Teach Computing Milton Keynes & Northamptonshire

We want to thank you all for your continued support and wish you all the best! You can still access the NCCE via the link below:
https://teachcomputing.org/

And to finish off our amazing roster, we'll tell you a bit about Sheryl Sandberg, who is the former COO of Facebook! Enjoy the Holidays everyone!

Read more about Sheryl Sandberg below:
https://www.biography.com/business-figure/sheryl-sandberg

Another brand that's impossible NOT to know, Steve Jobs co-founded Apple Inc; one of the biggest tech companies to date!

Read about his story below:
https://www.biography.com/business-leaders/steve-jobs

I'm sure you all have used a popular site known as YouTube at least once before. You can thank Susan Wojciki for making it so popular!

Read more about her time as CEO below:
https://www.thefamouspeople.com/profiles/susan-wojcicki-34852.php

Without the work of Tim Berners-Lee, we wouldn't have websites like this or our handy Teach Computing website, where you can access free courses, resources and support!

Don't know what we're on about? Check what we have to offer using the link below:
https://teachcomputing.org

We hope everyone is enjoying their time off for the winter holidays, but that doesn't mean we're done yet! Today we highlight the achievements of Katherine Johnson.

Read more about her below:
https://www.nasa.gov/centers-and-facilities/langley/katherine-johnson-biography/

Only 5 days left! Today we'll talk about Tommy Flowers, which was the inspiration for the name of the brilliant teacher training programme!

See what they have to offer below:
https://tommyflowersscitt.co.uk

Adele Goldberg contributed to the development of one of the first object oriented programming languages!

We actually offer a course on OOP! Have a read below:
https://teachcomputing.org/courses/CP506/object-oriented-programming-oop-in-a-level-computer-science

Built in Milton Keynes, the Turing machine was designed by Alan Turing and truly helped to turn the tide of the war!

Read more on how he did this below:
https://www.britannica.com/biography/Alan-Turing

pictured below is Margaret Hamilton standing next to her code for the Apollo guidance program she wrote!

Have a read about Margaret and her achievements below:
https://www.britannica.com/biography/Margaret-Hamilton-American-computer-scientist

Well I'm sure you know who this is but for those who don't, Bill Gates is the co-founder of Microsoft, who are responsible for creating the Windows Operating system!

Read more about him below:
https://www.britannica.com/money/Bill-Gates

Responsible for creating the first compiler, Grace Hopper also helped to develop one of the first high level programming languages and popularized the term "debugging"! Truly an icon of Computing.

Have a deeper read about her below:
https://www.britannica.com/biography/Grace-Hopper