…

S1E5 How Do We Teach Programming?

Mar 16, 2024 41m Transcript

I meet the teenagers behind "Mission Encodable", a Python tutorial website, hear their stories of learning to code and why they made the product. I reminisce about my classroom days when I wrote "10…

S1E4 How DO we teach Computer Science?

Mar 07, 2024 43m Transcript

In this episode I explore pedagogy, the art of teaching, with the help of highly experienced computer science teacher Andy Colley. We talk explicit instruction, cold calling, checking for…

S1E3 What have Braille and Burger Emojis got in common?

Feb 29, 2024 31m Transcript

What have Braille and Burger Emojis got in common? I take a deep dive into the subject of Data Representation with the help of my special guest Andrew Virnuls of advanced-ict.info, we demystify…

HTTCS Episode 002: What IS Computer Science?

Feb 22, 2024 29m Transcript

How to Teach Computer Science episode 2, "What IS Computer Science", in which I attempt to cover the whole spec in 30 minutes, from Data Representation through Programming and Algorithms to Issues…

S1E1 HTTCS Episode 001 What's All This About Then?

Feb 12, 2024 24m Transcript

Hello and welcome to "How to Teach Computer Science", the podcast. I've had a lot of people say to me, Alan, your book has been recommended to me and it looks fantastic, but I just don't have time to…

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