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 subject in our school curriculum. Michael Gove’s BETT 2012 speech has paved the way for such developments, and the close of the year was particularly busy. Read more…
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 for Christmas in 2011, along with 2.5% of the population. Read more…
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 may be true. But try telling a student to use Facebook for anything other than to share pictures, arrange social gatherings or discuss Tulisa’s outfit and they look at you like you have two heads. Trust me, I teach Digital Media at a London business college. Read more…
