Dr Daniel Hickmott

Postdoctoral Research Fellow | PhD (Education) & BEng (Software Engineering) from University of Newcastle | ❤️ coding, games, learning & instructional design

[Dr Daniel Hickmott @dan_hickmott]

During 2021-2021, I taught in the Master of Education (Digital Technologies). My colleague Sujatha and I worked closely together on it and I learned so much from her and our students. We wrote a technical report about the program, which is available here: https://t.co/RiXbsBdmV0

[Grok Academy @grokacademy]

Lesson 4-6 of Digital Exploration is out now!

In this series of mini lessons we'll cover topics such as home automation using micro:bits, spotting scams online and UI/UX design!

All 6 lessons are out now!
https://t.co/VKekFlfhyf

[Grok Academy @grokacademy]

An amazing milestone has just been achieved for the Schools Cyber Security Challenges. We've reached half a million student enrolments! Thank you to everyone who has enrolled in and completed our challenges!

To read more about this great achievement: https://t.co/WsNANUclj4

[𝙼𝚒𝚌𝚑𝚎𝚕𝚕𝚎 𝙲𝚑𝚘𝚖 🇦🇺 @MrsChom]

PISA 2025 Learning in the Digital World assessment measures students’ capacity to engage in an iterative process of knowledge building and problem solving using computational tools. https://t.co/mja2Rn2wbw

[James Prather, Ph.D. @jrprather]

Back in March, some colleagues and I started toying with an idea to create a new class of programming problems. We call them Prompt Problems and created a tool, called "Promptly", to deliver them. Check out our early results paper here: https://t.co/KTLI1VYk3Y

[Monash Education @MonashEducation]

In “Teaching in the age of artificial intelligence”, @Neil_Selwyn discusses the classroom constraints of AI impacting teaching conditions despite the promises of relieving teachers from repetitive tasks.

Read the paper here: https://t.co/B5zw34O3iI

[Grok Academy @grokacademy]

DT Applied: Cloud Computing is coming out next week!
Get hands on using APIs! Use Python to manipulate data from the cloud in the form of JSON documents. Learn how cloud computing lets businesses provide services to anyone in the world

@Accenture_ANZ @awscloud @CommBank @Telstra

[Dr Daniel Hickmott @dan_hickmott]

RIP 😭

[Justin Brannan @JustinBrannan]

R.I.P. Rick Froberg

[Nick Sewell, Re-Animator @nicksewell]

Stunned to hear about the passing of Rick Froberg. A lovely, talented guy and preternatural artist and musician. Honoured that he created art for my band and that I was able to create art for his. RIP

[Nicola Looker @NALooker]

#EHUSecondaryEducation This looks really useful! Rizvi, S., Waite, J. and Sentance, S. (2023) ‘Artificial Intelligence teaching and learning in K-12 from 2019 to 2022: A systematic literature review’, https://t.co/Rd10cW2PXg from @SamanZRizvi @janewaite @suesentance #CASChat

[Hello World Magazine @HelloWorld_Edu]

Hello World, issue 21 is OUT NOW!

If you've subscribed, you should see it in your inbox in the next hour 🙌

Not subscribed yet? Download it free: https://t.co/jE5y0ktY9U

If you're in the UK and subscribed to print copies, expect it in the post soon 😊 #CSEd #STEMEd #Primary

[Dr Sally Patfield @SallyPatfield]

With the #UniAccord aiming to drive reform in Australian higher education, we argue in the @ConversationEDU that it is high time more meaningful investment and support is given to supporting quality teaching across the sector.

[Raspberry Pi Foundation @RaspberryPi_org]

Find out about research to integrate programming and storytelling in the primary classroom.

Integrated teaching like this makes computing more applicable and relevant for learners, but there are practical aspects to take into account: https://t.co/CpXd5zVrsn

#STEM #CSEdResearch

[Dr Kate Smithers @thekatsmithers]

Our article in @ConversationEDU was published this morning! https://t.co/KFDtkSdVy4 @NeridaSpina @Jess_Harris2

[Grok Academy @grokacademy]

Did you know? Our NEW Data Analytics course has heaps of cross-curricular alignment! The skills and knowledge you learn in our course can also apply to other areas of the v8.4 & v9 curriculum including Digital Technologies, Mathematics and Science.
https://t.co/rHChnkohFV

[Mike Deutsch @mdeutschmtl]

Last week at #SIGCSE2023 I gave out a bunch of decks of cards -- @KidsCoding 's #unplugged #csk8 AI Card Game. Have you played it? Here's a quick explainer with PDF download: https://t.co/ZBIQjUGWrX

[A-Z of Teaching Intro Programming in Schools @a2zk12cs]

#K12CS #Teachers: Are you ready to take your learning/PD w/ @a2zk21cs to the next level⁉️
🚨📢We are thrilled to unveil https://t.co/xEjAF3fxkz—chk out companion pages for each ch. w/ discussion Qs, resources & ideas to help you get more from this already gr8 book 🥳 #SIGCSE2023

[Grok Academy @grokacademy]

The new and improved Infosec Course is out now!

V2 of the course includes a swathe of improvements using student submission data and teacher feedback such as new videos, a tighter learning sequence, fantastic teacher notes and solutions! https://t.co/CEYTNMyuN5

[Mark Guzdial @guzdial]

Introducing the Raspberry Pi Computing Education Research Centre, with clips from me, @suesentance and @simonpj0. @RaspberryPi_org (And @ericson_barbara at 3:05.) https://t.co/2jsscMJEIc

[Alex Hadwen-Bennett @DrHBComputing]

Read about the implications of my PhD research for inclusive programming education in the latest issue of @HelloWorld_Edu https://t.co/rzX6hbkHpK @crestem_kcl @KingsECS

[𝙼𝚒𝚌𝚑𝚎𝚕𝚕𝚎 𝙲𝚑𝚘𝚖 🇦🇺 @MrsChom]

Oh wow this looks fantastic! #DigitalTechnologies #ComputerScience #edtech @ECAWA