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Visualise line by line code execution in Python

geekcandy·10 August 2020

I stumbled across this website that allows you to visualise line by line execution ina Python program. This may be useful for students who are unclear about how a function (or blocks…

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Quick Tip – Splitting Names in Excel (Formula)

geekcandy·29 June 2020

Splitting names in Excel: =LEFT(B1,FIND(” “,B1,1)-1) =RIGHT(B1,LEN(B1)-FIND(” “,B1,1))

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FutureLearn – Object Oriented Programming in Python

geekcandy·1 November 2017

I came across this course on the Raspberry Pi Certified Educators Course this October. It piqued my interest as it uses a text based adventure game to introduce OOP concepts to learners.…

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BBC Micro: bit – preview teachers’ guide

geekcandy·8 July 2015

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Australian Magician’s Trick

geekcandy·8 July 2015

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Basic Project: Building an Office Desktop Mini PC

geekcandy·8 July 2015

The Project Brief Your task is to build a mini Desktop PC for use in an office. The PC is to be used for tasks like word processing letters, accessing databases and…

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Heads Tails Heads – probability problem

geekcandy·8 July 2015

Problem: Write a problem to simulate the tossing of a sequence of successive coin tosses. Search the suitably generated sequence to find a particular pattern, e.g., HTH. Report where this sequence was…

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