Dear Colleagues,
Finally a bit of interest in computers in education by the Government, though it may come together with the culling of ICT from the National Curriculum:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/gamesblog/2011/nov/30/games-government-and-education
...a step forward and several steps back! Clearly the government has been steered by the industry though their focus might be too narrowly on computer programming!
Anyway it’s possible to get ahead of the game using Scratch so that children have a basic understanding of programming. However, the recent Young Games Design Bafta shows that it is the creative ideas that really count rather than the construction of the game itself. Have a look at the shortlist. None of the games have been created, they are ideas: http://ygd.bafta.org/Shortlist Wouldn’t it be great to have a winner from a Haringey school next year!
Of course there is a nice link between computer programming and control technology. This Robot festival is taking place at the Science Museum. It finishes on Sunday but if you can get tickets they are free and it should be fascinating: http://www.sciencemuseum.org.uk/robotville
Dan Warner
ICT Adviser
London Borough of Haringey
Haringey PDC
Tel 02084895058
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