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Granny's Garden
by Richard Millwood — published Jul 15, 2008 — last modified Apr 09, 2013 12:10 PM
An interactive story/ simulation for primary aged children
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Programming
by Richard Millwood — published Jul 15, 2008 — last modified Apr 05, 2011 11:05 PM — filed under:
Many educators and trainers were inspired by the ability to create their own programs for computers, unleashing a new kind of creativity and problem solving which in some cases were life-changing
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Pioneering practice
by Richard Millwood — published Jul 15, 2008 — last modified Apr 05, 2011 11:05 PM — filed under:
With the mass adoption of microcomputers in the 1980s many enthusiastic teachers and trainers found themselves responding to demand from children and adults to know more, ranging from informal courses to developing the formal curriculum
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Education and society
by Richard Millwood — published Jul 15, 2008 — last modified Apr 05, 2011 11:05 PM — filed under:
If you have been working in the field of educational computing for a long time, its easy to forget how times are moving along and that many of the adults working in the field have grown up with microcomputers in schools. This presents a challenge to those who have been involved since early days to respond to a growing society-wide adoption of technology where education can be seen to be lagging, whereas it once was seen to be leading.
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Story themes
by Richard Millwood — published Jul 15, 2008 — last modified Apr 05, 2011 11:05 PM
A place to put the collections of stories - objects which aggregate stories using the keywords attached
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Using a calculator in an arithmetic exam
by Richard Millwood — published Jul 15, 2008 — last modified Apr 05, 2011 11:05 PM — filed under: ,
Using a Brunsviga mechanical calculator for O-Grade Arithmetic examination
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Calculators
by Richard Millwood — published Jul 15, 2008 — last modified Apr 05, 2011 11:05 PM — filed under:
Calculators don't normally fit people's ideas of educational computing, but the need to calculate numerical tables for navigation, tides and gunnery was a major driving force for the invention of algorithms and computers, and thus calculators hold a special place in the historical development of computing at its most mathematical and its teaching.
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Evaluation of the Technical and Vocational Education Initiative (TVEI) Extension (in Scotland)
by Richard Millwood — published Jul 13, 2008 — last modified Apr 05, 2011 10:42 PM
Jim Doherty with Tracey Leven 1998 - An evaluation of the TVEI Extension to take a national overview, commissioned by the Scottish Office Education and Industry Department (SOEID) in 1996.
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Constructing vocational education: from TVEI to GNVQ
by Richard Millwood — published Jul 13, 2008 — last modified Apr 05, 2011 10:42 PM
David Yeomans 1996 This paper draws upon two major ESRC-funded projects, a medium term study of the impact of TVEI and a study of the construction of the GNVQ curriculum as well as several smaller research and evaluation projects concerned with TVEI and GNVQs. The paper compares TVEI and GNVQ and draws out some of the similarities and differences. It will focus upon the different policy and implementation frameworks provided by the two programmes and the implications of these differences for practice.
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TVEI - The Training and Vocational Education Initiative
by Richard Millwood — published Jul 13, 2008 — last modified Apr 05, 2011 10:58 PM
TVEI was announced in 1982, began as a pilot scheme in 1983, was extended nationally in 1987 and ended in 1997. It was part of an attempt to align education more closely to the 'needs' of industry and commerce and rectify some of the perceived knowledge, skill and attitude deficits of school leavers.
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