Sway Grantham Email & Phone Number

Milton Keynes, United Kingdom

Since Picademy and gaining a range of skills through the workshops I continue to model using Raspberry Pis in the classroom and support educators with how best to make use of these computers to aid learning.

My role as a self-employed Digital Technology Consultant allows me to work in a variety of roles. I have written book chapters for several SAGE publishing books around the topics of technology use in the classroom as well as Computing pedagogy.I have worked with several start-ups to help them develop educational resources to support Computing education.

My mentee is working on:'To overcome the obstacles that teachers come across as they try to get professional development.'She is developing a model for an app that will allow teacher to access gamified and personal CPD to help them 'Tech Up' their teaching and allow them to improve the quality of teaching and learning in their classrooms.I am working with.

Milton Keynes, United Kingdom

Having spent 2 days at Google with lots of other amazing educators, I strive to take on board the principles learnt through Google's design thinking process and apply this to education. My current project focus is reducing educator's fear of failure.

My mentee identified the problem he wanted to work on:As noted in Google and Gallup’s report, “Searching For Computer Science: Access and Barriers in U.S. K-12 Education”, 9 out 10 surveyed parents want their students to have computer science learning opportunities, but only 1 in 4 school principals offer computer science courses at their schools.I then.

Milton Keynes, United Kingdom

Through my role as an SLE, I run a half termly Computing networking meeting, support schools with the development of their Computing curriculum including supporting subject leaders to develop staff INSET or assessment strategies for their school.

Raspberry Pi, Cambridge

Developing high quality resources and training to equip teachers with the tools and skills they need to effectively teach the computing curriculum at the primary level.

Milton Keynes, United Kingdom

I teach all of the Computing curriculum to Foundation through to Year 6. I wrote the curriculum specifically for the school and review and adapt it each year. I have also implemented a visual assessment system to show the children their areas of strengths and weakness within the subject.As well as this I run several clubs surrounding the ideas of Computing.

Milton Keynes, United Kingdom

Over the years, I have worked in a range of schools as a KS2 teacher specialising in Computing.

Milton Keynes, United Kingdom

I have written a range of articles and lesson plans for TeachPrimary around the topics of Computing, ICT and technology across the curriculum.

Master Of Education - Med, Primary Computing

Activities and Societies: Final dissertation

Pgcert, Primary Computing

Pgce, Primary Education

Bachelor Of Science (Bsc), Psychology And Computing, First Class Honours

Activities and Societies: President of Stage Spiders - Children's Theatre Company

A Levels

Secondary School, Gcses