Debates in Computing and ICT Education

PART 1: KNOWLEDGE, TECHNOLOGY AND HUMAN COGNITION






Technology as tools to augment cognition



ICT and Computing as a subject - policy views



Effective computing pedagogy: personalisation and differentiation



How do students perceive ICT?



Teachers' perspectives on ICT at KS3' - views of ICT as subject



Gender and ICT & Computing
PART 2 THE WHOLE SCHOOL LEARNING ENVIRONMENT




Issues for teachers' continuing professional development



Using Web 2.0 technologies for enhancing teaching and learning



E-ethics and digital identities



Computing curriculum-computational thinking and creativity



Inquiring Minds and Digital Tools



"There is no such thing as a free lunch" - OERs, MOOCS vs QA, value and sustainability



Learning spaces and flipped classrooms



Bring your own device (BYOD)
PART 3 CLASSROOM APPLICATIONS




Debates in the use of tablets in the classroom



Using social media in the classroom - eg Facebook; what are the issues for and againist



Games based learning



Learning in an increasingly non-textual world



Programming and coding: how do you avoid death by Scratch?



Scratch and the new Computing curriculum: Creativity, Collaboration, and Cross-curricular teaching and learning.



Developing reflective practice in the classroom using ICT



Mobile video assessment