In this series of short films for secondary schools, web developer Chloe Watts meets five of the UK's most creative coders, working in music, art, gaming and fashion.
These short films aims to inspire students to code and engage with computing throughout their lives.
These short films will be relevant for teaching computing at KS3 and KS4/GCSE in England, Wales and Northern Ireland and National 4/5 or Higher in Scotland. The topics discussed will support OCR, Edexcel, AQA, WJEC GCSE in England and Wales, CCEA GCSE in Northern Ireland and SQA National 4/5 and Higher in Scotland.
Coding and digital art. video
In this short film for secondary schools, web developer Chloe Watts meets a visual artist who creates large installations and events using code, including a digital firework display that the public can interact with.
Coding and fashion technology. video
In this short film for secondary schools, web developer Chloe Watts meets fashion technologist Benjamin Males at a ‘fashion laboratory’ that merges the worlds of computer programming and fashion design.
Coding and games design. video
In this short film for secondary schools, web developer Chloe Watts visits a game development company to meet games designer John Beech. It was learning to build games and sharing his content online that landed John his dream job.
Coding and games development. video
In this short film for secondary schools, web developer Chloe Watts meets BAFTA ‘Breakthrough Brit’ and games developer Mitu Khandaker to see her first game Redshirt™ in action.
Coding and music production. video
In this short film for secondary schools, web developer Chloe Watts meets musician and beatboxer Beardyman to hear how his new groundbreaking music production system the Beardytron 5000 uses code to create complex dance music.
