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ICT Subject Leaders Meeting

ICT Subject Leaders Meeting. Updates The current situation Designing a new curriculum at Key Stage 3 Looking at the options for teaching programming Sec Schools - GCSE Computer Studies – a close look - Other Options at Key Stage 4

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ICT Subject Leaders Meeting

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  1. ICT Subject Leaders Meeting • Updates • The current situation • Designing a new curriculum at Key Stage 3 • Looking at the options for teaching programming • Sec Schools - GCSE Computer Studies – a close look - Other Options at Key Stage 4 • Middle Schools – Primary and esafety Progressions – a close look • Ensuring Progression – A Somerset Curriculum? • Next Steps

  2. Updates Safer Internet Day - 7th February 2012 Connecting Generations and Helping Each other Somerset BYTE Awards eSafety Forum

  3. Current Situation • What are your concerns • http://somersetelim.titanpad.com/1 • Password - gove

  4. Ofsted • Pupils’ achievement in ICT was inadequate in around a fifth of secondary schools • The teaching of ICT was good or outstanding in over a half of all schools. • there was a lack of challenge at KS4. • The use of assessment was a considerable weakness • The ICT curriculum and qualification routes …not meeting the needs of all students, especially at Key Stage 4 • READ IG summary - comments

  5. Framework for NC • ICT remains as part of the NC for all Key Stages • That ICT becomes a ‘Basic’ NC Subject • Requirements be established to ensure it permeates throughout all NC subjects • They noted the arguments for the wider teaching of Computer Science in Secondary Schools • There should be alteration to the structure of the Key Stages (KS2 divided – KS3 to Y7&8?)

  6. Gove speech to BETT • the ICT curriculum was flawed… and boring • The Programme of Study for ICT would be ‘disapplied’ from Sept 2012 • ICT will remain compulsory at all key stage • The DfE would encourage new Computer Science GCSEs • Computer Studies may be included in the eBACC • That technology can be embedded across all subjects • The Programme of Study would remain on the website as a reference • The new curriculum would be designed by ‘wiki’ - http://schoolstech.org.uk/

  7. Royal Society Report • ICT should be disaggregated into clearly defined areas such as digital literacy, Information Technology and Computer Science • There should be training for, and more specialist teachers of Computing • Schools should offer Computer Science from the age of 14 • There should be more rigorous Computer Science examinations at Levels 2 and 3 • There should be more resources for enrichment activities

  8. Royal Society Report Discussion Point To what extent have exams at KS4 supported this cycle?

  9. Royal Society Report Think of English Digital literacy – reading and writing Computer Science – English Language Information Technology – English Literature

  10. digital literacy Digital literacy should be understood to mean the basic skill or ability to use a computer confidently, safely and effectively, including: the ability to use office software such as word processors, email and presentation software, the ability to create and edit images, audio and video, and the ability to use a web browser and internet search engines. These are the skills that teachers of other subjects at secondary school should be able to assume that their pupils have, as an analogue of being able to read and write.

  11. Computer Science Computer Science should be interpreted as referring to the scientific discipline of Computer Science, covering principles such as algorithms, data structures, programming, systems architecture, design, problem solving etc.

  12. Information Technology Information Technology should be understood to mean the assembly, deployment, and configuration of digital systems to meet user needs for particular purposes.

  13. Comparing the two

  14. E-safety Cyberbullying specifically mentioned in new Ofsted inspection framework Somerset e-sense progression Middle - https://slp.somerset.gov.uk/cypd/elim/somersetict/ICT%20Progressions/Middle%20School%20esense%20progression%20A3%20pdf.pdf Secondary – https://slp.somerset.gov.uk/cypd/elim/somersetict/ICT%20Progressions/Somerset%20Secondary%20esense%20A3%20pdf.pdf

  15. E-safety

  16. E-safety

  17. Does this give us a way forward Separate Schemes of Work but with greater emphasis on different elements as time progresses? Do they all have to be taught in IT lessons? What other issues are there? Discussion

  18. Designing a new KS3 curriculum Somerset Popplet - http://www.popplet.com/app/#/89663 Draft NAACE Curriculum CAS Curriculum - http://www.computingatschool.org.uk/data/uploads/ComputingCurric.pdf In groups take a section and answer these questions Does it make sense? Could you teach it? What help would you need? What is missing?

  19. Looking at the options for teaching programming • Kodu • Scratch • Alice • Greenfoot • CodeAcademy – Visual Basic • Python • Other ideas • Are these teachable?

  20. Split work • Secondary Schools • OCR Computing • Could I pilot? • Edexcel info • Cambridge Nationals • BTEC Firsts • Middle Schools • Primary Progressions • What changes need to be made? • Are they okay? • E-sense progression • Do they work? • New BYTE yr 5 + 6

  21. A Somerset Curriculum? • Should we combine to create and resource ideas? • How would be the best way of achieving this?

  22. GCSE Computing Visit • Wotton Under Edge • March 1st • 10.30 for 2 hours

  23. …and finally • Click here - http://make-everything-ok.com/

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