This edition of the Computing at School newsletter contains articles covering:

*Computing in the national curriculum

*Computational thinking in the classroom

This resource from OCR provides teachers with a summary of A level coverage and common misconceptions. There are also a sequence of activities to allow students to develop their skills in applying abstraction. These include use of Venn diagram to consider object properties, a binary representation of an image and...

This set of  activities from OCR illustrate the concept of concurrency in algorithm development. A teacher pack and learning activity packs are provided. Activities move from the familiar, division of labour when washing up, to the less familiar topic of writing programs using threading in Python. Routing and...

Within this resource from OCR students use their logical problem-solving skills to develop a cash register that will calculate required change. The task develops students’ logical thinking skills.They will...

The This is Engineering: Entertainment STEM resource explores the essential role that engineers play in the entertainment industry.

This is Engineering: Entertainment asks young learners to express and share their thoughts and ideas, to be curious, experiment, find their own passions and interests, and to...

“I’ve always loved music and play keyboards, guitar and bass. I got into making music on my computer and I find virtual instruments fascinating. Now I...

“I’m Chief Technical Officer and Co-Founder for our business LettUs Grow. The company aims to build the most efficient farms to feed the next generation...

“I am software engineer for ASOS, building technology that fundamentally changes how people experience fashion.”

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This video explores how technology has always been expected to replace teachers.  It concludes that a teacher’s purpose is not to transmit information, but to guide the social process of learning. To challenge, inspire and excite their students to want to learn.

The Work Card CD ROM help to make Nelson Thornes complete package for teaching ICT. A supportive yet flexible digital resource, designed to help you develop your own skills at the computer whilst teaching in a confident and targeted way.

The Work Card CD ROM help to make Nelson Thornes complete package for teaching ICT. A supportive yet flexible digital resource, designed to help you develop your own skills at the computer whilst teaching in a...

The Work Card CD ROM help to make Nelson Thornes complete package for teaching ICT. A supportive yet flexible digital resource, designed to help you develop your own skills at the computer whilst teaching in a...

The Work Card CD ROMs help to make Nelson Thornes Primary ICT a complete package for teaching ICT. A supportive yet flexible digital resource, designed to help you develop your own skills at the computer whilst...

The Work Card CD ROM helps to make Nelson Thornes complete package for teaching ICT. A supportive yet flexible digital resource, designed to help you develop your own skills at the computer whilst teaching in a confident and targeted way.

This comprehensive primary ICT scheme has been developed to be supportive yet flexible enough to suit all teachers, whatever their level of ICT expertise. The scheme encourages users to develop their own skills at the computer in order to plan, deliver and assess ICT in a confident and targeted way.

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