by Jo Brodie, Queen Mary University of London
CS4FN (Computer Science For Fun) is our sister site for schools and is full of articles and stories about computer science aimed at a school-age audience: https://cs4fn.blog.
We regularly publish new blog posts there and as we expand on a topic we create a portal for it, to gather in one place all our articles on a particular theme (see our full list of portals here). Some of these articles or themes will also form the basis for a later edition of the CS4FN magazine, along with new articles. (If you’re a computing teacher, home educator or librarian based in the UK you can subscribe to receive free print copies of the magazine, for everyone else help yourself to our free PDFs.
1. Computer Science and Research portal
One of the things we’re keen to do is help teachers and young people find out about the sheer variety of computer science research, and how computer scientists are contributing to knowledge. We’ve created a new Computer Science and Research portal and are gathering articles there that specifically talk about research. Currently you’ll find articles about how disabled people can be better included in the design of the devices that they might use, about photogrammetry and how it can be used from monitoring coral reefs to digitally preserving delicate historic items of clothing, about a project to make software (‘R’) usable for a wider range of people and about an AI-based ‘story facilitator’ tablet being developed for use with people with dementia and their carers.
The photogrammetry article also appears in another new portal, Computer Science and 3D.
2. Re-use our material
We are also very keen that teachers feel free to use and adapt our material, for non-commercial purposes. You’re welcome to print out anything from our websites or magazines and use in class. We’ve put together a set of pages about how you can re-use our material, republish it elsewhere, or even write for CS4FN!
3. New blog posts
- Much ado about nothing (14 August 2024)
– about finding a way to check that medical devices can operate safely even if programmed with an unexpected (wrong) dose - Double or nothing: an extra copy of your software, just in case (13 August 2024)
– probably the most expensive error in history, thanks to a bug - Navajo Code Talkers (11 August 2024)
– a WW2 platoon of Navajo speakers who were able to use their language as a code on the battlefield - Involving disabled people in the design of ICT tools and devices (8 August 2024)
– making sure that the voices and opinions of disabled people are included at an early stage of production when new devices or tools are being created - Finding work experience, or a job in computer science (6 August 2024)
– information for school-aged people as well as undergraduates and links to more information. We also have a website dedicated to storing computer science-related (in the widest sense) job adverts and job packs (person specification / job descriptions) which you can browse at your leisure.
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