Newcastle Academy

Teaching Assistant

For my 'Computing in Education' module, I have been working one day a week at a local highschool to gain experience in teaching Computing to secondary school students. I have been working with the Year 9 and Year 10 classes, helping them to learn Python and the theory of computing.

The end goal of this module is for me to present a lesson on computing by myself. Currently, I am planning to teach the Year 7 classes about the basics of generative AI, how it works, and how it could become an issue in schools.

Relevant Skills:

• Learnt how to effectively communicate with students of different ages and abilities
• Learnt how to plan and deliver a lesson
• Learnt how to manage a classroom
• Learnt how to use different teaching methods to help students understand the content fully

Keele University Students' Union

Student Commercial Host

Relevant Skills:

• Learnt how to work well in a team to produce a high-quality product
• Learnt how to understand others' needs and incorporate them into the workflow to make sure that everything gets finished
• Learnt how to work well and maintain composure when dealing with difficult customers or colleagues
• Learnt how to manage pressure to work best in a fast-paced environment

Destination Vinyl Ltd

Order Packer

Relevant Skills:

• Learnt how to work well individually to meet quotas
• Learnt how to have good time management skills

The Music Rooms

Stock Taker

Relevant Skills:

• Learnt how to keep track of stock and fill out order forms
• Learnt integral money handling skills

Point of Interest

This job inspired me to create my A Level project in order to improve the shop's efficiency. I built a program that would keep track of stock levels, automatically reorder products when they hit a certain level and email the business owner with what, and how much of each product, was ordered.

Working title

The effect of AI on Web Development and those in the sector

The Idea:

As I wish to become a web developer after I have graduated, I thought it would be apt to write my dissertation on that sector and its possible issues regarding job security.

For the dissertation, I will create a website myself and then also use AI tools - GitHub CoPilot, ChatGPT and others - to create multiple versions of the same website. From there, I will discuss the strengths and weaknesses of both methods, as well as interviewing people who work in the computing sector to see if they can tell which was made via each method.

Aims and Objectives:

The aim of this project is to see if AI can be used to create websites and if so, how much of a risk does it pose to jobs in the web development industry.

This will be accomplished by the following objectives:

• Review literature to get insights from professional bodies
• Interview experts in the field to get insights
• Learn how to use generative AI tools and use them to build a website
• Evaluate how much generative AI can help or replace a web developer
• Finally, present a conclusion supported by all of the above points