Written by Gabrielle Batchelor on March 21, 2012.
A new GCSE computer science course from exam board AQA that, among other things, gets students to design and create their own mobile apps has been launched with support from Microsoft.
And the US technology company is also supporting the distribution of a “Strategic Information Pack: teaching Computer Science in schools” to all school leaders from The British Computer Society (BCS), the Computing and Schools group (CAS) and another industry group, Intellect.
They are among the first practical responses to follow the tardy recognition by politicians and the media that education has failed to keep pace with technology for its learners – and that the curriculum is one of the obstacles. It’s u
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Written by Gabrielle Batchelor on March 10, 2012.
“Excuse me?” This is something I’ve said often throughout my life. “What did you say?” “Come again?” “Huh?” “Say it again? I didn’t hear you.” I was so accustomed to saying those phrases that, after a while, I became more than a bit concerned. It’s one thing to say those things as a child, deeply engaged in a fantasy world and then suddenly interrupted by reality. It’s quite another to be present (more or less) and still not be able to hear all that I want. So I went to an audiologist. He returned with this diagnosis:
“You have hearing like a dog.”
“What?” (I heard him. I just didn’t believe him.)
“There’s nothing wrong with your hearing. You hear very, very well.”
“Then why can’t I hear things all the time?”
“I don’t know, but don’t worry. Your hearing is excellent.”
What could I conclude from such a pronouncement? I decided I was not as present as I thought and that I would make a genuine, concerted effort to rectify the situation. Result? I was unwaveringly attentive, heart-wrenchingly s
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Written by Gabrielle Batchelor on March 6, 2012.
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Written by Gabrielle Batchelor on February 27, 2012.
Whether you are single-handedly building the next pyramid or simply studying for a CLEP test, overcoming the obstacles to starting is half the battle.
In the programming world, scope creep is the term for a project that continually grows more and more complicated. Perhaps it started as a basic web app, but continual ideas for new features are turning into a fully-featured product… while doubling or tripling the production time. Focus on doing as little as possible the first time (software developers call this the minimum viable product), then adding the extras.
In college, this is particularly useful when writing essays. Rather than laboring over each individual paragraph, finish a decent essay first and then improve each paragraph. Hopefully you will be able to polish the entire essay, but it is better to turn in a fairly good essay than an amazingly perfect paragraph.
Working on five or six projects at once might sound excitingly productive, but the results are generally the opposite. N
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Written by Gabrielle Batchelor on February 23, 2012.
‘Truth tools’ created by an esafety project are shared on a new website. John Galloway reports
It isn’t cynical to say, “Don’t believe everything you see online.” In fact, perhaps we should be saying it more often. The internet has some great content, but how can we tell whether it is fact, or whether we are being manipulated and fed propaganda for dubious ends?
Digital Disruption, a new website launched today (February 21), lays bare the techniques of propaganda so that web users, in particular young people, can better evaluate what they see online.
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