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		<title>Comment on Thoughts on Being Able to Code by Lee</title>
		<link>http://thedigeratipeninsula.org.uk/2012/03/22/thoughts-on-being-able-to-code/comment-page-1/#comment-438</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Lee]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Mar 2012 19:41:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Tough question, education isn&#039;t my specialty and I don&#039;t have kids so lack that perspective. Originally I assumed the lack of it from the English Baccalaureate (EB) is, as you suggest, to bring us into line with the rest of Europe and therefore it needs to match up otherwise you can&#039;t compare apples with apples.  Having had to look up what it was (no kids, remember) it looks like the reason for the EB is/was to boost falling foreign language and science study while providing yet another way to measure performance.  I&#039;m not sure Computing deserves a place there yet, first we need a proper subject, a recognised curriculum, then we can worry about measuring it. In terms of policy, I think it deserves to be ranked next to Maths and Science and given far greater weight than it has so far been given.

On a related note, from what I hear about the frontlines it seems that the standard education isn&#039;t doing enough and parents (the more engaged ones) are doing a lot more off the roster education, whether that be via tutors or other initiatives. The old problems of class sizes and different rates of learning are still there and it makes it hard for any child to get what they need.  I wonder if greater personalisation is the way forward in general.  Maybe something like Google&#039;s 20% time where the child can pick what they want to study.  The problem is, no two children are the same and so measuring them is never going to work.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Tough question, education isn&#8217;t my specialty and I don&#8217;t have kids so lack that perspective. Originally I assumed the lack of it from the English Baccalaureate (EB) is, as you suggest, to bring us into line with the rest of Europe and therefore it needs to match up otherwise you can&#8217;t compare apples with apples.  Having had to look up what it was (no kids, remember) it looks like the reason for the EB is/was to boost falling foreign language and science study while providing yet another way to measure performance.  I&#8217;m not sure Computing deserves a place there yet, first we need a proper subject, a recognised curriculum, then we can worry about measuring it. In terms of policy, I think it deserves to be ranked next to Maths and Science and given far greater weight than it has so far been given.</p>
<p>On a related note, from what I hear about the frontlines it seems that the standard education isn&#8217;t doing enough and parents (the more engaged ones) are doing a lot more off the roster education, whether that be via tutors or other initiatives. The old problems of class sizes and different rates of learning are still there and it makes it hard for any child to get what they need.  I wonder if greater personalisation is the way forward in general.  Maybe something like Google&#8217;s 20% time where the child can pick what they want to study.  The problem is, no two children are the same and so measuring them is never going to work.</p>
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		<title>Comment on Thoughts on Being Able to Code by Sarah Dodgson</title>
		<link>http://thedigeratipeninsula.org.uk/2012/03/22/thoughts-on-being-able-to-code/comment-page-1/#comment-434</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Sarah Dodgson]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Mar 2012 12:21:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I replied on this subject quite a few months ago about the situation in my son&#039;s north London Comp. You thanked me for news from the frontline, where the kids who could already code were bored stiff by IT lessons in the first three years. Years 7-9 appeared to be directed at end-use only. The good news is that from Sept 2012 the school is offering GCSE Computing (as well as GCSE IT). This requires a standard to have been achieved (6b in Maths) which is interestingly hard, but it is definitely a step in the right direction and signs of your campaign working. But neither IT nor Computing appear on the English Bac. The EB is qualification consisting of English, Maths, a foreign language, a humanity and a science at GCSE and good comps seem to make this compulsory. This seems to be intended to bring UK education into line with the rest of Europe and be recogniseable for those wishing to study on the continent where it is cheaper to go to university.  Whatever you think about the future of coding at this level, I&#039;d be interested in your views on IT as part of the English Bac?]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I replied on this subject quite a few months ago about the situation in my son&#8217;s north London Comp. You thanked me for news from the frontline, where the kids who could already code were bored stiff by IT lessons in the first three years. Years 7-9 appeared to be directed at end-use only. The good news is that from Sept 2012 the school is offering GCSE Computing (as well as GCSE IT). This requires a standard to have been achieved (6b in Maths) which is interestingly hard, but it is definitely a step in the right direction and signs of your campaign working. But neither IT nor Computing appear on the English Bac. The EB is qualification consisting of English, Maths, a foreign language, a humanity and a science at GCSE and good comps seem to make this compulsory. This seems to be intended to bring UK education into line with the rest of Europe and be recogniseable for those wishing to study on the continent where it is cheaper to go to university.  Whatever you think about the future of coding at this level, I&#8217;d be interested in your views on IT as part of the English Bac?</p>
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		<title>Comment on Who will write tomorrow&#8217;s code? by Thoughts on Being Able to Code &#124; The Digerati Peninsula</title>
		<link>http://thedigeratipeninsula.org.uk/2008/05/18/who-will-write-tomorrows-code/comment-page-1/#comment-433</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Thoughts on Being Able to Code &#124; The Digerati Peninsula]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Mar 2012 14:05:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[[...] a previous post, I asked who would write tomorrow&#8217;s code and decided that I thought more non-programmers would write code, by using visual tools or [...]]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>[...] a previous post, I asked who would write tomorrow&#8217;s code and decided that I thought more non-programmers would write code, by using visual tools or [...]</p>
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		<title>Comment on 2010 gears up for explosion of 3D by Trawling the Archives &#124; The Digerati Peninsula</title>
		<link>http://thedigeratipeninsula.org.uk/2009/12/30/2010-gears-up-for-explosion-of-3d/comment-page-1/#comment-430</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Trawling the Archives &#124; The Digerati Peninsula]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Mar 2012 20:02:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[[...] 2010 was going to be the year of 3D, well, it wasn&#8217;t, as I correctly predicted.  In fact, I don&#8217;t see major inroads being [...]]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>[...] 2010 was going to be the year of 3D, well, it wasn&#8217;t, as I correctly predicted.  In fact, I don&#8217;t see major inroads being [...]</p>
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		<title>Comment on How to beat Amazon&#8217;s Kindle by Trawling the Archives &#124; The Digerati Peninsula</title>
		<link>http://thedigeratipeninsula.org.uk/2009/08/29/how-to-beat-amazons-kindle/comment-page-1/#comment-429</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Trawling the Archives &#124; The Digerati Peninsula]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Mar 2012 20:02:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[[...] Meanwhile, discussions of how to beat Amazon and the Kindle have so far proved fruitless (but the ecosystem is the key). [...]]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>[...] Meanwhile, discussions of how to beat Amazon and the Kindle have so far proved fruitless (but the ecosystem is the key). [...]</p>
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		<title>Comment on Blio bets against e-reader devices by Trawling the Archives &#124; The Digerati Peninsula</title>
		<link>http://thedigeratipeninsula.org.uk/2010/01/26/blio-bets-against-e-reader-devices/comment-page-1/#comment-428</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Trawling the Archives &#124; The Digerati Peninsula]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Mar 2012 20:02:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[[...] Blio decided the end was in sight for e-readers at the start of 2010, but they&#8217;re still going strong (and likely to continue I would say). [...]]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>[...] Blio decided the end was in sight for e-readers at the start of 2010, but they&#8217;re still going strong (and likely to continue I would say). [...]</p>
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		<title>Comment on Is This the Future of the Digital Book? by Trawling the Archives &#124; The Digerati Peninsula</title>
		<link>http://thedigeratipeninsula.org.uk/2009/04/06/is-this-the-future-of-the-digital-book/comment-page-1/#comment-427</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Trawling the Archives &#124; The Digerati Peninsula]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Mar 2012 20:02:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[[...] was talk of the Vook, a digital amalgam that would replace the book, it didn&#8217;t, or hasn&#8217;t, at least [...]]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>[...] was talk of the Vook, a digital amalgam that would replace the book, it didn&#8217;t, or hasn&#8217;t, at least [...]</p>
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		<title>Comment on Kindle Books Now A Shocking 35% Of Sales When Kindle Version Available by Trawling the Archives &#124; The Digerati Peninsula</title>
		<link>http://thedigeratipeninsula.org.uk/2009/05/07/kindle-books-now-a-shocking-35-of-sales-when-kindle-version-available/comment-page-1/#comment-426</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Trawling the Archives &#124; The Digerati Peninsula]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Mar 2012 20:02:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[[...] was the shock that electronic books accounted for 35% of sales where they were available in 2009, we know ebook sales have gone even higher [...]]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>[...] was the shock that electronic books accounted for 35% of sales where they were available in 2009, we know ebook sales have gone even higher [...]</p>
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		<title>Comment on Start me up, Windows by Trawling the Archives &#124; The Digerati Peninsula</title>
		<link>http://thedigeratipeninsula.org.uk/2009/10/22/start-me-up-windows/comment-page-1/#comment-425</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Trawling the Archives &#124; The Digerati Peninsula]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Mar 2012 20:02:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[[...] XP (companies too).  The story I linked to called it the &#8216;last OS&#8217; and I said no (I wasn&#8217;t the only one), this wouldn&#8217;t be the last desktop OS.  With Windows 8 just around the corner, history has [...]]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>[...] XP (companies too).  The story I linked to called it the &#8216;last OS&#8217; and I said no (I wasn&#8217;t the only one), this wouldn&#8217;t be the last desktop OS.  With Windows 8 just around the corner, history has [...]</p>
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		<title>Comment on Why Microsoft can&#8217;t afford Windows 7 to fail by Trawling the Archives &#124; The Digerati Peninsula</title>
		<link>http://thedigeratipeninsula.org.uk/2009/10/19/why-microsoft-cant-afford-windows-7-to-fail/comment-page-1/#comment-424</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Trawling the Archives &#124; The Digerati Peninsula]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Mar 2012 20:02:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[[...] excited about the impending release of Windows 7 (as I am about 8) in 2008.  There was talk that Windows 7 had to succeed, which it did, but I didn&#8217;t think it was essential to Microsoft&#8217;s success.  As big a [...]]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>[...] excited about the impending release of Windows 7 (as I am about 8) in 2008.  There was talk that Windows 7 had to succeed, which it did, but I didn&#8217;t think it was essential to Microsoft&#8217;s success.  As big a [...]</p>
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