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"Despite a growing effort to implement computational thinking (CT) skills in primary schools, little research is reported about what CT skills to teach at what age. Therefore, the research questions that guide this study read: (1) How is age related to students' success in computational thinking tasks? (2) How are computational thinking tasks perceived by students? (3) How do students' experience learning with respect to computational thinking? 200 primary school students between the age of 6 and 12 participated in this study. These students got introduced to two CT subjects: abstraction and decomposition. We found that age seems to be related with these concepts, with an interaction effect for gender in the abstraction task. No differences found between young and older students in the constructs perceived difficulty, cognitive load, and flow indicate that young primary school students can engage in learning these CT skills."

"The ISTE Essential Conditions are the 14 critical elements necessary to effectively leverage technology for learning. They offer educators and school leaders a research-backed framework to guide implementation of the ISTE Standards, tech planning and systemwide change. "

The Michigan Integrated Technology Competencies for Students (MITECS) support the Top 10 in 10 Strategic Plan. The competencies specifically address two components of the Learner-Centered Supports Focus Area which include Personalized Learning and Deeper Learning. Successful implementation of the MITECS requires professional learning for technology integration to support an Effective Education Workforce. Strategic Partnerships are a critical component of the MITECS as students access networks of professional experts and explore local community issues. Finally the MITECS inherently require Systemic Infrastructure - access to devices and robust connectivity to enable everywhere, all-the-time learning.

Gain access to three quality, research-based courses direct from ISTE and Metiri Group. These courses are designed to assist in the implementation of the ISTE Standards for Students from 2016. The courses are research based, accessible on mobile devices, and provide users the opportunity to complete the courses and earn a certificate or micro-credential to demonstrate their work.

"In October 2015, the Department published The Digital Strategy for Schools 2015-2020 Enhancing Teaching Learning and Assessment, the next stage of the ICT in Schools programme. The Digital Strategy for Schools provides a rationale and a Government action plan for integrating ICT into teaching, learning and assessment practices in schools over five years.  This Strategy builds on previous strategies in the area of ICT integration and is the result of research and extensive consultation with education partners and stakeholders. It supports the overall strategy of the Department in a number of key areas including curriculum implementation, skills development, teacher education and learner outcomes"

The education systems of the 59 countries that participated in this survey have demonstrated remarkable resilience, flexibility and commitment to education in having established strategies for education continuity, in extremely challenging conditions, during the Covid-19 pandemic. For the most part, those strategies were viewed positively by senior administrators, teachers, and school and other education administrators, in terms of their implementation and the results they achieved in providing a considerable number of students access to at least part of the curriculum.

"The DigCompEdu Framework has been used as the basis for developing a self-reflection tool for educators, provisionally called "DigCompEdu CheckIn". This tool is currently being pre-tested with small groups of educators in different European Member States. During the test phase, the tool is open for testing to all educators worldwide. All educators are invited and encouraged to provide feedback on their experience with the tool via the corresponding feedback survey."