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Let’s not wait for Michael Gove’s ICT reforms, the future starts now

BY DAVID DEVENTER Let’s not wait for Michael Gove’s ICT reforms, the future starts now. In this world of technology, it’s not enough for students to know how to switch on a PC and use basic office software. They need to know ...

What’s in store for 2013?

BY SIMON HUMPHREYS There can be no doubt that 2012 has been an interesting year for Computing At School (CAS) with significant developments as both a community and as advocates for raising the profile of computer science as a ...

Doing it by the eBook

BY JAMIE MUNRO Just 20 years after the first eBook appeared, Amazon now sells over 130 eBooks for every paperback - and digital has become the standard way a lot of us access texts. The Queen received a Kindle ...

The key to using digital media

BY JENNIFER BEGG There’s nothing I hate more than using technology for technology sake. As educators, we’re told we need to keep ahead of the curve and that students have better tech at home than in the classroom. This ...

Thank code it’s Christmas!

By Genevieve Smith-Nunes Joke: Why do computer scientists get Halloween confused with Christmas? … because OCT(al) 31 = DEC(imal) 25 I know: it is terrible, forgive me. Happy holidays to one and all. I really enjoy this time of year for a ...

Life of Pi

In the first of our weekly guest blogs, Alan O'Donohoe talks to Education Innovation's content manager Janet Murray about his involvement in the show. As well as delivering a practical workshop on computer programming called 'Teach Scratch' on Saturday March 9, ...

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