Amanda Ford

Lecturer in Computing @West College Scotland

Paisley, GB

Teaching - HNC Games graded unit, Programming fundamentals, 2D animation, NPA Computer Games Development & 3D modelling & Animation (NC & HND) Previously - Games User interface/Computing Academic Skills/Social Media Literacy and Information Literacy. I run and supervise our Esports discord server and our teams that take part in the British Esports Association competitions and have done for a couple of years now. As well as teaching I am involved in various projects. We have run a coding clubs project for schools that saw us partner with 3 high schools and we trained students to deliver the clubs. I designed and delivered a course for Out of School Care workers called Introduction to Creative Computing. The purpose of which was to show staff how to make the most of digital technology within their establishments using raspberry pi\'s. The project was a collaboration between West College Scotland and the Scottish Out of School Care network and will continue for another year. Our projects this year focused on CPD provision for primary and secondary teachers and included a blended approach to learning with a mix of face to face and online sessions via the Glow the Scottish Schools Intranet platform. I am a Microsoft Innovative Expert Educator and have delivered CPD on various topics such as OneNote/Excel and Outlook in house as well as for commercial clients.