The start of another school year and for me the start of a new enterprise! For the last 11 years I've worked as a local authority ICT advisor but in July I finally made the leap into education consultancy. So Gareth Morgan Consultancy Ltd. has been formed to help schools get the most from their technology investments; providing ICT / Computing curriculum advice, guidance, training and courses. It's still early days but it looks like there are lots of opportunities out there to work with schools - so at least my family won't starve! I'm currently trying to involve myself in as many projects as possible - working with C-Learning on a digital classroom project run by a large international technology company; about to continue working with the Welsh Government on the curriculum and other projects; beginning to set up and run my own courses; ICT Mark assessments; and in school support through INSET and twilight meetings. I think I may need a nine day week! ;-)
At a time when England have introduced digital literacy elements to their new Computing PoS, and with the recommendations from the ICT Steering Group report for a digital literacy framework alongside the new subject of Computing, I’ve been attempting to look closely into what exactly is meant by the term ‘digital literacy’, and ultimately what this could mean for primary and secondary schools in Wales. I intend to put together a series of blogs on the topic, mainly as a way to help me with my understanding around some of the current thinking in this field, but hopefully it will still be of interest to teachers and others. I'd welcome any of your thoughts or comments on this topic. The Context In June 2012, Leighton Andrews, the then Minister for Education and Skills, announced “an additional £3m of funding over the next three years to support a range of measures to improve computer science, digital literacy and ICT in schools and colleges across Wales.” This announcement came
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