We have seen significant reform of computer science education across the UK over the past five years; Computing At School (CAS) — the subject association for computer science and formally part of BCS, The Chartered Institute for IT — has been at the forefront of many of these changes, shaping policy and changing the wider […]
"CAS Wales" & "Technocamps" & "conference"
2012 CAS Wales/Technocamps Conference
As Chair of Computing At School (CAS) in Wales, I am pleased to announce the 2012 CAS Wales/Technocamps Conference, to be held at Swansea University on Friday 22nd June. The tagline for this year’s conference is: “Delivering Computer Science for Wales“. Building on last year’s successful inaugural conference, CAS Wales are continuing to work in […]
2011 CAS Wales/Technocamps Conference
On Friday 1 July 2011, Computing At School (CAS) Wales, in partnership with the Technocamps project, hosted their inaugural conference at Swansea University. The aim of this one-day conference, with the tagline Computing at School: Enhancing the STEM Curriculum for a Digital Wales, was to provide teachers, senior management teams, examination boards, higher education academics, […]
£3m investment in Computer Science and Digital Literacy in Wales
Computer science touches upon all three of my education priorities: literacy, numeracy and bridging the gap. It equips learners with the problem-solving skills so important in life and work. The value of computational thinking, problem-solving skills and information literacy is huge, across all subjects in the curriculum. I therefore believe that every child should have […]
Computational Thinking and Thinking About Computing
In the run up to the 2012 CAS Wales/Technocamps Conference, I wanted to draw attention to a concept that is increasingly praised for its wide utility across education, but rarely adequately explained: computational thinking. The phrase computational thinking was brought to the forefront of the computer science community as a result of a 2006 CACM […]
