NicHughes's public profile

Nic is a self confessed IT geek. He is a class teacher, Head of Computing at Latymer Prep School, Primary CAS Master Teacher, CAS Hub leader, a Raspberry Pi Certified Educator, a Pi-Top Champion, a Google certified Educator, a Global Minecraft Mentor Ed and works part-time as an educational consultant for 3BM.
He loves to explore the different ways technology can be used to enhance teaching and learning. He is a massive fan of physical computing and robotics and how they can be used to support the teaching of programming.
In the past he worked alongside the education team in the London Borough of Redbridge as a AST for ICT, running training, supporting schools and writing curriculum. He has been lucky enough to speak at a number of conferences over the years about his work with robots, physical computing and the application of Games Based Learning in the classroom. He is is eager for as many teachers as possible to learn more about Computing and how to teach it effectively.
Follow him @duck_star on twitter and he has a blog at nicholashughes.blogspot.com.