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On 09/01/2012 12:03, Gordon Henderson wrote:
I read a BBC article the other day bemoaning poor ICT in schools.. one teacher said all they teach is Microsoft Office! Actually that second one might have been in a computer magazine, but the point is the same. I learnt programming in O Level and A Level back in 1985-89 and even when I completed by degree as a mature student two years ago the same principles hold true whatever the language, Visual Basic. C++, Javascript etc. That's what needs to be taught IMHO - basic principles of programming, of course based around a modern language - and unlike when I did A Level, a language actually in use in industry.On Mon, 9 Jan 2012, tom wrote:http://www.codecademy.com/ Havenʼt registered but could be promising.It's an interactive javascript thingy. Quite interesting. I went through the first 3 "lessons" then they want you to register/sign-up...I guess it's going to teach a certain type of coding - ie. javacript purely aimed at web type applications...Still... There does seem to be a lot of interest in "coding" recently (Why coding and not programming?) - it's almost as if people haven't learned to write code in the past 10 years...... which I understand is basically what's happened (in-schools in England, as I understand from friends still teaching in Scotland that they still teach computer programming and not just glorified secretarial studies)I have my own thoughts on this, having learnt to program in school some 34 years back, however we'll see.Gordon
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