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  1. Apart from the group courses at fixed times I'm running at Thinker's Meetup for 11+ year olds, I'm also currently doing online mentoring of #HomeEd individuals or groups who'd like to add #gamedev with #godot, #ComputerScience, or #InteractiveFiction to their activities (whether that's working towards a specific qualification or project based). Drop me a private message if you'd be interested.

    bonfire.mavnn.eu/pub/objects...

  2. Apart from the group courses at fixed times I'm running at Thinker's Meetup for 11+ year olds, I'm also currently doing online mentoring of #HomeEd individuals or groups who'd like to add #gamedev with #godot, #ComputerScience, or #InteractiveFiction to their activities (whether that's working towards a specific qualification or project based). Drop me a private message if you'd be interested.

    bonfire.mavnn.eu/pub/objects...

  3. What's this? New courses? And being announced more than a week in advance?

    thinkersmeetup.com/scholars/...

    If you're interested in either writing or creating assets for a #visualnovel, we've got you covered. Five weeks on each as online sessions for 11-16 year olds in the European afternoon/US morning.

  4. What's this? New courses? And being announced more than a week in advance?

    thinkersmeetup.com/scholars/...

    If you're interested in either writing or creating assets for a #visualnovel, we've got you covered. Five weeks on each as online sessions for 11-16 year olds in the European afternoon/US morning.

  5. Anyone here with homeschool experience? As a student or parent.

    I am not a fan of the UK school system and I am thinking about home school or alternative options.

    #Education #HomeEd #homeschooling

  6. Ideas for the new course starting to solidify, with the plan being a five week online intro to creating #visualnovel assets of your own for under 18s with no budget (above and beyond having a computer) using tech you probably have around the house and open source software like #krita and #audacity. Official announcement coming soon.

  7. Ideas for the new course starting to solidify, with the plan being a five week online intro to creating #visualnovel assets of your own for under 18s with no budget (above and beyond having a computer) using tech you probably have around the house and open source software like #krita and #audacity. Official announcement coming soon.

  8. Me, teaching coding via project based game dev: Hmm. Not sure if this student is fully grokking why we're using a message bus rather than inversion of control here. I'll just check what the expectations are from the exam board at this level.

    Exam board: "Has added a feature to the game using at least for variables and an if statement."

    Me: Ah.

    As an aside, loving Godot (godotengine.org/) as a teaching environment.

  9. Me, teaching coding via project based game dev: Hmm. Not sure if this student is fully grokking why we're using a message bus rather than inversion of control here. I'll just check what the expectations are from the exam board at this level.

    Exam board: "Has added a feature to the game using at least for variables and an if statement."

    Me: Ah.

    As an aside, loving Godot (godotengine.org/) as a teaching environment.

  10. It's that time again! A new half term means a new round of "Coding Games with a Story", our 5 week live online course for under 18s on building a visual novel with Ink.

    What's a visual novel? Excellent question! It's the point where the novel (a text based story) intersects with the sceenplay (scenes, character visuals, and soundtrack) and the computer game (the reader can make choices that change the story).

    Sounds interesting? Find out more about the instructor and the courses at thinkersmeetup.com/scholars/... , or get a look at the style of what we'll be building at visualink.mavnn.eu/

  11. It's that time again! A new half term means a new round of "Coding Games with a Story", our 5 week live online course for under 18s on building a visual novel with Ink.

    What's a visual novel? Excellent question! It's the point where the novel (a text based story) intersects with the sceenplay (scenes, character visuals, and soundtrack) and the computer game (the reader can make choices that change the story).

    Sounds interesting? Find out more about the instructor and the courses at thinkersmeetup.com/scholars/... , or get a look at the style of what we'll be building at visualink.mavnn.eu/

  12. It's that time again! A new half term means a new round of "Coding Games with a Story", our 5 week live online course for under 18s on building a visual novel with Ink.

    What's a visual novel? Excellent question! It's the point where the novel (a text based story) intersects with the sceenplay (scenes, character visuals, and soundtrack) and the computer game (the reader can make choices that change the story).

    Sounds interesting? Find out more about the instructor and the courses at thinkersmeetup.com/scholars/..., or get a look at the style of what we'll be building at visualink.mavnn.eu/

  13. It's that time again! A new half term means a new round of "Coding Games with a Story", our 5 week live online course for under 18s on building a visual novel with Ink.

    What's a visual novel? Excellent question! It's the point where the novel (a text based story) intersects with the sceenplay (scenes, character visuals, and soundtrack) and the computer game (the reader can make choices that change the story).

    Sounds interesting? Find out more about the instructor and the courses at thinkersmeetup.com/scholars/..., or get a look at the style of what we'll be building at visualink.mavnn.eu/

  14. On a separate but related note: anyone (ideally UK-based but not essential) doing elective home education / child-led learning? #homeed #electivehomeducation #homeschooling #unschooling

  15. On a separate but related note: anyone (ideally UK-based but not essential) doing elective home education / child-led learning? #homeed #electivehomeducation #homeschooling #unschooling

  16. Hello! Looking forward to exploring Mastodon. I'm a #neurodiverse writer and home-educator, into drinking lovely teas, exploring the coast, folk, history and storytelling.

    I write for children and adults - books and scripts, and love stories in all their forms.

    Hoping to make a positive difference where I can :)

    #introduction
    #author
    #HomeEd

  17. Hello! Looking forward to exploring Mastodon. I'm a #neurodiverse writer and home-educator, into drinking lovely teas, exploring the coast, folk, history and storytelling.

    I write for children and adults - books and scripts, and love stories in all their forms.

    Hoping to make a positive difference where I can :)

    #introduction
    #author
    #HomeEd

  18. "Coding Games with a Story" introduces my online course for 9-13 year olds to write their own visual novels.

    My first public video for seven years(!)

    #homeed #storytelling #visualnovel

    youtu.be/bF32DSFe0Hw?si=lnZPwa

  19. Little one helped remove the old light seal gunk on this Mamiya nc1000s this evening. She managed to avoid piercing a hole in the shutter curtain so that’s good 😂
    #BelieveInFilm #FilmPhotography #HomeEd

  20. Little one helped remove the old light seal gunk on this Mamiya nc1000s this evening. She managed to avoid piercing a hole in the shutter curtain so that’s good 😂
    #BelieveInFilm #FilmPhotography #HomeEd

  21. It's the end of the summer: #homeed work starts on Monday. Boy got a good mark in his Film Studies GCSE: added to Astronomy and Envt Mgmt, that's 3 in the bag at 14yrs of age.

    This year, he'll be doing National 5s in Maths and English, and IGCSE Physics. We are excited about doing English within the Scottish system. I know nothing of the poet Norman MacCaig, who we'll be studying, and the portfolio work is very enlightened because he can choose what topic he writes on.

    Let's goooo!

  22. It's the end of the summer: #homeed work starts on Monday. Boy got a good mark in his Film Studies GCSE: added to Astronomy and Envt Mgmt, that's 3 in the bag at 14yrs of age.

    This year, he'll be doing National 5s in Maths and English, and IGCSE Physics. We are excited about doing English within the Scottish system. I know nothing of the poet Norman MacCaig, who we'll be studying, and the portfolio work is very enlightened because he can choose what topic he writes on.

    Let's goooo!

  23. I completely forgot about universal credit stopping for kids that are 16 and not taking part in approved training, or non advanced course at school, or college.

    They are home educated, and we have talked about courses, or what they would like to do. But they are really struggling at the moment, and I don’t want to put any pressure on them.

    With child benefit saying the same, I’m going to be down about £400 a month.

    #UniversalCredit #Disabilities #ChronicIllnesses #HomeEd #Benefits

  24. I completely forgot about universal credit stopping for kids that are 16 and not taking part in approved training, or non advanced course at school, or college.

    They are home educated, and we have talked about courses, or what they would like to do. But they are really struggling at the moment, and I don’t want to put any pressure on them.

    With child benefit saying the same, I’m going to be down about £400 a month.

    #UniversalCredit #Disabilities #ChronicIllnesses #HomeEd #Benefits

  25. @Kjl

    Just wanted to mention CovidMeetups.com in case you didn't already know it:

    "A free service to find individuals, families and local businesses/services who take COVID precautions in your area"

    When I looked on there for my area, there were a few home ed families looking for connections!

    #CovidCareful #CovidCautious #HomeEd #education

  26. @Kjl

    Just wanted to mention CovidMeetups.com in case you didn't already know it:

    "A free service to find individuals, families and local businesses/services who take COVID precautions in your area"

    When I looked on there for my area, there were a few home ed families looking for connections!

    #CovidCareful #CovidCautious #HomeEd #education

  27. This year he's studying for the Film Studies exam in May 2023, and then Physics, Maths, English Lang and Chemistry the next year or two. It's great to space them out! #homeed

  28. CW: Non-school education / home ed

    In the UK, education is legally compulsory for young people - but it doesn't have to be in a school.

    "#HomeEducation" can be kind of a misleading name, inasmuch as a lot of it takes place out and about :-)

    I've written quite a bit about how non-school education works in principle, & how it can be hindered by bad laws. See e.g.
    uncharted-worlds.org/blog/2009

    #Education #School #HomeEd #AutonomousLearning #AutonomousEducation #NonSchoolEducation #law