Mr D F
mrdfido.bsky.social
Mr D F
@mrdfido.bsky.social
Head of Computer Science
The Willink School
(West Berkshire EDU - Teacher of Computer Science & Business)
Proud career changer
https://www.linkedin.com/in/damian-fido-a5ab2b3
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I wouldn't want a return to coursework - there's too much inauthentic labour in a "project" (i.e. the documentation), and I believe that students get more programming practice and a broader range of experience by spending the time doing lots of smaller tasks.
www.advanced-ict.info/programming/...
Programming Practice Tasks
Programming tasks - can be adapted for any language.
www.advanced-ict.info
December 7, 2024 at 11:36 AM
Reposted by Mr D F
And you can play it in a web browser at the BBC Micro Games Archive - much easier than installing an emulator!

bbcmicro.co.uk/game.php?id=...
Elite [disc]
Published by Acornsoft, Superior/Acornsoft in 1984
bbcmicro.co.uk
September 20, 2024 at 9:51 AM
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And you can play it right now, it's free.

"Experience the classic space trading game, Elite, as released on the BBC Model B in 1984, by Ian Bell and David Braben."

www.frontierstore.net/games/elite-...
Elite (1984) - Elite Dangerous - Games - Frontier Store
Package includes a disk image of the original Elite for BBC Micro B; BeebEm, a BBC Micro and Master 128 emulator that enables you to run BBC Micro software on your PC; and instructions for getting sta...
www.frontierstore.net
September 20, 2024 at 9:19 AM