What is excellent teaching? What are the ingredients of an excellent lesson? What does an excellent lesson look like? Three questions, each of which has no definitive correct answer. Answers vary depending on viewpoint, age group, educational setting and the subject being taught. Computer Science is an enigma of a subject whereby not only do educators have to try and … Read More
Free Virtual STEM Workshops for school in Wales
Luke Clement is part of our Delivery Team who’s been working hard on a new selection of virtual workshops to offer primary and secondary schools in Wales. Find out more about the workshops in his recent blog… The past couple of months have certainly been strange from a delivery point of view. At the beginning of March, it seemed we … Read More
STEM Fortnight
Join us for two free STEM workshops focussed on renewable energy! Between 18-29th January, we’re offering free STEM workshops for schools in Wales, concentrating on Engineering and Computer Science. Sessions will be delivered virtually through Teams and all necessary kits will be sent to the school prior to the session. All you’ll need is a projector, speakers, mic and webcam … Read More
Newsbyte: Autumn Issue
Welcome to the Autumn issue of Newsbyte! We’ve had a busy few months with our successful Summer of STEM and preparing virtual sessions ready for the return to schools. Find out what we’re up to…
The History of Technocamps
17 years ago, Technocamps was established as a small unit in Swansea University. Today, we work across seven Welsh universities and we’ve interacted with over 50,000 pupils in over 350 primary and secondary schools.
GCSE and A Level support sessions
We’re pleased to announce that we’re offering support sessions for GCSE and A-Level students! During half-term, our Cardiff hub is offering the following virtual sessions: 1. A two-day GCSE revision session that will cover Assessment Object One of the WJEC GCSE Computer Science specification: “Demonstrate knowledge and understanding of the key concepts and principles of Computer Science”. 2. The AS/A Level session will cover … Read More
Case study: Casey Hopkins
Casey’s route into Computer Science was an unsual one. She was all set to be a French teacher until the course she’d wanted to study at Swansea Uni got cancelled due to lack of interest. Casey decided instead to study Computer Science (on the assumption it was graphics!). After discovering it was not graphics, Casey heard of Technocamps and thought … Read More
Learning with Lego in Lockdown
Our Bangor Hub Coordinator, Alex Clewett, had a very productive lockdown. Here, he talks about his experience with the new Lego Education SPIKE Prime set, and how he designed, built and coded his own carnival rides (with his children)… Back in May, as I was struggling to juggle home-schooling my three daughters and my job as Regional Coordinator for Technocamps … Read More
Half Term Event: Game Development 101
Over October Half-Term, we’re offering two introductory sessions to the world of Game Design! You can choose from the Beginners Session – designed for those who want to get into game design, or the Advanced Session – for those who want to take their games to the next level. You can even do both if you’re brave enough… Both sessions … Read More
Education Conference: Digital From a Distance
We’re hosting our first ever virtual Education Conference on Thursday October 22nd! The event is FREE and relevant to Primary and Secondary schools.Feel free to drop in to sessions where you’re available. Links will be sent closer to the event. Register here. Agenda: