Jack Reichelt

Do you ever go to a talk and find that the speaker doesn't talk about quite what you expected? Do you ever wish you could tell them, mid-talk, to talk about something else? Well, this is your opportunity to guide me through my own talk! I'm going to tell you all about FastAPI. Why it's my web...

When teaching computer science, many students stuggle with the wide variety of concepts. One week you're learning programming, the next you're learning cybersecurity, then you're learning about image file formats. It can be hard to see how these topics are related, or if they even are related!...

"What's the last common ancestor of a bear and a weasel?" "Which animals are more related to pigs than cows?" "Are birds reptiles?" "Am I a fish?" With a recent interest in phylogeny – the science of evolution, diversification, and speciation – these are the kinds of questions I've been asking...

When working with students, the goal is to teach them how to think about systems, logic, and problem solving, not just rote memorisation, or copying boilerplate code from an example. This talk is about how writing wrappers around the cruft can help you present your students with an approachable...

There's many different ways to learn to code, and how you start your students' journey changes what challenges they'll face.This talk will highlight some of the differences when using Micro:bits, and how to overcome the challenges.