Coding in the Classroom: Logic, Creativity and Problem Solving.
Since September schools across the country have been coming to terms with the fact that Computer Science has been made compulsory under the new national curriculum. The introduction of this new curriculum has turned computing sessions on their head in primary schools – no longer are we teaching children how to use applications, we are now tasked with teaching children how to create them.
Schools still have an obligation to give children opportunities to present their work using various methods like digital photography, film and presentations, but the one area that has caused so much discussion amongst colleagues across the country has been the requirement for children to learn how to write computer code. Children need to recognise that it is not some sort of ‘magic’ but a programmable device that people manipulate to get what they want.
Teaching children how to create their own games, websites, animations and applications has been something that has been missing for many years in schools and is something that holds huge possibilities, not only for children now, but also for the future world. Try to think of a job or object in our modern lives that doesn’t involve some sort of technology and some sort of programming that is either part of it or has been part of producing it. Quite tough.
Our world is now dependent on technology and the software that runs on those devices, but worryingly only a few of use know how they work - we are facing a future with a lack of computer engineers and the introduction of the new computing curriculum is certainly a step towards solving this problem
Since September schools across the country have been coming to terms with the fact that Computer Science has been made compulsory under the new national curriculum. The introduction of this new curriculum has turned computing sessions on their head in primary schools – no longer are we teaching children how to use applications, we are now tasked with teaching children how to create them.
Schools still have an obligation to give children opportunities to present their work using various methods like digital photography, film and presentations, but the one area that has caused so much discussion amongst colleagues across the country has been the requirement for children to learn how to write computer code. Children need to recognise that it is not some sort of ‘magic’ but a programmable device that people manipulate to get what they want.
Teaching children how to create their own games, websites, animations and applications has been something that has been missing for many years in schools and is something that holds huge possibilities, not only for children now, but also for the future world. Try to think of a job or object in our modern lives that doesn’t involve some sort of technology and some sort of programming that is either part of it or has been part of producing it. Quite tough.
Our world is now dependent on technology and the software that runs on those devices, but worryingly only a few of use know how they work - we are facing a future with a lack of computer engineers and the introduction of the new computing curriculum is certainly a step towards solving this problem
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