We often think that computers close computerA device that processes information by following a set of rules called a program. and computing devices are really clever. Sometimes we think they are more ...

The problem with ICT is that children are bored to death by it. It's largely office skills and the UK's inadequate proxy for computer science. Children don't need to spend a year learning PowerPoint.

Policy makers, industry and many teachers are eager that pupils should learn more about computing. This includes learning how to write computer programs, but also "computational thinking", a ...

Manchester Grammar school is to teach pupils how to design and write their own software in a trial that could radically change the way computer skills are taught in schools. If successful, the move ...

The Raspberry Pi is about the same size as a credit card How can a small device that looks like little more than a circuit board teach kids how to write computer programs? The Raspberry Pi is far ...