Closing the Digital Skills Gap
How many mobile phones have you confiscated this term alone? An annual computing education report from the University of Roehampton has found that only 12% of this year’s GCSE students have...
Technology and The Internet
An Educator’s Guide to Protecting Children Online
What effect has growing up in the information age had on our students? As the digital and physical worlds collide, it’s the lives of the youngest members of our society that...
Paper vs Digital: The Unspoken Mechanics Of Paper
This is the second part of our content series on Paper vs Digital. You can read the introduction here. Before moving or adopting a digital planning solution for your school, it’s...
The Mercurial State of Computing Education
Back in the day, I elected to study Computing (then called ICT) at AS-Level. Bright-eyed and expectant, I rolled up to my Sixth Form on the first day of term,...
5 Ways to Support Computing in Primary Schools
When it comes to ICT academia, we're being quickly overtaken by other countries. Computers are everywhere nowadays, but less than 2% of A-Level exams sat in 2016 were for Computing. Aside from...
The Rise And Rise Of The Blog: Do Blogs Have A Place In The Classroom?
Back in 2012, teacher Michael Drennan wrote in the Guardian about his experience of using a student blog with his GCSE and A-Level students. In it, he reflects that the...
Digital Citizenship: Safeguarding Children in the Digital Age
“3-to-4-year-olds now spend 8 hours 18 minutes a week online, and 12-to-15-year-olds spend over 20 hours a week online.” Ofcom (2016), Children and parents: media use and attitudes report 20 hours a week. That’s...