Peter Cheer

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Perth Scotland

I started life as an archaeologist before retraining in IT and have wide experience of work in the voluntary / not for profit and continuing education sectors in Scotland where I am usually based. This has included database design, hardware support, software support, website design and tuition.

From 2009 - 2010 I was  in Nairobi, Kenya as Assistive Technology Tutor with the Kenyan Society for the Blind. Then came two years in Ethiopia, working with the Addis Ababa HIV / AIDS Prevention and Control Office and the Ethiopian Midwives Association. My most recent stint abroad was another two years in Papua New Guinea as Provincial Capacity Building ICT Advisor on a United Nations Development Program / Ministry of Finance project. For now I am back in Scotland and a part time Open University tutor.

You can visit my website at http://tinyurl.com/visimpscot .

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If you are introducing Java to younger children an alternative to consider is using the block based Alice (https://www.alice.org/) from Carnegie Mellon Uni

Moodle is a good course management system but I usually author my content outside Moodle as I find the built in content creation options too restrictive. It can take some time and creativity to break free of the default Moodle 'look and feel' of the template designs but is possible