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Computer Science and ICT
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A system that automatically generates comic books from movies and other videos buff.ly/37rZS5Z

It was painted as a popular revolt against Wall Street but the #GameStop share price tells a familiar story - big losses for small investors

UK to launch 'high risk' science agency. It was the sale of DeepMind to Google that convinced Dominic Cummings Britain needed to copy America’s Arpa. Despite his departure it’s going ahead- but will £800m over four years really make a difference? bbc.co.uk/news/business-…
Year 7 tomorrow- mark making in the style of Van Gogh- hope they got some great photos in the snow for inspiration. ❄️📷🖋✏️


Sadly due to the snow & freezing temperatures this evening & tomorrow morning myself & the Chair of Governors have decided that we are closing the school tomorrow.Your child’s safety is paramount to us. Students will still be expected to access remote learning for 5 lessons.


Unfortunately, we have to report a new, second, security disclosure today. ⚠️ Update your Home Assistant Core to 2021.1.5 or newer! home-assistant.io/blog/2021/01/2…

The latest HumbleBundle eBook offering may be of interest to some students who contacted us during lockdown about taking up game development... humblebundle.com/books/game-des…
How could this not get a mention: if there was ever a model for how not to run an IT project... theguardian.com/world/2020/jun…
thekibworthschool.org/docs/Letters/2… TKS Week 9 newsletter it is full amazing work produced by our students thank you so much for your support with home learning! #TKStogether
If this didn't ring a bell with you (m.xkcd.com/2293/) then you need to read this obit (telegraph.co.uk/obituaries/202…) and realise the impact John Conway had. I remember coding "Life" in "Occam" at university!
telegraph.co.uk
John Horton Conway, playful mathematician described as ‘the most magical in the world’ – obituary
His contributions included surreal numbers, Philosopher's Football and the Doomsday algorithm, but he was best known for 'Game of Life'
Closing off tabs? Me? Anyway - this one has been waiting to be shared for ages... for all those who think # has always been called hashtag! bbc.co.uk/ideas/videos/t…
bbc.co.uk
The origins of the hashtag
Some call it the pig pen, others the octothorpe. Curious facts about the humble hashtag.
We've talked about Marcus Hutchins in class when we looked at ethics and legal issues - here's a more in-depth look at his story: wired.com/story/confessi…
Only just stumbled across this (imaginecup.microsoft.com/en-us/junior), but it looks *awesome* - any @KibworthSchool computing students wanting to get involved between now and 12th June need to watch the seminar next Wednesday and let us know.
Parents, remember to let your kids tune into our free LIVE code-along session TODAY at 2pm BST / 9am EDT: rpf.io/home We'll be making a 🌈 mindfulness app 🌈 in @scratch! #STEM #kidsathome #homeschooling #ScratchMonth
First of our quizzes (The BIG TKS quiz) for everyone to play at home... a bit of competitive fun. Play using kahoot website or download the free app. Use the link below to access or enter the pin 01350187 Deadline 3PM 13/05. Appropriate names please. kahoot.it/challenge/0135…
I will let out a bit of a secret. I have been running a full IBM System/370 Mainframe on a $5 Raspberry Pi Zero for ~5 years. About 7 times faster System/370. Millions of lines of COBOL JCLs running flawless on a battery. Tested an entire bank’s mainframe COBOL on it.



Fancy developing some new cyber security skills? .gov are opening their digital doors to teenagers to learn news skills. bit.ly/3caLAXC
Some excellent scratch work at home, and this is part 1! Well done Anita, Yr7.

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