We often joke that children know more about computers than adults; this can lead to a crippling lack of confidence among teachers, and the issue has been exacerbated by the 2014 Curriculum’s shift in focus away from traditional software literacy, towards programming and computer science.
We live in a computer-based world. It is absolutely vital that our children understand how computers work, how to use them, and how to stay safe around them. But many schools struggle with the National Curriculum because of teacher confidence and a lack of equipment; they also have less time to teach the traditional software literacy that is so important for research and presentation across the rest of the curriculum.
This one-hour webinar looks at the difference between the programming of ‘computer science’ and the software fluency of ‘digital literacy’, and suggests a range of ways to push standards up in both without drowning in the ‘fear’! The training will:
Audience:
By purchasing this school-wide CPD On Demand licence:
How to purchase a school-wide licence to this webinar:
The school-wide licence costs £99+VAT, providing access to this webinar for every teacher at your school. To buy a school-wide licence, please click one of the "Add To Basket" buttons below. Continue the process to complete the checkout process to place your order. We will then contact you by email to the email address you provide to request details for all the other members of staff at your school for whom you want to provide access to the training.