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Peter Beens

Eric Schmidt, chairman of Google, condemns British education system | Technology | The ... - 0 views

  • "Over the past century, the UK has stopped nurturing its polymaths. You need to bring art and science back together."
  • "It was a time when the same people wrote poetry and built bridges," he said. "Lewis Carroll didn't just write one of the classic fairytales of all time. He was also a mathematics tutor at Oxford. James Clerk Maxwell was described by Einstein as among the best physicists since Newton – but was also a published poet."
  • Schmidt said the country that invented the computer was "throwing away your great computer heritage" by failing to teach programming in schools. "I was flabbergasted to learn that today computer science isn't even taught as standard in UK schools," he said. "Your IT curriculum focuses on teaching how to use software, but gives no insight into how it's made."
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    Schmidt criticises division between science and arts and says UK 'should look back to glory days of Victorian era'
Peter Beens

Google to fund British computer science teachers | Education | News | PC Pro - 0 views

  • Google has said it will cough up funds to train computer science teachers.
  • the funding would be handed to the charity Teach First, to put 100 recent graduates through a six-week training course and give them equipment - including the Raspberry Pi - before sending them into schools to teach.
  • "While not every child is going to become a programmer, those with aptitude shouldn't be denied the chance."
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    Google has said it will cough up funds to train (British) computer science teachers.
Doug Peterson

http://repository.alt.ac.uk/2200/1/Computer_Science_in_the_National_Curriculum_for_Engl... - 0 views

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    The place of Computer Science in the National Curriculum for England In April 2011 ALT responded to the DFE consultation about revisions to the National Curriculum for England1. In recent weeks there has been plenty of discussion in the media and in Government about the place of Computer Science in the curriculum. We've consulted within ALT and more widely and have framed some views on this question, in the form of a response to three questions: * To get the next generation of comp scientists do we need CS in the NC?  * Where do we put CS?  * Should CS be only for those who are interested or for all?  
Doug Peterson

ICT lessons in schools are 'highly unsatisfactory', says Royal Society | Education | Th... - 0 views

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    ICT lessons in schools are 'highly unsatisfactory', says Royal Society One of the UK's most eminent scientific institutions says British schools have lost their way in teaching computer science
Doug Peterson

Teach children how to write computer programs | Comment is free | guardian.co.uk - 1 views

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    Teach children how to write computer programs British schools should impart skills that will help pupils create the next Google, Twitter and Facebook
Doug Peterson

How the US Justice Department legally hacked my Twitter account | Birgitta Jó... - 0 views

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    Birgitta Jónsdóttir's Twitter account: a US court has ruled that Twitter must comply with a Department of Justice demand to release private data held by the social media company, which it seeks as part of its investigation into WikiLeaks. Photograph: guardiannews.com
Doug Peterson

WikiLeaks fights to stay online after US company withdraws domain name | Media | guardi... - 0 views

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    The US was today accused of opening up a dramatic new front against WikiLeaks, effectively "killing" its web address just days after Amazon pulled the site from its servers following political pressure.
Doug Peterson

How Facebook fixed the site: they turned it off and on again. Literally | Technology | ... - 0 views

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    How Facebook fixed the site: they turned it off and on again. Literally An unusual database problem at the giant social networking site could only be cured by taking the sort of action you normally take with a misbehaving PC
Doug Peterson

News of the World phone-hacking scandal - live updates | Media | guardian.co.uk - 0 views

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    Andy Coulson, David Cameron's former director of communications was arrested today, shortly after a press conference in which the prime minister took "full responsibility" for his appointment but refused to apologise for it.
Doug Peterson

Computing in schools: teaching the next generation of computer scientists | Teacher Net... - 2 views

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    "To inspire the next generation of [Tim Berners-Lee]s and Ada Lovelaces, we need to excite children about the art, as well as the science, of computing"
Doug Peterson

Google offers secret glimpse into 'where the internet lives' - Telegraph - 1 views

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    Google offers secret glimpse into 'where the internet lives' http://t.co/u37e94mS via @zite
Doug Peterson

Computer Science in schools is changing, with the help of business and industry - Micro... - 0 views

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    As children are surrounded by technology more than ever, the way computers are taught will need to change. This was reflected in a recent government announcement by Michael Gove around reforming and updating the computer science curriculum.
Doug Peterson

A radical manifesto for teaching computing | Education | The Observer - 2 views

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    There is a growing consensus that the way children in schools are being taught information technology is in need of a radical overhaul. Here John Naughton explains the problem and offers a manifesto for revolutionary action
Doug Peterson

FREE .NET Gadgeteer Curricula for Schools and Colleges - Microsoft UK Faculty Connectio... - 0 views

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    .NET Gadgeteer can be used in schools to help students make gadgets and learn C# programming along the way. These lesson plans give teachers all the material needed to run 8 1-hour sessions using .NET Gadgeteer. You will also need the hardware, details of which are given at http://netmf.com/gadgeteer.
Peter McAsh

Top ten password cracking techniques | Security | Features | PC Pro - 2 views

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    Think your passwords are secure? Think again If you want to ensure your password, and the data it protects, is as secure against hackers as possible then be sure to read The Ultimate Guide to Passwords in the upcoming issue of PC Pro, on sale next week.
Doug Peterson

Can you crack it? - 4 views

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    Can you crack this code?
Doug Peterson

Top ten computer science teaching resources | Teacher Network Blog | Guardian Professional - 2 views

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    Top ten computer science teaching resources A pioneering head of ICT shares some fantastic routes into teaching children code and computing
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