There’s something funny about computer rooms.
They’re filled with machines capable of exploring galaxies, simulating the brain, and building entire worlds from code…
and yet the walls are often the most boring thing in the room.
Magnolia paint.
Stacked chairs.
A poster from 2007 telling kids to wash their hands before touching the keyboard.
No wonder students think computing is “just typing.”
🦸♂️ Creativity Is the Superpower Nobody Talks About
We teach children to code.
But rarely do we teach them to feel something about code.
Ask a student what they think computing is, and you’ll get:
“Typing stuff so the computer does a thing.”
Ask a student who enjoys computing, and you’ll hear:
“I made something work — and it felt good.”
That feeling?
It’s the difference between attendance and curiosity.
Between memorising and inventing.
Between following instructions and building something original.
🌈 Walls That Whisper Possibility
Classrooms talk.
Some say:
🧱 “Don’t get it wrong.”
Others quietly whisper:
💡 “Try things. Break things. See what happens.”
And students listen.
A splash of paint, a weirdly colourful motherboard on the wall, a picture of a floppy disk they’ve never seen in real life — it all sends the same message:
“Computing isn’t a cage. It’s a playground.”
🎭 The Joke Hidden in the Art
Putting artistic tech posters in a computer room is slightly mischievous.
It says:
“Yes, the CPU is serious… but look how fabulous it looks in pink and turquoise.”
It reminds students that tech was invented by people who doodled, dreamed, experimented, failed, argued, and stayed up too late eating biscuits.
Which is basically the same energy as a Year 6 coding lesson.
🚀 Real Impact, Zero Lecturing
Here’s the secret:
Students learn more when they want to be somewhere.
No amount of “computing is fun!!” printed on a worksheet beats a room that feels like a place where ideas happen.
It’s not about wallpapering the school like an ice-cream van —
although one colour-loving teacher out there is thinking about it 👀
—it’s about signalling one truth:
“You belong here, even if you’re still figuring it out.”
🌱 Tiny Change → Big Ripple
The funny thing is:
You don’t need a budget meeting or a refurbishment plan.
Just one colourful print on the wall can spark:
✨ A question
✨ A moment of wonder
✨ A student deciding “I might like this after all”
Computing clicks fastest when it feels like it might lead somewhere exciting.
📌 One Simple Thought
Next time you walk into your classroom, ask:
Does this room look like a place where young people
learn how the world works…
or where they realise they can change it?
If you want a tiny nudge in that direction, we’ve been splattering and designing resources teachers can print in about 30 seconds 😉
Artistic Poster Set Link