wraggster
May 24th, 2012, 18:58
Last year, Eric Schmidt slammed British computer science teaching, saying the UK was wasting its computing heritage — since then, the Government has agreed to re-examine how the subject is taught. 'Rebooting computer science education is not straightforward,' Schmidt said. 'Scrapping the existing curriculum was a good first step — the equivalent of pulling the plug out of the wall. The question is now how to power up.' To help, Schmidt has now promised funding from Google (http://www.pcpro.co.uk/news/education/374827/google-to-fund-british-computer-science-teachers) to train 100 teachers as well as give classrooms Raspberry Pis, via charity Teach First.
http://news.slashdot.org/story/12/05/24/1131237/google-funds-raspberry-pi-and-cs-teachers-for-uk-schools
http://news.slashdot.org/story/12/05/24/1131237/google-funds-raspberry-pi-and-cs-teachers-for-uk-schools