On this page, you will find links to a range of useful resources for learning a variety of different computing and digital technology concepts. Some will be quizzes, courses and guides. Others will be podcasts, videos, or tutorials. Some will be links to software (usually free or open source) to help you become more digitally capable.
Podcasts
| Resource | Description |
|---|---|
| Game Makers Notebook | Interviews with game developers looking at all aspects of game development |
| Goto; | |
| Hackable Podcast | |
| Darknet Diaries | |
| Tech Stuff | |
| Things Fell Apart – Culture Wars | |
| Beyond Games | Ubisoft Podcast about the impact of video games and the people who make them. |
| Echoes of History | Series about the real life locations and events that inspire the Assassin’s Creed franchise |
Videos
| Resource | Description |
|---|---|
| Game Maker’s Toolkit | |
| Design Doc | |
| NoClip | |
| Academy of Interactive Arts and Sciences | |
| Brackeys | |
| Censored Gaming | |
| Computerphile | |
| Gaming Historian |
Books
| Resource | Description |
|---|---|
| Masters of Doom | The story of ID Software, a leader in developnig the FPS genre before it was known as FPS. Creators of Wolfenstein 3D, Doom, Quake, and a number of other games. |
| Women in Gaming: 100 Professionals of Play | A free ebook courtesy of Ctystal Dynamics (makers of Tomb Raider 2013). |
| Social Engineering: The Art of Human Hacking | |
| Console Wars: Sega, Nintendo, and the battle that defined a generation | |
| Countdown to Zero Day | The world’s first digital weapon |
Software
| Resource | Description |
|---|---|
| PocketCasts.com | |
| Blender | |
| Block Bench | |
| Inkscape | |
| VS Code | |
| Python | |
| PHP | |
| Github Desktop | |
| Godot |
Websites
| Resource | Description |
|---|---|
| PocketCasts.com | |
| Github | |
| Trello | |
| Techquity | |
| BBC Bitesize | |
| Grok Learning | Provided Free in New Zealand |
| Raspberry PI Computer Science |
