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James Abela @jabela.bsky.social · 21/06/2026

Happy Father’s Day! I hope everyone has a wonderful day!

James Abela @jabela.bsky.social · 02/06/2026

So making a blocks editor that can do recursion in #Python and #Turtle in a #Browser with no server? Done. jamesabela.github.io/jsfun/python... #FOSS #ComputingEducation #ComputerScienceEducation #LearnToCode #CodingForKids #Programming #STEMEducation #TeachingComputing

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James Abela @jabela.bsky.social · 14/04/2026

50 free full copies of Concept Grid. For teachers. Windows devices only. Full access. Not a trial. If you want one, grab it now. If it helps, please repost and leave a review. go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?Link...

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James Abela @jabela.bsky.social · 22/03/2026

Definitely a case of #ChatGPT pandering to its audience! Is this a hallucination?

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James Abela @jabela.bsky.social · 02/03/2026

With all the problems in the middle East, #MalaysianAirlines is taking a fairly Northern route to the get to the UK. For those flying to #Australia, best use an airline which can take such routes rather than try and do any kind of stopover in the Middle East.

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James Abela @jabela.bsky.social · 01/01/2026

I'm a little bit surprised at how little I use my #Macbook #GPU during day to day life. I normally get nearly a full day's battery life out of it, but now when using a local #LLM that drains to about 2 hours. Shows how hard they are on GPUs.

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James Abela @jabela.bsky.social · 09/12/2025

🚨 Privacy alert for Lovable users Projects many educators believed were private may now be public unless they upgrade. This affects student work, safeguarding, and intellectual property. readysetcompute.com/lovablealert... #PrivacyAlert #EdTech #DigitalSafeguarding #AIinEducation #DataProtection

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James Abela @jabela.bsky.social · 19/11/2025

#Netflix just discovered leaving soon also applies to #games too! Why does this feel like a gut punch and why am I surprised???

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James Abela @jabela.bsky.social · 19/10/2025

Incredible to see the reuse of all these bottles to celebrate #Deepavali Going to be a big celebration! Truly light conquering dark!

Drinks bottles painted and reused to make the Malaysian flag.

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James Abela @jabela.bsky.social · 05/10/2025

Wishing everyone a Happy World Teachers day! #WorldTeachersDay

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James Abela @jabela.bsky.social · 28/09/2025

It’s not quite world peace! But playing #Microsoft games on #PS4 feels very cool!

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James Abela @jabela.bsky.social · 16/08/2025

Hats off to #Daiso! #Equity in shavers at last! (I checked quantity and price)

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James Abela @jabela.bsky.social · 29/07/2025

You asked for X-ray, you got it! Thanks for all the support with #Edtech #AI book! www.amazon.com/Missing-Manu... Amazon.com #edusky

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James Abela @jabela.bsky.social · 26/07/2025

A huge thank you to #edusky for helping me reach number 1 in the US! This is the now a #bestelling guide to #Gemini for #GClassroom www.amazon.com/Missing-Manu...

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James Abela @jabela.bsky.social · 04/05/2025

#MayThe4thBeWithYou I hope everyone enjoys #starwars day! For the #teachers, here is a lesson pack: readysetcompute.com/may4th25/ #Python #coding #MayThe4th #EDUsky

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James Abela @jabela.bsky.social · 27/04/2025

I get asked about power banks a lot. 10,000 mah is what you can take worry free on a plane and I would recommend 2 x 5000 over 1 x 10,000 unless it’s an amazing deal coz it’s double the weight and more space in pocket / handbag.

Fun picture of a large battery on a plane.

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James Abela @jabela.bsky.social · 23/04/2025

Here is a simple money saving tip: Don't even think of buy a full-price game until you've cleared your backlog... Full price, is worst price! Buying later saves #cash and often gives you a better experience. Bought #Starwars outlaws half price and bugs fixed. #CheapGamer

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James Abela @jabela.bsky.social · 13/04/2025

Cute or #privacy nightmare? To stop data going into training, find the settings and switch off "Improve the model for everyone". If you post it on a socials they then get that info and its now much easier to read images thanks to #AI that can scrape through the site. #DigitalCitizenship #edusky

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James Abela @jabela.bsky.social · 11/04/2025

With #vibe #coding being the hot topic and even #Canva getting in on it, I wonder how that can lead to real understanding, is it a gateway? #edusky

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James Abela @jabela.bsky.social · 02/04/2025

With all the fear around #AI and the future of #Teaching, an unlikely champion of #HumanIntelligence has emerged! The games industry knows machines best — #educators should listen. 👇 readysetcompute.com/gtaai/ #EduSky

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James Abela @jabela.bsky.social · 09/03/2025

In round 9 we talk about the #lightweight offline #IDEs This one is a tough call for students, because one clearly has the more attractive interface whilst the other supports newer versions of #Python Who do you think deserves the win? readysetcompute.com/marchbinarym...

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James Abela @jabela.bsky.social · 04/03/2025

Today's March Madness is a Cat Vs Monkey affair? So who do you think should be guiding you with your first block-based #coding? #ScratchJr or #CodeMonkeyJr? readysetcompute.com/marchbinarym...

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James Abela @jabela.bsky.social · 02/03/2025

Round 2 of our #MarchMadness #Kids #Computing edition! So what about #unplugged #computational #Thinking Games? Tough choice this one! readysetcompute.com/marchbinarym... #edusky

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James Abela @jabela.bsky.social · 02/03/2025

Round 2 of our #MarchMadness #Kids #Computing edition! So what about #unplugged #computational #Thinking Games? Tough choice this one! readysetcompute.com/marchbinarym... #educhat #ukedchat #EdTech

Picture showing the two board games suggested.

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James Abela @jabela.bsky.social · 22/02/2025

Was going to make a #joke about #Compsci teachers not being so popular on #SocialMedia, but #Google soon put me right with an entire page about me! Anybody else getting this when then they tap their name in? Think that #Script needs a rewrite! 🤣 See you all at #EARCOS #EDUSky

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James Abela @jabela.bsky.social · 24/01/2025

Wishing everyone Gong Xi Fa Cai! And a wonderful start to the year of the hashtag#Python! (Snake) I shall very much enjoy all the new year celebrations in Malaysia.

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James Abela @jabela.bsky.social · 11/01/2025

Been doing a workshop for refugee teachers this morning. Truly dedicated teachers doing incredible work.

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James Abela @jabela.bsky.social · 02/01/2025

Yes, the perfect resolution!

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James Abela @jabela.bsky.social · 01/01/2025

Wishing everyone a wonderful start to 2025!

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James Abela @jabela.bsky.social · 31/12/2024

So to finish off the year I made a #Jetpac clone with @octostudioapp.bsky.social Amazing how powerful this kids #Coding tool is!

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James Abela @jabela.bsky.social · 17/12/2024

Can't believe that #TIL how to open docs / directories in new tabs! #EDUSky

Cmd Enter or Ctrl Enter to open doc in a new tab.

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James Abela @jabela.bsky.social · 13/12/2024

#Data can be fun! Now how do we get #teachers to care as much as #PS gamers? #edusky

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James Abela @jabela.bsky.social · 04/12/2024

Saw this online and thought it was a good reminder of how we might think about stress rather than all stress is bad approach.

Chart showing that some stress makes you productive. Too little and you might be unmotivated too much and you might be overwhelmed.

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James Abela @jabela.bsky.social · 28/11/2024

#TeachmeetKL today with an #EAL focus. #edusky. So many great presenters and ideas to take away!

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James Abela @jabela.bsky.social · 27/11/2024

Yes, technology enables tasks that are impossible by hand! I’ve seen 5 year olds depth of thought that is completely freed by simply speaking rather than having to write, students creating artefacts shared around the world, three different lessons in a single class…

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James Abela @jabela.bsky.social · 27/11/2024

Last week I presented at #todayatapple, then #folsea and now tomorrow I’m running #Teachmeetkl How come all the conferences come at once!

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James Abela @jabela.bsky.social · 24/11/2024

You might have been at the most awesome conference ever… Nobody at work will care unless you bring back real deliverables that can help their teaching #edusky

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James Abela @jabela.bsky.social · 22/11/2024

The screen is definitely the star of the show at #AppleTRX. Great fun presenting #SwiftPlaygrounds

James Abela presenting in front of a very large 8k screen.

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James Abela @jabela.bsky.social · 29/09/2024

So my super simple triangle tool in #JS now has a full-screen mode. Its a very simple tool: jamesabela.github.io/jsfun/triang... Put words in and copy / paste link to share!

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James Abela @jabela.bsky.social · 21/09/2024

Bluesky now has over 10 million users, and I was #115,749!

A virtual certificate with text "Celebrating 10M users on Bluesky, #115,749, James Abela ‪@jabela.bsky.social‬, joined on Jun 11, 2023"

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James Abela @jabela.bsky.social · 20/09/2024

I went a little mad this weekend and made a mind mapping tool. gg.gg/qumm it’s open source and without adverts. Save by copying and pasting the link, which changes as you edit. Have fun! #edusky

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James Abela @jabela.bsky.social · 15/02/2024

To help everyone with the Swift Challenge and give every student a chance to make an app. I've released a mini-book. www.amazon.com/dp/B0CVN5B751 Free to anyone with #KindleUnlimited #edusky #coding

Book cover for Learn SwiftUI through making apps.

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James Abela @jabela.bsky.social · 03/01/2024

For those interested in helping students prepare for the Apple Swift coding competition. Do join us for this briefing. docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F... #edusky #coding

Swift Student Chaslenge. Picture of a poster.

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James Abela @jabela.bsky.social · 29/07/2023

There's an even bigger twist. Bing desktop happily spilt the tea, with helpful references too! If people interested will write up blog post.

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James Abela @jabela.bsky.social · 03/07/2023

If you've got #ps5 extra. Be sure to play Stray before it leaves later this month. Main campaign took me 7 hours.

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James Abela @jabela.bsky.social · 22/06/2023

Many people complain that they need the screen real estate, but be honest you don't often need it and you can make your reading so much more comfy if you use a larger size! Then for the rest just use Cmd + and Cmd - (or Ctrl on #Chromebook, #Linux or #Windows) #edusky #Dyslexia.

Be honest, it would be more comfy to have a larger display MOST of the time. Then use Cmd + and Cmd - for the odd exception.

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James Abela @jabela.bsky.social · 18/06/2023

Here's a bit of fun that you can do online or offline scratch.mit.edu/projects/2261416 perfect to encourage students to write/tell a story... #edusky

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