Pens away, laptops open – pupils told to type, not write, GCSE exam answers
Examining board AQA says parts of Italian and Polish courses will be assessed digitally in 2026
March 2021
UK digital skills shortage risks Covid recovery as young people shun IT courses
Exclusive: Employers fear growing mismatch between rising demand for skills and falling supply of trained recruits
January 2021
Now is the perfect time for Labour to reupload its free broadband pledge
Owen Jones
Pupils without laptops can still go to school in England lockdown
June 2020
Teachers to film 10,000 lessons in case schools can't fully open in September
‘We're still waiting’: schools lack free laptops pledged for poorer GCSE pupils
November 2017
Children need courses in computing and finance
Letters: Bob Epton and Greg Conway think back to computing and ICT courses in the 1970s, Declan Wilkes offers financial education for young people, and Clint Wilson says children need protection in the digital economy
September 2016
How to make computer coding child’s play
With programming lessons now part of the school day, can parents help their offspring get top marks? Fear not – toys, gadgets and apps are all available to make coding a fun part of growing up
June 2016
Could Steiner schools have a point on children, tablets and tech?
Studies have yet to show much benefit from technology in schools, leading some to wonder whether the offline life is better for children
October 2015
Other lives
Andy Duckworth obituary
Other lives: Maths teacher who became a businessman selling IT equipment to schools
August 2015
The young women who want to help shape the future of the tech industry
Summer camps such as one at Georgetown university in the US aim to encourage more teenage girls into computer coding careers
May 2015
Connected world
Educating Britain's young people for the next industrial revolution
Robotics, automation and the internet of things will be at the centre of our future economy but is the UK doing enough to ensure the younger generation is ready?
February 2015
Digital skills teaching in schools needs radical rethink, says report
IT skills should be treated as being as important as numeracy and literacy in British schools, says Lord committee
August 2014
She Said
A woman in tech is as rare as a girl on a skateboard
Ella Fraser-Thoms bemoans the unchangingly male faces inside the booming tech industry
March 2014
The innovators
Rise of the open-source coder generation
Irish 21-year-old who founded CoderDojos after-school clubs tells of huge impact on young worldwide
January 2014
How Kano turned Patrick, aged eight, into a computer programmer
Launched on the crowdfunding website Kickstarter, an easy-to-assemble kit promises to make coding child's play. Miranda Sawyer and her son try it out
October 2013
Engineering blog
Teachers and students at PyconUK
A look at a UK programming conference with an "education track" aiming to inspire young students to learn about computing
June 2013
Teacher's blog
Why new technologies could never replace great teaching
Technology in education gets plenty of hype, but let's not forget the importance of teaching and learning, says Pamela Wright
Teacher's blog
How we used technology to develop student-led learning in science
Teacher David Andrews explores how tablets and apps can complement traditional learning techniques
Teacher's blog
What is the future of technology in education?
Forget devices, the future of education technology is all about the cloud and anywhere access. In the future, teaching and learning is going to be social, says Matt Britland
