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<font size="3" face="Lucida Grande">Happy New Year!</font> </p>
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<font size="3" face="Lucida Grande">For those of you who are back at work - you might want to have a look at this link -</font><br><br><u><font face="Lucida Grande" size="3" color="#0000ff"><i><a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/education/2012/jan/10/computer-science-in-schools-scotland?CMP=twt_gu">http://www.guardian.co.uk/education/2012/jan/10/computer-science-in-schools-scotland?CMP=twt_gu</a></i></font></u><font size="3" face="Lucida Grande"></font> </p>
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<font size="3" face="Lucida Grande">This article states that Scotland is leading the way in teaching students about Computing.</font> </p>
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<font size="3" face="Lucida Grande">and a further link - </font><u><font face="Lucida Grande" size="3" color="#0000ff"><i><a href="http://www.computingatschool.org.uk/">http://www.computingatschool.org.uk/</a></i></font></u><font size="3" face="Lucida Grande"></font> </p>
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<font size="3" face="Lucida Grande">A body called "Computing in schools" is aiming to promote the teaching of computing in schools in the UK. Feel free to join the organization if you want! </font> </p>
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<font size="3" face="Lucida Grande">Cheers</font> </p>
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<font size="3" face="Lucida Grande">Therese</font> </p>
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<font face="Lucida Grande" STYLE="font-size: 12pt"><br>Dr Therese Keane<BR>Lecturer/Developer <BR>Educational Technologies<BR>Faculty of ICT<BR>Room : TD323<BR>Phone: (+613) 9214 8579 <BR>Fax: (+613) 9819 0823<BR><BR>Twitter: #SwinEdTech<BR><BR>Swinburne University , <BR>PO Box 218 Hawthorn, <BR>Victoria 3122 AUSTRALIA<BR><BR><a href="http://www.ict.swin.edu.au/ictstaff/tkeane">www.ict.swin.edu.au/ictstaff/tkeane</a><BR> <BR><BR><br><br></font>>>> Roland Gesthuizen <rgesthuizen@gmail.com> 1/12/2012 12:14 AM >>><br> </p>
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Reading here about how the UK is planning to increase computer programming in schools. It is food for thought, how we currently teach computational thinking or programming in Victorian schools at the junior and senior levels. Interested in your thoughts.      https://plus.google.com/101425432113707315497/posts/H7KpYkjQWoa Regards Roland </p>
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<a class="diigoAnnotatedLink" title="BBC News - School ICT to be replaced by computer science programme" href="http://diigo.com/0mdel">BBC News - School ICT to be replaced by computer science programme</a> </p>
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"Instead of children bored out of their minds being taught how to use Word or Excel by bored teachers, we could have 11-year-olds able to write simple 2D computer animations," he said. </p>
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"Children are being forced to learn how to use applications, rather than to make them. They are becoming slaves to the user interface and are totally bored by it," </p>
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