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'Not about ICT or computer studies, but engagement'
Tinkering with the curriculum is doomed if children are not engaged, policy-makers warned"The Department [for Education] is less in charge of ICT than it ever has been," said Vanessa Pittard, the civil...
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Back to school – in your first job – the Northgate way
School ICT suppliers can provide apprenticeships for students. Sally McKeown talks to NorthgateJust imagine leaving school and starting work a few weeks later… back at school. That’s what happened to...
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Only selected stakeholders get chance to influence draft ICT Programme of StudyThe Department for Education has handed over responsibility for the draft ICT Programme of Study for the new ICT...
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'Swap the E-Bacc for a T-Bacc' says Stephen Heppell
The looming ICT curriculum debacle brings calls for a fresh approach for England The Department for Education’s surprise decision to hand responsibility for the ICT curriculum to the British Computer...
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'No pain no gain' as schools start to lead the system?
Education policy is undergoing radical change but will schools follow, asks Bob Harrison“Moving from a state-led (local and national) system to a school-led system – a painful transition.” Statement of...
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Computational thinkers use Gove back door for ICT
After building a consensus for the draft ICT programme of study, the project has hit controversy The British Computer Society (BCS) and the Royal Academy of Engineering (RAEng) have gone behind the...
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'Bring your own tech' sparks YOTS to think about
Tony Parkin welcomes YOTS, a free online survey tool to help schools audit students' home access to ICT Are you allowing your students to bring their own devices into school? Will this make a...
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Why 'computing' for the digitally illiterate is dangerous
A curriculum based on a dichotomy between computer science and digital literacy is flawed. Peter Twining explainsThe Computer Science lobby, not unreasonably, are focused on enhancing the status of...
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The Vital question for schools technology – CPD
The DfE has cut funding for England's most ambitious CPD programme for ICT. Bob Harrison asks its director, Peter Twining, 'How vital is Vital'?It hs to be either a particularly quirky irony or...
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Pupil Premium starts to affect school spending
Think the Pupil Premium is a £1.25 billion hoard for ICT? You’d better sharpen up, writes George ColeMix with educational technology advocates too much and you could develop the opinion that the £1.25...
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Teacher numbers fall but DfE confident on 'Computing'
With a £1 million 'computing' training scheme in the wings, it looks like too little too lateThe Department for Education (DfE) is confident that the teaching workforce in English schools can cope with...
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Truss gives BCS £2m to bridge teacher "Computing' gap
BCS gets £2 million from DfE to create 16,000 'computing' teachersThe Government is giving the BCS (The Chartered Institute for IT) £2 million to help train teachers in English schools to fill the...
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Whatever the question, the answer is 'SharePoint'!
Along Microsoft's schools frontline, Gerald Haigh finds SharePoint as an exit from ICT managed servicesI can fearlessly confess that even though I’ve been writing about Microsoft SharePoint for several...
View Article'Computing' training applications down 55 per cent
Alarming fall in training applications spells problems for schools and computer scienceWarnings that there is insufficient capacity in English schools to teach the new computing curriculum, with its...
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Wales' Hwb 'being driven by learning and teaching'
Departing education minister takes blocks off learning with Hwb network and 'Digital Wales'Wales’ ambitious drive to transform learning and teaching across all its schools and colleges was given a...
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DfE supporting 'Tablets for Schools' research findings
Will the Government sidestep 'austerity' for schools tablets scheme?Carphone Warehouse, a key supplier of digital tablets, has ahieved a coup in its bid to persuade the Coalition Government to help...
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Bureaucracy extinguishing Scotland's Glow network?
With more than £50m already spent on Glow, Education Scotland faces tough questions Has the sheen finally come off Glow Plus, the latest iteration of Scotland's ambitious national education network?...
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Sort it out! New call for moratorium on Glow
With possibly as much as £100 million already spent, success appears elusive for Scotland's national education networkRepresentatives of Scottish local authorities are today (Wednesday) likely to...
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You'll get Glow by Christmas, pledges minister
Will Scottish schools be back on Glow by Christmas? If not, Michael Russell will need answersIt's looks like crunch time for Scotland's national education network Glow, now being relaunched with...
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DfE pulls cash to gag own computing expert group
Political pique and a special adviser lie behind a clumsy attempt to silence dissentThe Department for Education (DfE) has withdrawn financial support for its Computing Expert Group in a bid to stifle...
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