Quick Tip – Splitting Names in Excel (Formula)
Splitting names in Excel:
=LEFT(B1,FIND(” “,B1,1)-1)
=RIGHT(B1,LEN(B1)-FIND(” “,B1,1))
FutureLearn – Object Oriented Programming in Python
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.
I had previously done this with an idea of a Space Invaders game using Visual Basic.NET. This was a fun introduction to concepts and it is easy to create classes and objects in VB. However my current cohort of learners are mostly unfamiliar with VB and have a better grasp of Python.
The course is written by Laura Sach, who I finally met at PiCademy after years of following her on Twitter. And I thouroughly recommend it as an accessible way of understanding Object Oriented Principles in Python
https://www.futurelearn.com/courses/object-oriented-principles/
BBC Micro: bit – preview teachers’ guide
Australian Magician’s Trick
Basic Project: Building an Office Desktop Mini PC
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 editing spreadsheets so it does not require any of
its components to be particularly powerful.