Category Archives: ICT

A new generation of coders

Posted on May 1, 2012 by dchan

The teaching of ICT in schools has come in for much criticism of late, yet the enthusiasm shown by young people to learn and share programming skills at a recent ‘hack day’ should inspire educators. {lang: ‘en-GB’}

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The Raspberry Pi can help schools get with the program

Posted on March 5, 2012 by tburr

These cheap, programmable boards should be used to equip children for a future that will be shaped by computer software. {lang: ‘en-GB’}

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Games Britannia video game education festival launches

Posted on January 20, 2012 by dhutson

A new festival dedicated to video game development and aimed at school children has been officially anounced this week. Games Britannia will take place from 2 to 8 July at Sheffield MAGNA Science Adventure centre. {lang: ‘en-GB’}

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Apple: iBooks 2 will ‘reinvent textbooks’

Posted on January 20, 2012 by dhutson

Apple has unveiled a glimpse of the classroom of the future, launching a new version of its iBooks software that will allow publishers to create interactive textbooks for iPad-owning students. {lang: ‘en-GB’}

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An Apple for teacher? Textbooks are next target for tech giant

Posted on January 17, 2012 by dhutson

Steve Jobs described textbooks as an ’$8 billion a year industry ripe for digital destruction’, in conversations with his biographer Walter Isaacson.  {lang: ‘en-GB’}

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School ICT to be replaced by computer science programme

Posted on January 11, 2012 by dhutson

The current programme of information and communications technology (ICT) study in England’s schools will be scrapped from September, the education secretary will announce later. {lang: ‘en-GB’}

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Pupils need to understand computers, not just how to use them

Posted on January 10, 2012 by dhutson

Out of 28,000 teachers who qualified in 2010, just three individuals had a computer-related degree. What is going wrong in ICT teaching, and what can be done to remedy it? {lang: ‘en-GB’}

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Facebook ‘interested’ in backing Britain’s ICT education reform

Posted on November 30, 2011 by dhutson

Facebook could be one of the next major technology companies to announce its support for Next Gen Skill’s campaign to modernise ICT teaching in schools. {lang: ‘en-GB’}

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Coding – the new Latin

Posted on November 29, 2011 by dhutson

The campaign to boost the teaching of computer skills – particularly coding – in schools is gathering force. {lang: ‘en-GB’}

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Government backs call for classroom coding

Posted on November 29, 2011 by gmckechnie

The teaching of computer science must become more relevant to modern needs, said the government. {lang: ‘en-GB’}

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Are you safeguarding your gals sufficiently?

Posted on November 23, 2011 by LWhitehill

The popularity of Facebook, Twitter and text messaging means many girls are now exposed to a 24-hour-a-day barrage of bullying, England’s communications champion warned yesterday. {lang: ‘en-GB’}

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New York schools enter the iZone

Posted on November 23, 2011 by LWhitehill

After the iPhone and the iPad, the iZone is a different kind of design experiment. It’s New York’s attempt to reinvent an inner-city school. The BBC reports. {lang: ‘en-GB’}

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Do students know more about technology than their teachers?

Posted on November 23, 2011 by LWhitehill

The Guardian asks the experts for their verdicts: {lang: ‘en-GB’}

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Social Media: Create Dynamic Lessons and Engage your pupils

Posted on September 15, 2011 by SLovatt

Social Media: Create Dynamic Lessons and Engage your pupils {lang: ‘en-GB’}

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Almost one fifth of youngsters cyberbullied

Posted on August 3, 2011 by MThompson

Internet and phone bullying causes loss of confidence and damages mental health, shows a study reported in The Guardian. {lang: ‘en-GB’}

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Schools quit ICT over ‘impossible’ AS-level

Posted on July 5, 2011 by MThompson

An ICT qualification with coursework tasks so difficult that even experienced teachers find them “impossible” is leading many schools to quit the subject altogether, reports the TES. {lang: ‘en-GB’}

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Exam errors: ICT teachers complain to Ofqual

Posted on June 17, 2011 by LWhitehill

ICT teachers have complained they were told to “mark right answers as wrong” because of mistakes by an exam board. They have complained to England’s exams watchdog Ofqual about several errors on a guide they were given for marking course … Continue reading →

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David Starkey on why apps reflect his thought processes better than TV

Posted on June 8, 2011 by LWhitehill

Historian describes the joy of moving beyond the ‘struggle for linearity’ in research. The Guardian reports.  {lang: ‘en-GB’}

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Academic studies home technology challenges

Posted on June 7, 2011 by LWhitehill

Does digital DIY take up too much of your free time? Take heart: one academic is trying to ease the burden. Lucy Tobin from The Guardian reports.  {lang: ‘en-GB’}

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Middle-class angst over technology in the early years

Posted on June 7, 2011 by LWhitehill

Study says nursery staff and ‘affluent’ parents are spurning new technologies in early years. Sue Learner of The Guardian reports. While most pre-school children are playing with cars or drawing with crayons, a grou {lang: ‘en-GB’}

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