There is no doubt that computing and computer science are huge part of both our economy and society. Technology changes at a huge rate and unfortunately the UK education system hasn’t kept up very well. At current ICT lessons mainly focus on how to use software – which is important – but do not attempt [...]
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A strategy for computer science education in UK schools
A few weeks ago I wrote about a workshop that I ran at the primary school where I am a governor. It felt like I was doing something pretty important and I am still amazed at the response that my post had – even the Guardian picked it up and it has had over 1000 [...]
The day I tried teaching primary school kids to code (and succeeded)
There has been a great deal of media attention centred around learning to code recently and some really great initiatives have come to light. Arguably leading the charge is Codecademy who are running a campaign to make 2012 ‘Code Year‘. This even reached New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg who declared via Twitter that he was [...]
- The day I tried teaching primary school kids to code (and succeeded)
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- How to fix the Mountain Lion App-Store / System Preferences crash issue
- Zammer wins the Facebook / Gates Foundation Hack Ed 2.0 Hackathon
- The lean startup, the Hacker’s Way and the evolution of Necrotising Facebookiitis
- A workshop on algorithms for primary schools
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