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ENIAC. U.S. Army Photo [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons. Picture credit for Eniac: This image is a work of a U.S. Army soldier or employee, taken or made as part of that person's official duties. As a work of the …

ENIAC. U.S. Army Photo [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons. Picture credit for Eniac: This image is a work of a U.S. Army soldier or employee, taken or made as part of that person's official duties. As a work of the U.S. federal government, the image is in the public domain. URL: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Eniac.jpg

Getting touchy and feely about Computing -- illustrated

September 3, 2024

Making it possible for students to come face to face with real things from times gone by can have an electrifying effect on them. This is especially so when teaching Computing.

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In Computing Tags Eniac, Science Museum, Difference Engine, Babbage, Ada Lovelace

Ada Lovelace Day 2021

October 13, 2021

Imagine what Ada Lovelace might have achieved had Babbage actually built his “computer” and she hadn’t died at the age of 36.

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In Computing, News & views Tags Ada Lovelace Day, Ada Lovelace, International Ada Lovelace Day, Babbage, Sydney Padua
Letter from Ada Lovelace to Charles Babbage. From the British Library. Licence: Public Domain

Letter from Ada Lovelace to Charles Babbage. From the British Library. Licence: Public Domain

Ada Lovelace Day

October 13, 2020

Imagine what Ada Lovelace might have achieved had Babbage actually built his “computer” and she hadn’t died at the age of 36.

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In Computing, News & views, Using and Teaching Computing & ICT Tags Ada Lovelace Day, Ada Lovelace, International Ada Lovelace Day, Babbage, Sydney Padua

Have Ada Lovelace in your Computing or education technology classroom

February 13, 2019

Help to bring education technology alive by introducing a letter from Ada Lovelace to Charles Babbage into your Computing or education technology classroom.

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In Blast from the past, History, Using and Teaching Computing & ICT Tags Ada Lovelace, Lovelace, Charles Babbage, Babbage, history, computing history

The importance of touch in Computing

December 1, 2017

Making it possible for students to come face to face with real things from times gone by can have an electrifying effect on them. This is especially so when teaching Computing.

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In Computing Tags Eniac, Science Museum, Difference Engine, Babbage, Ada Lovelace
ENIAC. U.S. Army Photo [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons. Picture credit for Eniac: This image is a work of a U.S. Army soldier or employee, taken or made as part of that person's official duties. As a work of the …

ENIAC. U.S. Army Photo [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons. Picture credit for Eniac: This image is a work of a U.S. Army soldier or employee, taken or made as part of that person's official duties. As a work of the U.S. federal government, the image is in the public domain. URL: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Eniac.jpg

Getting touchy and feely about Computing

December 21, 2015

Making it possible for students to come face to face with real things from times gone by can have an electrifying effect on them. This is especially so when teaching Computing.

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In Computing, Using and Teaching Computing & ICT Tags Eniac, Science Museum, Difference Engine, Babbage, Ada Lovelace
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