Dear Sir/Madam,
I was just contacting you to enquire whether the Council of Professors and Heads of Computing might consider including in its conference email list details of our upcoming
Westminster Education Forum event The future of computing in schools - delivering the curriculum, developing digital literacy and supporting teachers, as
we thought it might be of interest to your network.
This seminar will consider the future of computing education and teaching in England following the introduction of the new computing
curriculum in September 2014, and comes after government's announcement to provide £3.6m worth of funding to place technology
experts from firms such as O2 and Google into schools. Delegates will consider the impact of the Computing at School project, which aims to create a network of 400 'master teachers' by the
end of 2015, and what further steps might be taken to encourage graduates into computing teaching.
I have included copy below my signature should this be of interest. Please do let me know if you need any other details.
Many thanks,
Abir
Abir Ahmmed
Stakeholder Research Officer,
Westminster Forum Projects
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THURSDAY, 10TH DECEMBER 2015
CENTRAL LONDON
THIS EVENT IS CPD CERTIFIED
Guest of Honour: Dr Bill Mitchell, Director of Education, BCS - The Chartered Institute for IT
This seminar will consider the future of computing education and teaching in England.
It follows the introduction of the new computing curriculum in September 2014, and comes after government's announcement to
provide £3.6m worth of funding to place technology experts, from firms such as O2 and Google, into schools. Delegates will consider the impact of the Computing at Schoolproject, which aims
to create a network of 400 'master teachers' by the end of 2015, and what further steps might be taken to encourage graduates into computing teaching.
Further sessions assess the new Computing Science GCSE, which includes coding and programming, and is set to be introduced from September 2016. Those in attendance
will also be invited to discuss measures to encourage more young people into the digital industries, including the anticipated launch of the National
College for Digital Skills later this year.
We are delighted that Dr Bill Mitchell, Director of Education, BCS - The Chartered Institute for IT;Debbie Forster, Co-Chief Executive Officer, Apps for Good; Oliver Quinlan, Programme Manager, Digital Education, NESTA and Jessica Cecil,
Controller, BBC Make it Digital have agreed to deliver keynote addresses at this seminar.
At this early stage Miles Berry, Principal Lecturer, Subject Leader - Computing Education, School of Education, University of Roehampton; Katie O'Donovan, Public Policy and Government Relations Manager, Google; Clare Fenwick, Senior Lecturer
in Education: Primary Computing, Oxford Brookes University; Lauren Hyams, Head of Code Club Pro, Code Club; Simon Humphreys, National Coordinator, Computing At School; Rob Leeman, Computer Science and ICT Subject Specialist, OCR;Clare
Riley, Group Manager, Education Relations, Microsoft and Dave Smith, Senior Vice-Chair, Naace have also agreed to speak.
Chi Onwurah MP, Chair, All-Party Parliamentary Group on Internet, Communications and Technology and former Shadow Minister (Business, Innovation and Skills) has agreed to chair a session at this seminar.
To view the full agenda or book a place please visit
http://www.westminsterforumprojects.co.uk/forums/event.php?eid=1044&t=13261