Priya Raman

Reviewer — coding, chess & STEM clubs

Computer science teacher and after-school club organiser. Priya has run a chess club, a robotics club and a 3D printing club in the same term, and lived to tell the tale.

BSc Computer Science
PGCE Secondary Computing
ECF-registered chess coach

CoversCoding & making Chess

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Priya teaches computing to eleven- to eighteen-year-olds and runs the school's chess, robotics and 3D printing clubs. Her test for any club-facing platform is brutally practical: can thirty children get logged in and doing something useful inside ten minutes, on the school's own Chromebooks?

2 reviews by Priya Raman

Coding & making

Tinkercad review: the best free on-ramp to 3D design and circuits

Autodesk's browser CAD tool takes a nine-year-old from dragging a cube to exporting a printable model in one lesson — and then quietly teaches Arduino wiring and block coding as well.

By Priya Raman · 11 Sept 2026

4.3/5Highly recommended· 3 comments

Abstract illustration in soft greens suggesting geometric solids on a design grid

Chess

ChessKid review: the safest place for a child to actually get good at chess

Chess.com's junior platform wraps real coaching in a walled garden — moderated, chat-free by default and genuinely fun. The free tier is a taster; Gold is what makes it stick.

By Priya Raman · 28 Aug 2026

4.4/5Highly recommended· 4 comments

Abstract illustration in soft blues representing a chessboard grid