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Prof Miles Berry @milesberry.net · 10/05/2025

@peterejkemp.bsky.social's SCARI Computing site has this from the NPD. Red is non-FSM, blue is for FSM.

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Prof Miles Berry @milesberry.net · 11/02/2025

Playing with the offer and uptake data for GCSE CS in summer 2024. Still big variations by deprivation indicators...

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Prof Miles Berry @milesberry.net · 22/01/2025

I like @stephenfry.bsky.social’s idea of more open assessment with AI, as a conversation exploring and drawing out what a child knows, Socratic method and assessment as learning. #bett25

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Prof Miles Berry @milesberry.net · 22/01/2025

“You can’t invent flying without putting in air traffic control, otherwise everyone dies“ @stephenfry.bsky.social at #bett25

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Prof Miles Berry @milesberry.net · 22/01/2025

@stephenfry.bsky.social at #bett25 suggests that the flourishing of AI is a consequence of Moore’s law and Big Data, rather than human ingenuity.

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Prof Miles Berry @milesberry.net · 22/01/2025

I liked Bridget Phillipson’s emphasis on the importance of the relationship between pupils and teachers, as well as addressing the digital divide and inclusion. Optimism about AI to help with workload, but addressing recruitment, retention and school attendance may be more complex… #bett25

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Prof Miles Berry @milesberry.net · 22/01/2025

Bridget Phillipson says we must close the digital divide. Use of Ed tech should be based on evidence, including ‘the latest neuroscience’ #bett25

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Prof Miles Berry @milesberry.net · 22/01/2025

Duncan Verry opens #bett25, saying education has massively changed over the last 40 years, since RM launched the Nimbus at the first BETT at the Barbican back in ‘85. Has it?

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Prof Miles Berry @milesberry.net · 07/01/2025

We launched the primary version ten years ago today! The KS3 subject knowledge one is online here pure.roehampton.ac.uk/portal/files...

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Prof Miles Berry @milesberry.net · 04/01/2025

But now, it seems that getting the complete lyrics is a policy violation?

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Prof Miles Berry @milesberry.net · 25/12/2024

The third season of Charles doesn’t have the same dramatic thrust as the first.

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Prof Miles Berry @milesberry.net · 21/12/2024

DfE workforce census reported just shy of 6k teaching ICT in English secondaries in Nov 23. I know.

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Prof Miles Berry @milesberry.net · 20/12/2024

It’s a trick question. Interestingly, Chat GPT answers in the passive voice.

In the song The 12 Days of Christmas, the total number of presents given is 364. This total comes from adding up all the gifts given each day, accounting for the fact that the gifts are repeated cumulatively. For example, on the first day, one gift is given, but by the twelfth day, all the gifts from the previous days are given again along with the twelfth day’s gift.

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Prof Miles Berry @milesberry.net · 12/12/2024

Taken (a)back by the photo from the launch of Quick Start compuitng back in Jan 2015, shown by Simon Peyton Jones in his keynote for #BCLC24 - copy online here: pure.roehampton.ac.uk/ws/portalfil...

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Prof Miles Berry @milesberry.net · 11/12/2024

Safety and security day with my PGCE computing trainees today. GPT o1 has done a fine job with cracking a random substitution cipher. It shows its working.

This has been encrypted using a substitution cipher. What was the plain text
M TXPCIHIC NQPINV XR X BNQYC
SLXS JNQXSR QP LMKL Q'IH ZXNIR XPC LMNNR,
TLIP XNN XS QPBI M RXT X BHQTC,
X LQRS, QJ KQNCIP CXJJQCMNR;
AIRMCI SLI NXFI, AIPIXSL SLI SHIIR,
JNYSSIHMPK XPC CXPBMPK MP SLI AHIIWI.

BQPSMPYQYR XR SLI RSXHR SLXS RLMPI
XPC STMPFNI QP SLI OMNFV TXV,
SLIV RSHISBLIC MP PIZIH-IPCMPK NMPI
XNQPK SLI OXHKMP QJ X AXV:
SIP SLQYRXPC RXT M XS X KNXPBI,
SQRRMPK SLIMH LIXCR MP RDHMKLSNV CXPBI.

Cracking the code

I’m working on a substitution cipher and using frequency analysis to figure out the most common letters and their probable substitutions. Classical techniques might simplify the puzzle.

Tracking single-letter clues

I’m mapping out the frequent single-letter word "X" in the cipher. Considering vowels and common short words, "X" likely translates to "I" or "A". Progress is steady and insightful.

Decrypting patterns

Interestingly enough, I’m piecing together puzzling patterns like punctuation and recurring sequences to decode the cipher. Progressing through contractions and guessing recognizable words, I’m narrowing down potential solutions.

Deciphering patterns

I’m examining patterns and analyzing letter frequencies to identify common words. The frequent occurrence of "SLI" might indicate "the," guiding towards deciphering the entire text.

Confirming letter codes

Mapping "SLI" to "the" and "I" to "E" is showing progress. Now I'm working through letters like "NXFI" to see if it matches "next" or similar guesses.

Weighing letter choices

I'm considering if "I" should map to "E" or another letter due to conflicts with "X" as "I" or "a". Evaluating frequent words like "the" and "and" to resolve this conflict.

Weighing options

OK, let me see. I’m adjusting my approach by exploring if "SLI" could represent "and", which changes letter mappings. This brings fresh perspectives and adds dimension to the deciphering process.

Tackling contractions

I’m piecing together how "Q'IH" could be a contraction. Considering options like "I'll" or "o'er" and testing different letter mappings for clarity. Progress is cautious but steady.

Clarifying the contraction

"I" maps to "E", "Q" to "O", and "H" to "R". This aligns with "Q'IH" being "o'er", enhancing consistency in the deciphering process.

Thought about substitution cipher decryption for 1m 24s
I wandered lonely as a cloud
That floats on high o'er vales and hills,
When all at once I saw a crowd,
A host, of golden daffodils;
Beside the lake, beneath the trees,
Fluttering and dancing in the breeze.

Continuous as the stars that shine
And twinkle on the milky way,
They stretched in never-ending line
Along the margin of a bay:
Ten thousand saw I at a glance,
Tossing their heads in sprightly dance.

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Prof Miles Berry @milesberry.net · 09/12/2024

OpenAI's Sora not available in the EU yet. Or the UK. help.openai.com/en/articles/...

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Prof Miles Berry @milesberry.net · 07/12/2024

Well, it's *a* list, but not *the* list. See www.compare-school-performance.service.gov.uk/download-dat... for the raw data.

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Prof Miles Berry @milesberry.net · 06/12/2024

New DfE ITT Computing figures. Numbers are up on the last two years, but so is the shortfall from the DfE's own target.

2024-25 figures show 495 recruited from a target of 1330.

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Prof Miles Berry @milesberry.net · 05/12/2024

I visited #ElectricDreams at Tate Modern earlier this evening - early, digital art. It’s stunning! If my computing teacher friends on here are looking for trip ideas, this should be high on your list! #CSEd

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Prof Miles Berry @milesberry.net · 23/11/2024

Have just started reading Shipman’s Out, and was reminded of this, also from 2019, in the shadows when Johnson became PM

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Prof Miles Berry @milesberry.net · 20/11/2024

I'm talking about curiosity and creativity in an AI era this afternoon. Found this old slide which I might add to the deck. Compare and contrast...

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Prof Miles Berry @milesberry.net · 16/11/2024

School inspections back in '97. Those were the days, eh?

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Prof Miles Berry @milesberry.net · 05/09/2024

So lovely to welcome our new secondary PGCE trainees to campus yesterday. Looking forward to working with computing trainees.

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Prof Miles Berry @milesberry.net · 12/01/2024

... and a couple of questionable images from Midjourney

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Prof Miles Berry @milesberry.net · 12/01/2024

Lots of fun (and learning?) getting Bard to role play as historical figures - I think it gets into the spirit of this much more than ChatGPT does. Of course, it may still make things up, which would never happen with a human historian. cc @mrshistorylee.bsky.social

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