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BBC Computer Literacy Project
by Richard Millwood — published Jul 20, 2009 — last modified May 24, 2012 12:53 PM
The BBC Computer Literacy Project was conceived of in 1979 by the BBC's Continuing Education Television Department and led to a launch in January 1982 of a television series based on the BBC Microcomputer commissioned from and designed by computer company Acorn.
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BBC Continuing Education Unit
by Richard Millwood — last modified Jul 25, 2015 11:03 AM
Responsible for adult literacy programmes in the seventies, this group initiated the BBC Computer Literacy Project in 1979, which resulted in the creation of televisons programmes, courses, books and the BBC Microcomputer.
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BBC Domesday system
by Richard Millwood — published Sep 20, 2010 — last modified Apr 05, 2011 10:35 PM
An innovative development to recognise the 900th anniversary of the Domesday Book.
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by Richard Millwood — last modified Apr 05, 2011 09:07 PM
The BBC Domesday system - Phillips Laservision LV-ROM player, BBC Master, trackball
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by Richard Millwood — last modified Apr 05, 2011 09:07 PM
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BBC's Tomorrow's World presents Nellie - a computer set to revolutionise the classroom
by Richard Millwood — published Sep 20, 2009 — last modified Jul 17, 2015 05:43 PM
The BBC have added selected Tomorrow's World features to their internet archive.
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BBC's Tomorrow's World presents Nellie - a computer set to revolutionise the classroom.
by Richard Millwood — published Sep 20, 2009 — last modified Apr 05, 2011 10:42 PM
The BBC's Tomorrow's World, 1969. "While many pupils might wish they could hand their schoolwork over to a computer, the boys of Forest Grammar School have turned a computer into schoolwork. Dubbed Nellie, the machine can be programmed to solve mathematical equations or even play music. Lessons also include computer maintenance - something of a necessity, considering the likelihood of Nellie crashing..."
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by Richard Millwood — last modified Apr 05, 2011 09:07 PM
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Bill Tagg and Hatfield’s Pioneer Initiative in School Computing
by Richard Millwood — published Jan 15, 2008 — last modified Apr 05, 2011 10:42 PM
Peter Excell. In 1963 the Head of the Hatfield School Mathematics Department, Mr W (Bill) Tagg, negotiated an arrangement whereby school pupils could have limited access an to Elliott 803 - the first computer installed by Hatfield College of Technology (later Hatfield Polytechnic and now the Hatfield campus of the University of Hertfordshire).
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by Richard Millwood — last modified Apr 05, 2011 09:07 PM
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