ICT survey — Terry Freedman's ICT & Computing in Education blog — ICT & Computing in Education

Kay's survey of over 300 teachers has yielded some interesting results.

ICT and Computing

April 26, 2016

The DfE has summarily dismissed the ICT GCSE qualification. Kay Sawbridge carried out a survey to find out the possible consequences of this.

Here's an important call to action: fill in the survey!

The future of ICT: a survey

March 13, 2016

Please take a few minutes to make your contribution to the discussion on the future of ICT by filling in this incredibly short survey by Kay Sawbridge.

A survey about the demise of the ICT qualification

March 10, 2016

Kay Sawbridge has created a short survey. If you have been affected by the scrapping of the ICT qualification in England, please fill it in.

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