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👏Congratulations to this year's Bebras Gold Award winners @AlvaAcademy! 🥇#computationalthinkingskills #bebras2024 #bebras #clacks #alvaproud #alva

👏 Bebras 2024 results are in! Many distinction certificates will be finding their way to people over the next few days, and a remarkable number of Gold awards to present. Congratulations and well done to all 👏@AlvaAcademy! #alvaproud #bebras #clacks @ClacksCouncil

We witnessed the incredible work behind the Stirling & Clacks City Region Deal today👏🏻 Huge thanks to @PhoenixYork and everyone who made this event possible. The pupils from @Stirling_High and @AlvaAcademy had an absolute blast! Let’s keep up the great work🙌 #CareersinTech

The first half of the morning was a hit!🌟 @AlvaDyw delved into the world of augmented reality in the workplace, while the @Stirling_High students had an engaging chat about artificial intelligence. Now it's time for a swap! Keep up the awesome work👏 #CareerinTech

Today is a big day as we kick off our career in tech event 🚀 We're kicking things off with an intro to the various roles within the industry. It's going to be super exciting day so stay tuned👀 #CareersinTech

👏Huge thanks to @PhoenixYork for giving up time to talk to pupils @AlvaAcademy considering a career in the tech sector, offering invaluable advice, chairing a lively debate on ethics in AI, and letting us try out their mixed reality kit. A superb event! Thanks @DYW_ForthValley

Thanks to @jpmorgan for hosting the @stacshq event last week for Computing Science teachers. It was great to see colleagues (over 100 of them), hear from and catch up with some! #scottishteachersadvancingcomputingscience #glasgow

By one estimate Amazon’s cloud arm, Alphabet, Meta and Microsoft consumed as much electricity as Colombia in 2022—and that was mostly before ChatGPT set off the AI revolution econ.st/3y3HkJB 👇

👏7 of our 9 🎖️ Gold 🎖️ BEBRAS award winners at @AlvaAcademy. Well done to everyone!🎉 #alvaproud #bebras #computingscience #alva #clackmannanshire #clacks #computationalthinking

The 2023 #GCHQChristmasChallenge has arrived, and this year is our trickiest Challenge yet! Have you got what it takes to complete our special festive puzzle mission? Download it now! gchq.gov.uk/xmas2023 🧵 1/4

🧨Exciting times! 🎉The Computing Department has taken delivery of fab new hardware for pupil PCs. You will use them this week when you are in the department... no spoilers!

Reminds me of the impressive #teamwork and #goalSetting of my #higherComputingScience class last year @AlvaAcademy😆🎯 #ethicalhacking #cybersecurity #computerscience #computingscience #alva #clackmannanshire #careers #teamworkmakesthedreamwork

🍀 Good luck to everyone sitting National 5, Higher & Advanced Higher Computing Science today 🍀

Huge thanks to @InfAtEd for hosting the Higher and Advanced Higher #computingscience pupils from @AlvaAcademy today at the amazing @BayesCentre. Incredible to hear about developments taking place and being given the chance to try using your robots. #alva #AIForGood #AI #robotics

A carrier pigeon skeleton was discovered in the chimney of a house in Surrey along with a secret message. The "Pigeon Service" message was found in a small red canister still attached to the pigeon's leg bone. But it can never be solved... ➡️ gchq.gov.uk/information/pi…

Interested in studying Computer Science?👩‍💻 Our week-long Accelerate programme gives current S4 & S5 pupils an insight into studying within our @StrathCIS department @UniStrathclyde! @AllSaintsABC @AlvaComputing @buscomphe @clydeviewc @InvacadICT @LourdesBECS @stjohscomp @hgs_ict

⭐ Well done to Hannah in S1 ⭐who went off and made her own "Rock, Paper, Scissors" game for the MicroBit, here she is testing it out with a friend. 🚀👏🏻 #microbit #alva @AlvaAcademy #alvaproud #digitalskills #computationalthinking #bbcmicrobit #bbc

Good luck to the @AlvaAcademy pupils taking part in the Oxford University Coding Challenge today! #alva #alvaproud #oucc #bebras #alvaacademy