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"The pupils use the Scratch tool, developed by Massachusetts Institute of Technology, which gives them them ready-made lines of code that they put together to make games and movies. The aim is that eventually they will begin to adapt the code and eventually write their own. They have been learning coding in their citizenship lessons with teacher Juliet Heppell. She says you don't need to be a computing expert to get children started on the path to becoming confident computer coders. "I am self-taught. I can do some very basic things, but beyond that I just know where to send them to learn more," she says. "

Incredible cache of research projects and activity centered around technology applications to enhance learner autonomy , communication, and furthering education via the raffordances of technology.

Videos by: Steve Barr, Stephen Heppell, Alan November, Larry Rosenstock , Jean Johnson, Elliot Soloway and Cathie Norris, and Yong Zhao

Media hype over PISA results influence educational decision makers to try and achieve better test scores, so it is worth considering the fatal flaws in the PISA.