Giles Booth
Senior Education Manager
London, England, United Kingdom
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Top SchoolGiles Booth is a Senior Education Manager with 13 years’ experience designing and delivering AI, computer science and data literacy learning for 7–14 year olds at the Micro:bit Educational Foundation. A former primary and secondary teacher and Raspberry Pi Certified Educator, he bridges classroom practice and product development—advising engineering teams on tools like the BBC micro:bit, CreateAI, Python editor and MakeCode to ensure resources work in real-world schools. He writes and voices clear, engaging multimedia lessons (including CreateAI materials featured on code.org’s Hour of AI), presents webinars and edits audio-visual content informed by a decade of BBC radio production. Giles is also an active front-end contributor to hobbyist open-source projects such as Bangle.js watch apps, showing a hands-on interest in UI and performance optimization for small devices. His background in broadcast storytelling and stakeholder engagement helps him turn technical concepts into accessible classroom experiences that scale globally.
13 years of coding experience
19 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor's Degree, English Language and Literature, General, 2.1, Bachelor's Degree, English Language and Literature, General, 2.1 at The University of ManchesterHigh School, High School at Bristol Grammar School
English
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Github Skills (5)
js10
javascript10
web-bluetooth10
smartwatch10
ui-design9
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
espruino/BangleApps
Jun 2022 - Dec 2022
Bangle.js App Loader (and Apps)
Role in this project:
Front-end Developer
Front-end DeveloperContributions:117 commits, 3 PRs, 2 comments in 6 months
Contributions summary:Giles primarily focused on creating and modifying watch face applications for the Bangle.js smartwatch. They implemented new applications, including a Mac-themed clock and a tide-tracking clock. The user added and updated app icons, demonstrating a focus on user interface elements. They also optimized code for performance and added features like time display options.
javascriptloadersmartwatchwebbluetooth
blogmywiki/pet-python-startrek
Apr 2022 - May 2022
Python remake of the Commodore PET Star Trek BASIC game from 1977
Contributions:57 commits, 56 pushes, 1 issue in 24 days
pythoncommodore-petstar-trektrekpython-script
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