My name is Cat and in 2016, after 12 years in the primary classroom, I decided to leave teaching to follow my passion for supporting educators with the teaching of computing and with maximising technology to support education.
My passion is to share my knowledge and enjoyment of technology, computer science and coding and I am determined to help people one way or another.
I love technology and I love the opportunities that using tech can provide for both educators and learners and my goal is try and provide opportunities for everyone to get involved and have a go; from complete beginners to experienced amateurs, I can help you to use technology more effectively in the classroom.
More recently, I’ve been working on projects around mental health, sharing my own experiences with depression and exploring how mental health can affect the teaching world – you can find out more by heading to mentalhealthineducation.com . I think too many educators and people in schools suffer in silence so I’m working to encourage people to share their stories and talk openly about mental health battles so that we can begin to normalise the conversation and reduce the stigma.
I’m available for independent work which, in the past, has included writing modules for BBC Bitesize, writing teacher Resource books for Cambridge International, working as a facilitator for the Raspberry Pi Foundation’s free CPD, Picademy, as well as working for the National Stem Centre in York and writing resources and articles, which has included a K-5 scheme of work for introducing computer science for a Canadian independent school group, called Maple Bear. As part of my work for Maple Bear, I have spent time in Brazil training teachers in computational thinking and I’ve also delivered training in both Argentina and the US. I helped to develop the computing scheme of work for Kapow Primary when it first launched and am particularly proud of this content as part of my role was to ensure that the resources were as accessible as possible to non-specialist teachers and feedback from schools has shown that we have been successful in this goal.
I am a Google Certified Trainer, Coach & Innovator, Raspberry Pi Certified Educator, CAS Master Teacher and was made an Apple Distinguished Educator in 2015 – I really love thinking about ways to use technology, any technology, to support education and have been particularly enjoying sharing ideas for using Google Workspace for Education in recent months.
I work part time for Canopy Education, a Google Professional Development Partner, which offers me opportunities to create resources, write articles and provide bespoke training to schools, as well as to run sessions for the team at Google for Education, which has included sessions for Google at BETT, around the UK and in Denmark.
I also work on a freelance basis for Crossover Solutions– Going completely freelance with my CPD offerings seemed foolish when Crossover Solutions were keen to offer my services to the schools in their network, enabling them to offer a more rounded service with peer-led training and not just set-up and repair. It was a natural fit, especially since one of the founders is my other-half and I’m looking forward to getting involved with more and more schools on Crossover’s behalf.
If you’d like me to work for you, get in touch by emailing me on catlamin83@gmail.com so we can talk over how I can help you!
Please note that all views expressed on this blog are completely my own and in no way reflect any of the companies or agencies I work for!
Cat Lamin 