Here are links to some articles about Computing and ICT from last week, and one from last year and also information about an article on the subject of teaching Computing in our newsletter.
Read MoreDoes ed tech improve learning? 7 questions to ask
Asking whether education technology improves learning is too broad a question really. In this article I suggest 7 questions that need to be asked in order to find out.
Read MoreHow to evaluate a Computing scheme of work
Faced with deciding which scheme of work to use for your computing, ICT or digital skills course, what criteria should you apply?
Read More6 useful ideas for computing lessons
What can a book written 40 odd years ago have to say about teaching computing? Nothing, actually, but it did inspire me to write an article suggesting routines in computing lessons. Read on to find out more.
Read MoreComputing and magic
What can we learn from magicians when it comes to designing computer software and equipment? In this article, Professor Paul Curzon explains all.
Read MoreFlipped learning - again
In order to implement flipped learning, you need to ensure that certain conditions are in place.
Read More7 Ways to make IT real: 6 Use what you have
Make use of what you already have.
What you have, in fact, is your pupils and other members of staff. Even if you are in a small school, or a large school but with no team, you may still be able to give your pupils the experience of addressing real problems through computing and ICT.
Read MoreThe wiki train timetable
7 questions to ask regarding whether education technology improves learning
Flash fiction and computing
It’s about flash fiction, and how it can help teach ICT – don’t be put off by the old-fashioned terminology: it all still applies to the new computing curriculum.
Everyone’s an educational expert, but it was ever thus
Assessing Information Technology in 1995
Blasts from our ICT Past
What will we leave behind?
Digital Education Ezine April 2015
Book review: The Long Tail, by Chris Anderson
From the archives
"The Long Tail" has been lauded and quoted at length. But what does the book actually say, and how does it stand up to scrutiny. In this lengthy review I give it a cautious "thumbs up".