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  2. BBC Bitesize - Wikipedia

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    GCSE Bitesize was launched in January 1998, covering seven subjects. For each subject, a one- or two-hour long TV programme would be broadcast overnight in the BBC Learning Zone block, and supporting material was available in books and on the BBC website. At the time, only around 9% of UK households had access to the internet at home.

  3. Micro Bit - Wikipedia

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    It was also designed to work alongside other systems (such as the Raspberry Pi [30]) and build on BBC's legacy with the BBC Micro for computing in education. The BBC planned to give away the computer free to every Year 7 (ages 11 and 12) child in Britain starting from October 2015 - around 1 million devices.

  4. Computing - Wikipedia

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    A programmer, computer programmer, or coder is a person who writes computer software. The term computer programmer can refer to a specialist in one area of computer programming or to a generalist who writes code for many kinds of software. One who practices or professes a formal approach to programming may also be known as a programmer analyst.

  5. Dars (TV show) - Wikipedia

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    Dars uses existing BBC's existing educational content, most notably BBC Bitesize, a free online resource for pupils in the United Kingdom, in subjects including maths, science, history, and IT. [1] The videos' adaptations including adding Dari- or Pashto-speaking presenters and removing references that would not make sense in an Afghan context. [2]

  6. Computational thinking - Wikipedia

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    The history of computational thinking as a concept dates back at least to the 1950s but most ideas are much older. [6] [3] Computational thinking involves ideas like abstraction, data representation, and logically organizing data, which are also prevalent in other kinds of thinking, such as scientific thinking, engineering thinking, systems thinking, design thinking, model-based thinking, and ...

  7. Computer science education in the United Kingdom - Wikipedia

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    The way forward for computing in UK schools. Also in 2012, Code Club was founded; another group initiative is CoderDojo. From 2014 a new PGCE in Computing has been offered by UK universities. From September 2014 in England, computing teaching was now compulsory from the age of 5. Computer science GCSE and A levels have been made more rigorous.

  8. BBC Learning Zone - Wikipedia

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    The BBC Learning Zone (previously The Learning Zone) was an educational strand run by the BBC as an overnight service on BBC Two. It broadcast programming aimed at students in Primary, Secondary and Higher Education as well as to adult learners.

  9. BBC Micro - Wikipedia

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    The BBC Microcomputer System, or BBC Micro, is a series of microcomputers designed and built by Acorn Computers Limited in the 1980s for the Computer Literacy Project of the BBC. The machine was the focus of a number of educational BBC TV programmes on computer literacy, starting with The Computer Programme in 1982, followed by Making the Most ...