Learning About Computing

The history of computing and the people who drove it forward

What's your focus today?

Pick a topic or scroll to browse

Artificial intelligence Algorithm Computer Skills Invention History of computers Key people Lesson plan Online safety Robots Virtual field trips

The IT crowd

Influential people in the history of computing

Paul Otlet: Founder of the Mundaneum

Towards the information age

Turing: Machines and Patterns

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

Forgotten Women of NASA

Almost 100 years

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

From Punch Cards to the Cloud

History of digital storage media

Wearable Computing

Discover the technologies that have existed for decades

Vritual field trips

Delve into technology

ExploreComputer ProgrammingCode of conduct

ExploreEvolution of ComputersThey've come a long way

ExploreHow Computer's WorkA look under the hood

ExploreComputer GraphicsLooks can be deceptive

Explore Science and Technology Virtually

Vritual Field Trips

Visit the page

Artificial Intelligence

Predictions for the future

What is AI?

Some of the future impacts of data and artificial intelligence

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

The Klimt Color Enigma

Colorizing Klimt’s Vanished Paintings with Artificial Intelligence

How Does AI Learn?

How does AI see images? Understand language and moves?

Robots

Evolution

Fully Automatic

How robots found their feet

Hiroshi Ishiguro

Are robots a reflection of ourselves?

What's the Difference Between Humans and Robots?

What does it mean to be human?

The Man Machine

Making robots in our image

New Working Worlds

Vision vs reality

Fascinating Algorithm

Inspiration to create

Online Exhibit

Computer Algorithms Inspired by Nature

The natural world that inspired them

Online Exhibit

Computer Generated Poetry

How does Ross Goodwin do it?

Online Exhibit

Algorithmic Art

Rules to create art

Be Internet Awesome

Digital safety resources: tools for the classroom

Digital Literacy Website

Who REALLY invented that?

The extraordinary stories behind technology

Video

Who Invented Emoji?

Who's laughing now?

Video

Who Invented The Internet?

Log onto humanity’s big invention story

Video

Who Invented The Computer?

Here’s the story, bit by bit

Video

Who Invented 3D Printing?

Will it really trigger a revolution?

Information Technology

Applied digital skills

Five video courses to help students improve their computer skills

Make Art Inspired by Frida Kahlo

Use spreadsheets to make a pixel artwork

Make Your Own space Shuttle Adventure

Use presentation software to create an adventure

Quiz Classmates About the Palace of Versailles

Create and share a quiz using a form

Go On A Scavenger Hunt Through Italy

Complete a scavenger hunt using presentation software

Explore the History of Humankind in Kenya

Make a crossword puzzle in a spreadsheet

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

View