Tell us a little about yourself and your work. I am currently a teacher at a Welsh-medium secondary school, where I teach Digital Technology and Computer Science. This marks my 9th year in education, having retrained as a teacher after gaining experience working for a large local insurance company. How did you get started working with Technocamps? As part of … Read More
Case Study: Rachel Roberts
Tell us a little about yourself and your work. My name is Rachel Roberts, and I have been working at Gowerton School for the past nine years. I am the DCF (Digital Competency Framework) Coordinator and teach Computer Science across Key Stages 3, 4, and 5. One of my key personal goals is to increase the uptake of Computer Science … Read More
Case Study: Daniel Davies
Tell us a little about yourself and your work. My name is Daniel Davies, and I am a teacher at a Primary School that teaches through the Welsh language. At the moment, I teach Year 6. How did you start working with Technocamps? I felt that my digital skills needed to be improved in order to teach in accordance with … Read More
Case Study: Sean Powell
Sean works as the Associate Curriculum Partner (Digital) for the South East Wales Education Achievement Service (EAS), supporting all schools across 5 local authorities. His role involves supporting schools with the leadership of digital skills, providing professional learning to schools on the range of tools available on Hwb and through Apple and supporting schools with school improvement and essentially anything … Read More
Case study: Byron Hopkin
Byron has been teaching for over 20 years, and is currently an IT teacher at Ysgol Dyffryn Aman. He is undertaking Technocamps’ 18-day Professional Learning Programme for Computing teachers and support staff. Before the course, Byron was teaching Music and Music Technology (key stage 4 and 5), as well as IT (key stage 3), and is now concentrating on IT, … Read More
Case Study: Leigh Edwards
Since receiving his first computer as a gift at age 11 (25 years ago), Leigh Edwards has had an interest in how computers can be a vehicle for creativity, and how varied this can be. He is now a teacher at Hirwaun Primary School near Aberdare in Rhondda Cynon Taf, where he is the school’s Digital Champion, responsible for DCF … Read More
Case Study: Sam Chucas
A few years ago, Sam was a French teacher, but after he started teaching some ICT and got an insight into the world of digital education, he joined Technocamps’ VTCT Technoteach course. He pursued a role in the ICT department and a lot has changed for him since! The course made him appreciate the different ways computer science can be … Read More
Case study: Fiona Humphreys
Fiona is the Head of Business and an ICT teacher at Ysgol Bro Dinefwr, and she recently undertook our VTCT course. She follows two of her colleagues who have successfully completed the qualification. Fiona had been thrown into the deep end, having to teach Scratch with no prior knowledge, and learn how to think computationally. She also started a weekly code … Read More