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Computing and ICT: What does the future hold for schools?

Ahead of next week’s Naace conference, Mark Chambers discusses the ICT and computing priorities that must be in place in order to properly prepare our young people for the real world

ICT plays a crucial role in many aspects of daily life both in and out of the workplace. We must ensure our pupils, and workforce of the future, embrace the latest technology to prepare them for life outside of and post-school. 

In five years, what type of learning environment would you like to see within your school? How will pedagogy have changed and how will technology support this change? What role will students play in the fabric of learning?

The new computing curriculum has shifted the focus of this subject towards programming and coding and other aspects of computer science.

Although programming had been part of the previous ICT national curriculum for some time, it had been frequently overlooked as a creative opportunity or treated superficially. However, there is more to the new subject than just coding.

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