Monthly Archives: November 2025

InFindingOut (IFO) / Space To Learn

WindCam

A new STEM experiment takes shape in Space To Learn, Northern Ireland – in readiness for the InFindingOut pupils (in Swindon, Wilts) to develop.

The aim of the experiment is to measure the movement of the branches of WindTree (camera to follow!) using a suspended WindCam focused on a Micro:Bit with Kitronik View screen attached. The screen will show small variations in the x and y axis as patterns of dots – for analysis in England.

We are considering an AI analysis of the patterns – perhaps to generate an artistic output sound as sounds.

To follow this experiment, please see: www.flickernet.net/sos

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November 27, 2025
InFindingOut (IFO)

EEG sensing equipment

Working each week with young people who have found themselves on the cusp of educational exclusion, the question “how are you” takes on a certain urgency.

Part of the InFindoingOut project is about encouraging young people to engage with a self-assessment routine that is designed to establish how they are really feeling, based on a sincere pupil-led desire to be accurate.

Biometric sensors will be deployed to provide them with an objective measure of what their bodies can indicate about mood, anxiety and general wellbeing.

Our new equipment will provide many such metrics, including this EEG sensor.

The first test of this – at the SoS in Swindon – was fascianting. Pupils were eager to volunteer to put the head band equipment on and to see the readout. We used Chat GPT video analysis to be told in general terms about what the readout was indicating

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November 24, 2025
Art of Conversation

Goats galore!

This week in The Art of Conversation we created a new island together called Goat Island. Partly inspired by the school goats at Crowdy’s and very much voted for using their ChoiceBoxes – this is a place to explore in a similar way to Mushroom Meadows but with a puzzle to be solved involving the feeding of goats.

Firstly though: an art challenge – each child drew their own pattern which will be added as a “skin” to their own goat for next week. They also chose a name and voted on the available types of food / clumpiness of the grass!

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November 20, 2025
Digital Writes / Marvellous Musical Machine / Tech To Help (TTH)

The Marvellous Music Machine takes shape!

After two months of development with the intrepid and inspiring Year 9 team from the ASC at Lydiard Park Academy (see www.flickernet.net/mmm) – today the machine itself began to take shape. 

It will incorporate many of the experimental elements that have been explored –  today we added light sensing that is converted into sounds and sound waves.

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November 3, 2025

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