Debates in Computing and ICT Education

Sarah Younie is Professor in Education, Innovation and Technology at De Montfort University, UK.Pete Bradshaw is a tutor and doctoral supervisor at the Open University, UK.

• PART 1: KNOWLEDGE, TECHNOLOGY AND HUMAN COGNITION Technology as tools to augment cognition ICT and Computing as a subject - policy views Effective computing pedagogy: personalisation and differentiation How do students perceive ICT? Teachers' perspectives on ICT at KS3' - views of ICT as subject Gender and ICT & ComputingPART 2 THE WHOLE SCHOOL LEARNING ENVIRONMENT Issues for teachers’ continuing professional development Using Web 2.0 technologies for enhancing teaching and learning E-ethics and digital identities Computing curriculum-computational thinking and creativity Inquiring Minds and Digital Tools "There is no such thing as a free lunch" - OERs, MOOCS vs QA, value and sustainability Learning spaces and flipped classrooms Bring your own device (BYOD)PART 3 CLASSROOM APPLICATIONS Debates in the use of tablets in the classroom Using social media in the classroom - eg Facebook; what are the issues for and againist Games based learning Learning in an increasingly non-textual world Programming and coding: how do you avoid death by Scratch? Scratch and the new Computing curriculum: Creativity, Collaboration, and Cross-curricular teaching and learning. Developing reflective practice in the classroom using ICT Mobile video assessment