How to Teach Computer Science

About How to Teach Computer Science

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.

Publisher

httcs

Category

education · technology

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

12 Feb 2024

Latest episode

3 Apr 2025

Latest episodes

17 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   3 Apr 2025

   Enrichment Ideas

   Enrichment and a bit of inclusion talk with Rebecca Franks, co-founder of Flip Computing and Flock XR.

2. 

   14 Mar 2025

   What does inclusion look like in computing?

   Alan talks to ”Inclusive Computing Education in the Secondary School” author Ellie Overland

3. 

   7 Mar 2025

   Will AI revive the art of tinkering?

   Miles, Becci and Alan talk AI in Computing Education - is CT 2.0 a thing? What price knowledge in the age of AI?

4. 

   16 Feb 2025

   Bumper Workload Special!

   Workload tips from Dave Cross, Becci Peters and Andy Colley including feedback, behaviour and centralised resources. And bantz!

5. 

   27 Jan 2025

   What are the Issues and Impacts of Computing?

   Automation, the robot apocalypse, universal basic income and the wisdom of George Michael.

6. 

   8 Dec 2024

   What are our KS4 curriculum and qualifications?

   The Key Stage 4 Computing Curriculum is dissected by Becci Peters and Andrew Virnuls.

7. 

   18 Nov 2024

   What is Physical Computing? With Pete Dring

   Pete Dring and I talk about Physical Computing, enrichment and AI.

8. 

   26 May 2024

   What’s the Future of Education? Part 2

   Part 2 of David Morgan talking about AI in the classroom and cartoon Labradors.

9. 

   3 May 2024

   What’s the future of education?

   David Morgan joins me to talk chatbots, cheating and becoming a 10x teacher.

10. 

    20 Apr 2024

    How Do We Teach Algorithms?

    Dave Hillyard of Craig’n’Dave talks algorithms, abstractions and awkward collabs with Alan in this bumper episode.

11. 

    11 Apr 2024

    How Hard Can it Be?

    All things teacher training with Rachel Arthur from Teach First

12. 

    28 Mar 2024

    How do we prepare for exams?

    Preparing for the GCSE Computer Science exam, revision tips and tricks, and more teacher banter.

13. 

    16 Mar 2024

    How Do We Teach Programming?

    Talking about programming with Harry and Anna Wake of Mission Encodable, plus a special discount code for my books and more!

14. 

    7 Mar 2024

    How DO we teach Computer Science?

    Computing pedagogy, with Andy Colley. We talk explicit instruction, cold calling, checking for understanding, PRIMM and much more.

15. 

    29 Feb 2024

    What have Braille and Burger Emojis got in common?

    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,

16. 

    22 Feb 2024

    HTTCS Episode 002: What IS Computer Science?

    In which I attempt to explain the whole of the GCSE content in under 30 minutes!

17. 

    12 Feb 2024

    HTTCS Episode 001 What's All This About Then?

    Opening episode of How to Teach Computer Science - the podcast from Alan Harrison. See httcs.online for more details.

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Spotify

4.8 / 5

4 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 27 / 100

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Quality

41

Social presence

0

YouTube

0

Engagement

32

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