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Dr Matthew Collins is a Senior Lecturer in QUB and head of the EEECS VR lab in the Computer Science department there. He has recently taken on the role as the new Chair of CAS Northern Ireland, a position held admirably by Dr Irene Bell for many years.

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Irene Bell
21/10/2024 16:10

Do you use commercial video games when teaching programming? Could you participate in some research?

Neil Rickus, Kings College London, has asked for the following message to be sent to Northern Ireland teachers. He is researching how commercial video games, such as Pac-Man or Frogger, can be used to support the teaching of coding within primary schools. For example, maybe you ask students to animate a Sonic sprite within Scratch, or perhaps you demonstrate Mario’s movement when introducing keyboard input. In particular, rather than games produced for learning coding, he is interested in the use of games developed for entertainment purposes.

Therefore, if you use commercial video games during the teaching of programming, it would be great if you could get in touch by emailing Neil - neil.rickus@kcl.ac.uk

At this stage, he is looking to make initial contact, rather than formally inviting you to participate in the study.

Thanks for your help!
Kind regards,
Neil

Neil Rickus
PhD student
School of Education, Communication and Society
King’s College London

neil.rickus@kcl.ac.uk

Ann O'Neill
15/06/2023 21:25

Hello everyone,
I hope you are all enjoying the sun!
We have a vacancy for a Computer Science teacher at Belfast Royal Academy – it’s a permanent post starting this September.

Please can you pass this on to anyone who might be interested?

Thank you
Ann

Ann O’Neill
Subject Lead Computer Science
Belfast Royal Academy

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