Learning About Computing

The history of computing and the people who drove it forward

The IT crowd

Influential people in the history of computing

Turing: Machines and Patterns

Father of computer science, mathematician, logician, wartime codebreaker, victim of prejudice

Apple Computers

Discover more about early Apple computers

Tim Berners-Lee: World Wide Web

The father of the world wide web

Ada Lovelace: First Programmer

The Victorian woman who traded in poems for coding and is recognised as the first programmer

Lamarr: Frequency Hopping

Discover how a Hollywood actress helped develop WiFi

The history of computers

Learn more about computer hardware and how its changed over the years

From Computer to Smart World

Explore from the first typewriters and calculating machines to present-day robots

India's First Digital Computer

Learn about story of the first mainframe general-purpose computer in India

Torres Quevedo's Calculating Machines

The analog calculators that could solve complex equations

Fully Automatic: How Robots Found Their Feet

How robotics influences people's lives and thoughts

Wearable Computing

Discover the technologies that have existed for decades

Artificial Intelligence

Predictions for the future

Who's Afraid of Artificial Intelligence?

How AI will help us to improve our daily life

25 Moments That Defined AI

Will computers overtake humans within the next 100 years?

21 Ways You Can Interact with AI

Exploring the evolution of the relationship between humans and technology

AI: More Than Human

Find out more about artificial intelligence, what it is, how it's used.

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Who REALLY invented that?

The extraordinary stories behind ordinary objects

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Who Invented Emoji?

The epic rise of the eggplant

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Who Invented The Internet?

Log onto humanity’s big invention story

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Who Invented The Computer?

Here’s the story, bit by bit

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Who Invented 3D Printing?

And will it really trigger a revolution?

Applied digital skills

Five video courses to help students improve their computer skills

Make Art Inspired by Frida Kahlo

Create a pixel art self portrait in Sheets inspired by the Queen of the self portrait

Make Your Own space Shuttle Adventure

Collaborate with peers to create a presentation in Slides after investigating the Space Shuttle

Quiz Classmates About the Palace of Versailles

Create and share a quiz in Forms after a visit to the palace

Go On A Scavenger Hunt Through Italy

Complete a scavenger hunt in Slides after taking The Grand Tour

Explore the History of Humankind in Kenya

Make a crossword puzzle in Sheets after discovering How Kenya Became the Cradle of Humankind

Downloadable computer lesson plan

A lesson plan that can be used in the classroom or given to students to work through at their own pace

Beyond the Computer

Learn about the history, the mechanics and the future of the computer

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