Barcamp Blackpool 3 schedule

Saturday 15th October 2011

• Computing vs ICT in schools (an A level student's perspective)

  by Jack Wearden

  Jack Wearden (@jackweirdy) shares his perspective on the computing vs ICT and teaching programming debates

  • Computing
  • Education
  • ICT
  • Programming
  • Schools

  At 4:30am to 5:00am, Saturday 15th October

• "I still don't get it"

  by Proactive Paul

  At the 'Flying Handbag', another Barcamp Intro

  At 11:00am to 11:30am, Saturday 15th October

• How to Improve the Team Development Process?

  by Daley Chetwynd

  In 'The Tower'

  At 11:00am to 11:30am, Saturday 15th October

• Web Development Future

  In 'The Beach'

  At 11:00am to 11:30am, Saturday 15th October

• Android/Xcode - Code Comparison

  At 11:00am to 11:30am, Saturday 15th October

• "Ail-Gysylltu" (Reconnecting)

  by Bryn Salisbury

  How social media and the web helped me to not forget Welsh (Welsh on the Web).

  Growing up, I took my knowledge of Welsh for granted. However, moving out of Wales, and not working in Welsh caused me to lose my ability to write in my native language, and how I used the web to stop that happening.

  Covers blogging, podcasts, multi-lingual websites et al.

  • Blogging
  • Cymraeg
  • Social
  • Twitter
  • Welsh

  At 11:30am to 11:50am, Saturday 15th October

  Coverage slide deck

• Kids And Computing

  by Ben G

  in 'The Tower'

  http://mrgristwood.edublogs.org/... - My Blog with the questions
  What job do you do:
  How did you get into it:
  What does it involve:
  Why do you love it:

  You can add comments to my blog or follow me on @renaman

  At 11:30am to 11:50am, Saturday 15th October

  Coverage video

• A Brief History of Error Messages

  by Alex Martindale

  In 'The Big One'

  DOES NOT COMPUTE
  or "Who is General Failure and why is he reading my drive?"
  A Brief History of Error Messages
  by Alex Martindale
  with additional material by Kerry Burnout

  Alex Martindale presents a tour of error messages from history, (hopefully) recreating some classic error messages on the original hardware in front of a live audience. This one featured a surprisingly reliable ZX Spectrum, a failed Windows ME installation, and a sadmac emulator.

  • Comedy
  • Computing
  • Errors

  At 11:30am to 11:50am, Saturday 15th October

  Coverage video

• My Server & Elastix PBX

  (The Flying Handbag)

  At 12:00pm to 12:20pm, Saturday 15th October

• Insects in your mind?

  by Jeremy Coates

  How we're thinking holds us back (The Tower)

  At 12:00pm to 12:20pm, Saturday 15th October

• Who pays on a first date?

  at 'The Beach'

  At 12:00pm to 12:20pm, Saturday 15th October

• Hack Days 2.0 (beta)

  by Dom Hodgson

  Let's Build a Startup (The Big One)

  At 12:00pm to 12:20pm, Saturday 15th October

• Let's make a silly pop video

  (The Flying Handbag)

  At 12:30pm to 12:50pm, Saturday 15th October

• The Stock Market

  by Martin

  A short introduction to the stock market and how to go about trading on it.

  (The Tower)

  • Stock Market / Trading

  At 12:30pm to 12:50pm, Saturday 15th October

  Coverage slide deck

• Teach me to code in 20 minutes

  by Alan O'Donohoe

  Learn how to make a game (The Beach)

  Scratch is an extremely friendly tool that children of any age can use to learn how to program a game.

  In my talk/demo - I spent the first 10 minutes showing how to create a simple 'Pong' game. Then using a PicoBoard (a hardware interface) I engage the audience by asking them to shout to control their paddle.

  • Education
  • Programming
  • Schools
  • scratch

  At 12:30pm to 12:50pm, Saturday 15th October

  Coverage link video

• Free Tools to Help IT Pros

  (The Big One)

  At 12:30pm to 12:50pm, Saturday 15th October

• Nintendo Themed Hana Craft

  At 2:00pm to 2:20pm, Saturday 15th October

• The CQ Session

  At 2:00pm to 2:20pm, Saturday 15th October

• Copterhack

  by Dan Hagon

  Kinect+Arduino

  At 2:00pm to 2:20pm, Saturday 15th October

• Online Werewolf

  by Mark Kirschstein

  At 2:00pm to 2:20pm, Saturday 15th October

• Why use Version Control Software?

  by Jon Spriggs

  And is it just for code?

  At 2:30pm to 2:50pm, Saturday 15th October

  Coverage slide deck

• Triangles

  by Ash Moran

  Learn how we're all connected - a systems thinking game.

  At 2:30pm to 2:50pm, Saturday 15th October

• Do more with less CSS

  by Paul Mackenzie

  At 2:30pm to 2:50pm, Saturday 15th October

• Introduction to Teaching

  by Kian Ryan

  Learn about the IDEA method, and spend time learning simple strategy games and then teaching them to others.

  • Gaming
  • Teaching

  At 2:30pm to 2:50pm, Saturday 15th October

  Coverage link slide deck

• Intro to CakePHP

  At 3:30pm to 3:50pm, Saturday 15th October

• Working at a Startup

  by Michael Heap

  Pros and Cons

  At 3:30pm to 3:50pm, Saturday 15th October

• Learn how to make your own games

  At 3:30pm to 3:50pm, Saturday 15th October

• Adventures in CQRS

  by Andrew Seward

  An exciting new infinitely scaleable architecture!

  At 3:30pm to 3:50pm, Saturday 15th October

  Coverage slide deck

• Regex Zen Do

  by Matthew Pettitt

  At 4:00pm to 4:20pm, Saturday 15th October

• Help UK Kids learn to code

  by Alan O'Donohoe

  Alan announced details of a UK programming competition for children which will be launched soon.

  He described some of the prinicples of the competition and encouraged people to register for more details.

  At 4:00pm to 4:20pm, Saturday 15th October

  Coverage link