New Digital Schoolhouse guide launched
We launched a new guide to our Digital Schoolhouse programme at the 12th annual Intel Education Summit in London.
The Digital Schoolhouse initiative is designed to develop a new generation of Computing teachers to teach the new Computing curriculum using an innovatively creative play-based learning model. We've worked closely with the games industry, including Disney, Code Kingdoms, and Apps for Good, to design a series of workshops which teach computational thinking and computing skills in a way that is creative, innovative, engaging and fun. It is thanks to these collaborations that we can ensure that we are bringing the latest innovations and expertise directly into the classroom.
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The guide outlines how, wherever possible, offline methods, such as dance, art, Play Doh, board games, and robots are used to teach a 'real world' understanding of computing subjects.
Launched by London Mayor Boris Johnson in 2014, there are currently 80 Digital Schoolhouse schools across the capital, with over 600 teachers now reaching over 5,500 pupils. The guide includes case studies from existing Digital Schoolhouses, and also information about how industry or educational insitutions can get involved in the programme.
For more information, please email Head of Education at Ukie, and director of the Digital Schoolhouse programme, Shahneila.