To kick off our fourth season we ask the question "Are computing competitions worth the effort?". What's in it for our learners, and what can we take from the experience?

Full show notes:
https://helloworld.raspberrypi.org/articles/are-computing-competitions-worth-the-effort

In our final episode for this season we ask the question "What does ecology have to do with digital making?". Are there parallels between ecology and computing systems, and how do we use the latter to help us understand, measure, and protect our natural environment?

Full show notes:
https://helloworld.raspberrypi.org/articles/what-does-ecology-have-to-do-with-digital-making

In this episode we explore the role learners can play as digital leaders, supporting the development of computing in school settings whilst themselves learning valuable skills. Sway and James talk to educators who have introduced digital leader programmes in their schools. These programmes increase the visibility of computing across the school and empower learners who have a particular interest in the subject to support computing in their other lessons.

Full show notes:
https://helloworld.raspberrypi.org/articles/how-can-digital-leaders-raise-the-profile-of-computing-in-schools

In this special episode, recorded from a live Twitter spaces event, we celebrate the 5 year anniversary of Hello World. We reflect on its success as a magazine and growth into a supportive community of computing educators sharing their experience and learning. Over the last 5 years the team have published 18 issues as well as our special issue, The Big Book of Computing Pedagogy, that's a whopping 1800 pages of content.

Full show notes:
https://helloworld.raspberrypi.org/articles/celebrating-5-years-of-hello-world

In this episode, we explore computing from a more playful and inventive angle as we ask: "What has storytelling and imagination got to do with computing?" James and Carrie Anne investigate how we as computing educators can find computing concepts in familiar stories and children's literature as well as how telling stories might help learners understand more abstract concepts through analogy and metaphor. Can storytelling benefit some learners and help them connect with complex ideas?

Full show notes:
https://helloworld.raspberrypi.org/articles/what-has-storytelling-and-imagination-got-to-do-with-computing

Following on from our last episode in which we explored the role of maker spaces in schools, in this episode we take a wider look at maker spaces and examine their impact on local communities. James and Carrie Anne look at how learning to "make" can have a real-world impact and change the world for the better.

Full show notes:
https://helloworld.raspberrypi.org/articles/can-maker-spaces-change-the-world

We're back for a new season of the Hello World podcast, with six episodes exploring computing and digital making with our amazing guests.

To kick things off, this week Carrie Anne and James discuss the role of maker spaces within schools and explore what it is that makes a space, a maker space!

Full show notes:
https://helloworld.raspberrypi.org/articles/what-role-do-makerspaces-play-in-the-classroom

This week, we begin to explore the topic of inclusion, ensuring that **all** learners are able to access and participate in meaningful learning opportunities in computing. How do we as educators ensure that learners are able to thrive and learn within computing regardless of any special educational needs they have?

Full show notes:
https://helloworld.raspberrypi.org/articles/how-can-you-make-your-computing-classroom-more-accessible-and-inclusive-for

Understanding data has always been an important skill, but particularly so now as data is all around us and interacts with so many parts of our lives. Analysing and interpreting data can be challenging for learners, particularly if they don't see the value in doing so. Providing them with engaging and relevant opportunities to work with data is crucial.

Full show notes:
https://helloworld.raspberrypi.org/articles/how-do-we-engage-learners-in-data-science