ICT & Computing in Education

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In the next issue of Digital Education, the free newsletter for people with an interest in educational ICT and Computing, I'll be covering a range of subjects, including:

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While you're waiting for this phenomenal addition to the world's store of literary masterpieces, you might like to read the following articles:

How to convert your assessment system to Levels or Grades

It's counterintutive to want to do such a thing, but given that some senior leadership teams demand numbers or letters, you may need to. This article shows you how to do so without having to sacrifice your principles or good practice.

Updated list of approved ICT/Computing qualifications

In return for completing a survey (which won't take long unless you decide to write War and Peace in the answers), you'll automatically receive this grand publication. The survey is about what options you'll be offering to potential GCSE students from September 2016.

What I've been reading: How to lie with statistics

The book is over 60 years old and still readable, reliable and, above all, relevant -- which is a bit unfortunate if you stop to think about it. I mean, you'd think we would have all grown up by now and decided to stop performing numerical sleight of hand. Oh well.