We’ve mentioned this briefly before, but this week, I want to touch on how Twitter can be such a fantastic resource for sharing ideas.
Sometimes, creativity doesn’t come that easy. We’ve all been there when our minds go blank, and for one reason or another, we just can’t focus on …
As we embark on 2016, we take a look back at some top picks of computing news from 2015, and celebrate the life of computers and computing!
January 2015:
In January, a survey commissioned by Microsoft and subject association Computing at School found that two-thirds of teachers were worried their …
We all know of Amazon. Extremely successful as an online retail business and the 6th most visited website worldwide according to Alexa website ranking, Amazon was established in 1995 by Jeff Bezos. It is now a global leader in e-commerce and a Fortune 500 company based in …
In a world where it is second nature to use a computer or mobile phone it is no doubt that our children and future generations will be tech savvy. But as a parent it is not easy to comprehend that your child will eventually be in a …
We thought we’d share with you a recent news article about the Digital School, a primary to secondary transition-level project which aims to help the teaching of the new Computing Programmes of Study for the National Curriculum. Backed by the Mayor of London and UkiE, each of the 10 …
I was reading an article lately, about a digital artist who was once told:
“digital art is not real art, and you’re a fool for thinking so.”
It got me thinking about the concept of creativity and art in terms of working on a computer compared to working with …
Something seemingly quite ordinary caught my eye this week. An Instagram page of fantastic photos. Granted, I am not a professional photographer, or do I have any qualifications which make me able to judge photos from a professional point of view. But in my eyes, the photos are artistically taken, …
As part of the Computing curriculum, children might need to produce a digital poster. This may be to accompany a game, or a website. PagePlus from the Serif Design Suite gives students the power of great design without having to use complicated software. Students can design professional-quality documents and present …
Over 12 million people, including a million small businesses in the UK, do not have the skills to prosper in the digital era. Well, that is the warning from Go.On UK, a charity set up to promote digital skills.
More and more charities are carrying out research on the digital …
Despite the advances and the pace at which technology is growing, we are still in fairly new territory when it comes to digital skills and the school curriculum. Although computers have been used in schools for many years, costs and other challenges have meant that not all schools have had …