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Computer Science Practice Game (KS3/4 - 11 to 16 yrs old). Answer interleaved/spaced questions to increase your power in the game! Screenshot of answering a question. #fantasylearning

@Headteacherchat I do this as a teacher

As a headteacher, you get accustomed to working from 7am to 9pm. Even during holidays, you remain on duty.

@ShakinthatChalk @mcdon_al How old are your kids? I work in secondary which is normally a 50:50 split of male to female. Primary on the other hand is not the case

@mcdon_al Not a single male teacher in my boys entire schooling to date.

Really concerned about the anti masculinity narrative creeping into schools. Every guy I know holds scant regard for Tate and associated ‘influencers’. I also know women who like him. Also, I’ve heard enough in schools to consider an equally concerning femininity crisis.

@IHateSoccerPod @AgentSmith34 Nottingham! Notts County, Nottingham Forest, Nottingham Panthers (Ice hockey), and Nottingham Cricket ground

@AgentSmith34 All walkable?

Detroit is special. Where else can you go to all four major sports stadiums within a five minute walk? Tigers Lions Red Wings Pistons Soon to be about a 3 minute drive to DCFC.

@magaarmadillo @Brink_Thinker Sad?

@Brink_Thinker 😪

What the hell do they teach Japanese kids? It's going viral!

@LastManBalling @TouchlineX Which one? Saudi or MLS? I'd argue both

@TouchlineX He went back on that and said half of the Championship. I love how much he cooked the MLS though. Jokers retirement league 😂

🚨 Steven Gerrard was asked which league the Saudi League should be compared to, overall level wise. 🗣️ "The top 4 of the Saudi League can play in the Premier League."

@secondtierpod Sol Campbell

Who's the most famous player that everyone forgets played for your club? 🤔

@ScottyHockey @PeterMooreUSA Yet it is still far too expensive im comparison to previous WC tournaments (taking into account inflation).

@PeterMooreUSA We can choose to romanticize sport all we like, but the fact is it is big business in a material world. And as long as we treasure it and feel an emotional connection that overrides logic, we can be taken advantage of. And the rich get richer.

It got me thinking…who is this World Cup actually for? In 1994, I was able to take my family to matches here in the United States. It wasn’t a luxury decision, it was something that felt within reach, and that mattered because that’s how the game grows and that’s how memories are made. I was living in Boston working for Reebok at the time, and so we were able to go to so many games at Foxborough as well as in New York City. In full disclosure, my work also allowed me to travel to games on the West Coast, including the final. While that was not the best shop window for The Beautiful Game it was stunning to see the Rose Bowl fulled to the brim with 94,000 fans. Now fast forward to 2026. Imagine a young family here in America today. Mum, dad, two kids who love the game. They sit down and look at the cost of attending just one match…tickets, travel, maybe a night or two in a hotel…and they pause. Not because they don’t love the game enough, it’s because they simply can’t justify it. in my 45 years living here in the US and being involved in the game at so many different levels, I’ve never seen its popularity spike like it is today. Gen Z has fully embraced the game, Welcome to Wrexham has laid bare the passion and the joy it can ignite in a previously beleaguered community, and we are spoiled for the choice of just about every major game in the world brought to us by streaming channels fighting for their place in broadcasting live sports. Or think about a supporter from abroad. Someone who has followed their national team their entire life. For many, this isn’t just a trip, it’s a once-in-a-lifetime pilgrimage. Between ticket pricing, travel costs, and uncertainty around access, that dream starts to slip out of reach. That’s the part that sits uneasily with me. The World Cup has always been more than a tournament. It’s been a gathering of people, cultures, stories. A place where the game feels like it belongs to everyone. If too many of those people are left watching from afar, we lose something that can’t be measured in revenue. It becomes a made-for-tv spectacle like the Super Bowl, and then we lose the soul of it… And once that starts to go, it’s very hard to get back.

@railroad7654 @Nottsview1862 @Official_NCFC And if we conceded with 10 men, within those two minutes, people would also complain... if the player has signalled he cannot continue then I am not too sure what the issue is?

@MrALevin @Nottsview1862 @Official_NCFC That’s not the point, it’s wasting a sub slot with 2 mins left

44 - Grant is on for Nilsen Tangen, who received treatment a couple of minutes earlier. 🟡 Harrogate 0-1 Notts 🟢

@railroad7654 @Nottsview1862 @Official_NCFC He was injured??

@Nottsview1862 @Official_NCFC No some our fans have a fucking brain

@karenvaites Also - I have challenged everything that Carl has said about the subject. Whilst I agree with his comment about students having phones out = bad. The game has a history mode specifically for demonstrating. Age rating N/A for what is being demonstrated.

@karenvaites Hard disagree. I think it is great for schema development/assimilation - if done well. No different to showing an episode of a historical documentary. I can say that my best long-term learning has come from actually playing video games - a lot of episodic memories.

I talk a lot about the Cult of Engagement in K-12 circles: The presumption that making learning more engaging will naturally make it more effective and reach lower-performing students (when in fact, engagement tactics can detract from durable learning). It shows up like this:

@DataChaz This is 100% not AGI!

Silicon Valley: "AGI is coming to change the world!" France: We have fully automated crêpe production with Le Crêpebot 3000

@C_Hendrick @tombennett71 Oh - and they have a guided history mode (forgot to mention). Again worked on by historians and suitable for younger audiences.

@C_Hendrick @tombennett71 How is it different than showing a part of a movie/episode from a TV show in terms of distractions. How about it is useful for at least constructing your schema or assimilating into it. 4. I agree with you about it being recorded on a phone = not good.

This is a terrible way to explain things. 1. The whole game is a distraction. Students won’t be looking at the architecture or customs etc. they’ll be watching the gameplay. 2. Opportunity cost: time. The time it takes to rig this up, open it, talk about it etc is far more than just…explaining it to them. 3. It assumes that students need this to connect with other eras. They don’t. 4. It teaches them to expect this kind of window dressing every time something new needs explained. That’s a bad habit. Common responses to me would be ‘oh but if it gets one kid interested it’s worth it.’ What about the others who lost out on ten extra minutes detailed explanation and instruction? The reason I know this isn’t a good way to teach is because I used to do it like this for a while. I thought I was being kind and helpful. It wasn’t.

@charl1eD079273T @NottsCountyTalk ??

@NottsCountyTalk They need to want this promotion. Not showing they do.

Thoughts? 🤔

@JohnEngine35 It was a shame that he was missing a head

@9mmsmg The necromancer spell uses too much glitter. Contaminates the crime scene. 🤪

Legitimate question: Am I the only one who gets the uneasy thinking about digital necromancy? I understand why people want to do it, but there's something unnerving about it. All images brought to life trigger ancient uncanny valley alertness inside me. When the people are dead, it's very disconcerting.

@George06lcfc @jjjalex21 @SebOnFootball You all realise that he is injured…

@jjjalex21 @SebOnFootball He was pony at Leicester and never that good anywhere else

Genuinely, what happened to Chris Wood? Did he just disappear?

@wwfc_c Mansfield is smaller than Notts County. Zero research

Each club in England ranked on size, each tier is ordered, apart from the clubs in tiny.

@mrbartonmaths @daisychristo Yet AI can do questions and answers very accurately- especially paid ChatGPT

The wonderful @daisychristo on why AI explanations are not enough to help struggling students. Listen or watch the full episode by searching for the Mr Barton Maths podcast wherever you get your podcasts.