penfold70

About Me

I have been teaching for over forty years in Barbados, Ramesgate, Harpenden and now in Market Harborough. I was Head of Science in Harpenden and have worked in private schools all my teaching career. I have also taught ICT and set up a BBC micro/Archimedes network in the school in Harpenden. I wrote for several BBC micro magazines on BBC basic programming, 6502 assembler and use of the i/o port and robotics. I wrote a stranger danger programme for primary schools for the BBC micro which was endorsed by Roger Hargreaves of Mr Men fame(a very nice man (he was very tall) who has alas died). I have pupils at other local school to me now who are learning coding with greenfoot and feel I should get up to date. I still think in Basic but I am learning the object oriented languages as this is, of course, the future. One never stops learning

Member since February 01, 2017

Age: Turning 81 this month!