If you are an ICT teacher in the UK, you may already be tackling
the implications of Michael Gove's announcement
earlier this year that from September 2012 schools will be given
the freedom to deliver the ICT curriculum. OCR and AQA have
already piloted new computer science and computing GCSEs and the
challenge for teachers will be to develop new tools, activities and
lesson plans to teach everything from coding to networks.
The Digital
Schoolhouse is a project for the teaching of Computer Science
and ICT offering free resources to teachers and schools. As
well as being able to download lessons plans and ideas for
activities, teachers can book places on their teacher
training courses run in association with Brunel and Reading
Universities.
For more information and to access the resources page at Digital
Schoolhouse click here.
In addition, the Computing at School (CAS) Working group website has much more
information about government plans for the curriculum.
Joining the CAS Community connects you with other educators and
gives you access to resources and newsletters. For more
information click here.