It took a little more than an hour and was lots of fun - but I can hold my hand to my heart and say that I can now generate code and make an angry bird follow my instructions! (If only I could do that with an angry 15 year old son.)
I thought that Paul's presentation about the new curriculum was very interesting, especially about Toomas Ilves the President of Estonia who had a fantastic attitude towards Programming. The year 2's in their schools are very competent ICT users and are writing their own programs.
Toomas Ilves, the President of Estonia
It is important that new technology is embraced as early as possible, if we have resistance to change or a 'let's wait and see' attitude, we would still be using quills and slates!
I'm really liking the new ICT curriculum with it's emphasis on programming and discovery. The entrepreneurs of tomorrow won't be found if all we do is follow tried and tested applications.
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