Fiona has taught for 23 years in UK and international schools, and six years ago made the transition to teach Computer Science to GCSE within her current school in Norwich, where she also works as the Director for Digital Strategy. She completed her Masters in Educational Research with Cambridge University in 2018, gaining a distinction for her thesis 'Cracking the Code: Exploring girls' participation in Computer Science'. Fiona is a Google Certified Trainer, and is also an Apple Teacher and Certified Microsoft Innovative Educator. Her current role is GDST Trust Consultant Teacher for Junior Digital Strategy, which involves working with staff across a network of 25 schools. Fiona’s consultancy work focuses on digital strategy, with the aim of helping staff to embrace educational technology and see the positives that it can bring to their working lives.

 

Professor of Computing Education at the University of Roehampton. Prior to joining Roehampton, he spent 18 years in four schools, much of the time as an ICT coordinator and most recently as a headteacher. His research interests include the pedagogies of computer science education and informal learning. He is a former chair of Naace and continues to serve on its board of management. He is also a member of the management board of Computing At School (CAS) and the UK Forum for Computing Education. He is a fellow of the BCS, RSA and HEA.

Over the years, Miles has contributed to a number of computing related projects including: CAS's computer science curriculum, the national curriculum computing programmes of study, the CAS/Naace guide to the computing curriculum for primary teachers, training of CAS Master Teachers, the Bett award winning Rising Stars Switched on Computing, Barefoot Computing, Code Club Pro's training materials and QuickStart Computing.

 
William Lau has taught Computer Science, ICT, Media Studies and Business from Key Stages 1 through to 5 in four London schools and in an International school in Seychelles. He started teaching in 2006 and is currently an assistant headteacher leading on learning technology at the Children's Hospital School at Great Ormond Street Hospital. He was previously an assistant headteacher in charge of teacher development. In this role he was responsible for mentoring NQTs and PGCE students across the school. He also provided training in curriculum development, assessment and pedagogy within the school and at conferences, schools and universities across the country. In July 2017, William received an award from CSTA, Infosys USA and ACM for excellence in teaching Computer Science. In October 2017, Routledge published William’s first book, “Teaching Computing in Secondary Schools”. He is a prolific creator of Computer Science resources. He created a Computer Science Colouring Book, Computer Combat Cards - a card game to teach students about Computer Science and The Little Book of Algorithms to help students become more fluent in programming. During the Covid-19 lockdown, he wrote Computing Outdoors featuring seven screen-free missions.