Fraser McKay
@mrmckaycomp
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Computing science teacher. Acting Faculty Head .2. Used to research HCI. Google L1 Cert, RaspberryPi Cert Ed, #MakeyMakey Ambassador. I run #cssmeets. 🤪👨💻
Scotland, United Kingdom
Joined August 2014
Someone's on the @Raspberry_Pi blog this morning. There's educational merit in a Python-controlled, talking, missile-firing, Grinch, honest! https://t.co/KfkHhuEaMw
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Mr McKay is cooler than your computer science teacher because he has created a missile-firing Grinch for his classroom.
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I've updated the 2025 N5 and Higher playlists here. A bunch of other 2025 questions are scheduled to go live on Tuesdays and Thursdays over the next couple of weeks. https://t.co/CREATK1TTz
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Computing teacher, mostly sharing N5 and Higher Computing Science videos. Used to research HCI. RaspberryPi Cert Ed, MakeyMakey Ambassador. I run #cssmeets. Don't grow up - it's a trap.
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It's handy living 5 minutes from this. Hill surfing will sound like an actual sport. 🏔🏄♂️
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Really honoured to have been recognised in this years Alumni Awards! My time at Edinburgh Napier was so special. I left with more than a degree; it changed the trajectory of my life. @EdNapierAlumni
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I've put them on the National 5 page of my revision site too. https://t.co/ijNw3t8aIG
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I've got video walkthroughs for the 2022 and 2023 National 5 papers. I've also made a couple of revision papers, with a Google Doc of the paper, marking instructions, and worked solutions. The videos...
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An experiment - I've started going through the 2025 N5 and Higher papers in short format. I'll still do long format videos for the extended response questions. Higher coming after N5. I'll set them to release in batches. @CompSciScot @stacshq
https://t.co/moqt6tWtr3
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My first attempt at long(ish) but still within visual-range FPV. Got about 10 minutes per battery on a 5 inch GEPRC quad.
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It's languages day at school, so I went with Python. I'm assuming that's what was meant.
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The Turing Test was born #otd in 1950 w/Alan Turing’s seminal paper "Computing Machinery and Intelligence." https://t.co/bBdyWaNsTM
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My first attempt at a loop. Only the second time I've taken this out...
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A great day learning and catching up with people at the Google for Education event today.
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This FPV stuff is cool. First flight in a powerful 5 inch drone. If only there was some way to fit it into the curriculum and acquire a fleet for school...
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Since taking up FPV in the summer - it turns out flying a little 1S tinywhoop around the house in acro involves a bit more adrenaline than a big, stable DJI 🚁
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2: subject knowledge is absolutely critical. You need to know your subject inside out. If you don’t you are going to be quickly found wanting. No end of pedagogical approaches will save you with a GCSE or A Level class, for eg, if you have no clue what you are talking about.
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So, this happened. I'm going to be Acting Faculty Head of Business & Computing (0.2 FTE) every Wednesday for a while. That will be different!
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Happy Glow password reset day to Scottish teachers, and the school Glow admins who have to reset them again.
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Something I 3D printed for my classroom, since we're back soon (not my design - found on Bambu).
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My first time flying full manual #fpv after using the motion controller until now. Just getting stable flight took a while in the simulator!
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I've only had my #DJINeo properly for a couple of weeks, but it's got more airborne time this week than my bigger drone has in the last year (M3 Pro) 😬 I'm using the Goggles N3 and motion controller (for now) Most fun flying with a drone since I got my first Spark in 2019 🪦
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If we want to break the link between background & success then statements such as grades don’t make kids happy need to go where they belong, in a bin. Of course we want kids to enjoy school & learning but grades matter & open up so many doors for them.
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