[IEE EC3 News] Lecture reminder - Changes to Computing in the School ICT curriculum - 28 April 2016

[Bill Pechey]

Dear Colleague,

You are being sent this reminder message because either you gave your
email address at one of our previous lectures or you signed up on the
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http://lists.ourshack.com/mailman/listinfo/iee-ec3-news

I have appended the details of our next lecture and hope to see you
there.

You can download a poster from the following IET web page to display
in your place of work:

https://communities.theiet.org/communities/files/349/10865

Best wishes,

Bill Pechey
IET Thames Valley Specialised Section

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THIS TALK IS IN SYSTEMS ENGINEERING - NOT THE PALMER BUILDING

Changes to Computing in the School ICT curriculum

Phil Bagge, Hampshire Inspection and Advisory Service

Thursday 28 April 2016, 19.00 for 19.30

The revisions to the school ICT curriculum represent the greatest change to the national
curriculum since it was first introduced.

This talks examines the reasons for change and how schools are adapting their curriculums to
include computational thinking, programming and understanding how technology works.

Phil Bagge was involved at the drafting stage in creating and refining the new Computing
Curriculum and currently teaches computing science in three Hampshire Schools.

This event is free of charge and open to all, with refreshments at 19.00, lecture at 19:30.

Contact: Prof Richard Mitchell
rjmitchell at theiet.org http://www.theiet.org/ec3

Systems Engineering, University of Reading RG6 6UR

For directions please visit http://www.reading.ac.uk/about/find/about-findindex.aspx