Andy Colley teaches Computing at St Mary's Catholic High School in Astley, Greater Manchester. He is in his 11th year and is an advanced skills teacher of ICT, a lead practitioner of teaching & learning, a trained coach/& facilitator and an untrained dad. Active on Twitter as @MrAColley, he shares his lesson resources at www.mrcolley.com, has trained over 500 teachers from all backgrounds, organised and presented at various teachmeets as well as the SSAT National Computing Conference.
I teach Computing. This means that, at least twice per day I get asked this question:
“Are we going on the computers today Sir?”
As an NQT, I was flattered by this, thinking that it displayed an enthusiasm for the subject. However I soon learned that it was, in the wise words of Admiral Ackbar, a trap.
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