SAPIENTIA
THE ICT for EDUCATION NEWSLETTER
Sapientia
Our publication designed to deliver thought leadership, practical innovation, profiles of leading
educational practitioners and more to our community of teaching and education professionals.
Everything you need to know about Computing, the curriculum and the classroom.
This edition features an article by Miles Berry, Professor of Computing Education at the University of Roehampton, that considers the challenges of disadvantaged pupils in life, work and education, and particularly in access to teaching and qualifications in computing.
Everything you need to know about Computing, the curriculum and the classroom.
Miles Berry, Professor of Computing Education at the University of Roehampton, discusses his concerns about a lack of creativity in most computing lessons and the negative impact this has on pupils’ engagement with the subject.
Everything you need to know about Computing, the curriculum and the classroom.
Miles Berry of Roehampton University, presents an update on generative AI in schools covering government funding, DfE proofs of concept and pilot projects, lesson plans and anonymised pupil work that can be used to augment or fine tune language models, and more. Whilst Allen Tsui, Subject Lead for Primary Computing at Willow Brook Primary School Academy, considers the provision of physical Computing and programming workshops for teachers and schools.
Everything you need to know about Computing, the curriculum and the classroom.
Prof. Miles Berry of Roehampton University leads with his article ‘Curiosity’ discussing the advent of AI chatbots that provide an interactive style of learning close to personal tutoring. Whilst Jo Brodie from Queen Mary University of London covers the creation of colour-by-number pixel puzzles by CS4FN and Teaching London Computing.
Everything you need to know about Computing, the curriculum, and the classroom
We lead with an article from Prof. Miles Berry who discusses how diversity in computing could be addressed. With Allen Tsui reporting on the British Science Association’s Science Week 2024 and the Intelino #Engineuity STEM Challenge.
Everything you need to know about Computing, the curriculum and the classroom.
This edition of Sapienta leads with an article by Jill Hodges, Head of Amazon Future Engineer UK, who discusses the need for the education system to catch up with the pace of technological change to ensure students can fulfil and enjoy careers of the future.
Followed by Prof. Miles Berry who considers the potential of adaptive, or agile, teaching that accounts for varying levels of prior knowledge based on detailed assessment data. We also hear from Prof. Paul Curzon, who writes about improving lesson plans with sketchy semantic profiles.