Alan Harrison

Now on the way to @aqaeducation.bsky.social Milton Keynes for a session on the new curriculum with @computingatschool.bsky.social #TeamCompSci #Uked

It was a privilege to deliver "An Introduction to A-level Computer Science" for #NCCE @wearecomputing.bsky.social in York last week. Book now for this course next summer: teachcomputing.org/courses/CP26... #TeamComputerScience #Computing #ComputerScience #UKEd

It was a privilege to deliver "An Introduction to A-level Computer Science" for #NCCE @wearecomputing.bsky.social in York last week. Book now for this course next summer: teachcomputing.org/courses/CP26... #TeamComputerScience #Computing #ComputerScience #UKEd

I've had a bit of a break from the socials for a while - partly just swamped with work (which is nice) - and partly just because *waves hands at all the divisive stuff* but I'm posting a few things this week.

I enjoyed researching and writing this for @seced.bsky.social and must thank Dave Leonard @itbadger.bsky.social of Watergrove Trust for the excellent insight into how they manage #AI in #schools #UKEd #edusky

As seen at the Festival of Computing hosted by @craigndave.bsky.social and @aqaeducation.bsky.social My new #coding fluency app six(im).possible().things() is FREE until end September and early adopters get a discounted Teacher Pro subscription for just £99/year. #TeamCompSci #UKEd #Programming

I'm running #computing #CPD for OTSA again next year. All Tue 4pm: > 17 Nov 2026: How to Teach Data Representation > 24 Nov 2026: How to Teach Computer Systems > 23 Feb 2027: AI and Data Literacy > 27 Apr 2027: Preparing for the new Computing GCSE www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/otsa-30340... #TeamCompSci

More proof that money and power makes you evil.

As seen at the Festival of Computing hosted by @craigndave.bsky.social and @aqaeducation.bsky.social My new #coding fluency app six(im).possible().things() is FREE until end September and early adopters get a discounted Teacher Pro subscription for just £99/year. #TeamCompSci #UKEd #Programming

I wrote this blog ten years ago, but the representation was also a key part of ICT - specifications used to include things like the portability of file formats and linking vs. embedding. #TeamCompSci www.advanced-ict.info/blog/represe...

The great thing about Britain is you're free to think whatever you want to think and say whatever J. K. Rowling's lawyers permit you to say.

I enjoyed researching and writing this for @seced.bsky.social and must thank Dave Leonard @itbadger.bsky.social of Watergrove Trust for the excellent insight into how they manage #AI in #schools #UKEd #edusky

The DfE #genAI Product Safety Standards offer a framework for safer #AI use in #schools. Alan Harrison – @httcs.online – outlines practical steps on risk, #safeguarding, DPIAs & compliance for leaders: buff.ly/cIHSvkC #education #teaching #edusky

The DfE #genAI Product Safety Standards offer a framework for safer #AI use in #schools. Alan Harrison – @httcs.online – outlines practical steps on risk, #safeguarding, DPIAs & compliance for leaders: buff.ly/cIHSvkC #education #teaching #edusky

The DfE #genAI Product Safety Standards offer a framework for safer #AI use in #schools. Alan Harrison – @httcs.online – outlines practical steps on risk, #safeguarding, DPIAs & compliance for leaders: buff.ly/4h5mkvc #education #teaching #edusky

The DfE #genAI Product Safety Standards offer a framework for safer #AI use in #schools. Alan Harrison – @httcs.online – outlines practical steps on risk, #safeguarding, DPIAs & compliance for leaders: buff.ly/cIHSvkC #education #teaching #edusky

Remove home secretary Mahmood and rip up her asylum plans, says Alf Dubs

This is remarkable.

Extraordinary credit to Sadiq Khan for pushing through this deeply controversial policy. This is what can happen when politicians are prepared to stick to their principles.

I am at the #STEM Tech and #AI conference in York, come and say hi if you're about.

David Dimbleby: "As for the benefits of leaving, 10 years have passed – and we are still waiting." https://www.independent.co.uk/voices/nigel-farage-david-dimbleby-brexit-10-years-b2995983.html

Coming soon... #TeamCompSci

16) These UK developments sit within a global fascistic turn with some of the most advanced patterns evident in the US; in Germany the AfD leads polls. 17) Democracy collapses much more quickly than most people think, because it doesn't actually have to collapse for it to become non-functional.

14) Meanwhile, many in the UK do not understand how far down this road we already are. A prominent far right extremist was correct when he said that the Overton window has been ‘obliterated'. That is not what many see when culture wars and 'anti-woke' agendas are manufactured to speak for them.

There are, in my view, 25 things everyone needs to understand in light of recent events: 1) Those out in our communities last night were not protestors, but organised far right extremists. 2) Their actions align with fascist ideologies. 3) So yes: these are fascist practices on our streets. 🧵

If a left party (which Labour once was) tries to win votes from the right by validating their talking points, three things happen: - They lose votes to more progressive parties - They do NOT win any votes from the right - The right is emboldened by the support and grows in confidence.

Hitler and Lord Haw Haw had medium wave, around 3KHz and the Daily Mail. Putin and Farage have X,RT and GB News, amplified via the BBC. Reform are destabilising the country.

Reform, Restore and Advance are all white nationalist parties, the children of the BNP, formerly the National Front, formerly the British Union of Fascists. They believe in white supremacy, and do not believe non-white people can be truly British. They are neo-Nazi in nature.

Name this band. Wrong answers only. No, I mean that's the name of the band 😁

Yikes. Hope everyone is OK in France and Spain.

Climate targets scrapped. Committees abolished. Climate language removed. What Reform councils have done after taking power. @eastangliabylines.co.uk

I am running the Manchester 10k on Sunday for the MIND charity, if you can spare a few quid that would be purely belter... Please RT. Thank you ! ajbellgreatmanchesterrun2026.enthuse.com/pf/alan4mind

Employer contribution rates to the Teachers’ Pension Scheme may fall by as much as 10 per cent next year, experts predict, relieving pressure on cash-strapped post-92 universities. Juliette Rowsell reports #TPS #pensions #edusky https://ow.ly/1JCJ50Z18MW

SecEd Webinar: Our best practice webinar on June 11 will outline practical ideas & lessons learned for effective academic enrichment activities in secondary #schools, including how to develop key skills & effectively prepare students for higher #education: buff.ly/9bnPpyD #teaching #edusky

Had a great time last week delivering one of the A-level residential days for the NCCE @wearecomputing.bsky.social at the STEM Centre in York. I had the joy of explaining the origin of the phrase "2's complement", and doing lots of floating point binary exercises. #TeamCompSci #STEM #NCCE #Computing

Have you subscribed to At the chalk-face yet? At The Chalk Face is our YouTube home for teachers, by teachers – where Craig’n’Dave’s magic comes to life! 👉 www.youtube.com/@thechalkface #TeamCompSci #CraignDave #AtTheChalkface

In the spirit of brotherly love, could I gently enquire why the almighty **** are government departments, government ministers and Labour MPs *STILL* using X?

It is unconscionable to use X. To do so gives succour to Musk and all he represents.

Let's hope that 2026 is the year we start to disensh*ttify the internet! pluralistic.net/2026/01/01/3...

Let me tell you a story (before the ship explodes):

Today is #LGBTQinSTEMDay 🌈 ESA proudly joins the STEM community in celebrating the unique contributions of LGBTQ+ individuals. The Pride Flag will fly across ESA sites as a reminder of how far we’ve come, and how much more there is to do. #SpaceForAll

Downdetector is down because it’s on Cloudflare

Want students to take great notes? Use the Cornell Note-Taking Method ⬇️ https://www.innerdrive.co.uk/blog/effectively-use-the-cornell-note-taking-method/

Can't read that, cloudflare is down!

The irony of a DDoS protection service going down is off the scale.