Sentences with phrase «computing skills in»

The Education Secretary has unveiled a # 3.6 m drive to improve the teaching of computing skills in English primary schools, supported by some of the world's most well - known technology firms, including O2 and Google

Schools are being called to sign up to a new national project which plans to boost computing skills in Welsh Primary Schools.

Essa Academy in Bolton trialled their Brainy Tech service which involved students teaching older adults computing skills in the classroom, and plan to continue to do so (for a small fee).

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The topic, a perennial challenge in mathematics because it requires lots of computing power, had been discussed in one of his classes, and Frind thought it would be a fun way to learn how to sharpen his skills.

A skill is the computing manifestation of a task that a voice assistant performs in the real world.

His ability to compute numbers without the aid of a computer or calculator, the skill to measure up a person's character from thousands of miles away, and the rational approach to investment and business may never be found in one person again.

She has published curriculum and articles in the areas of special education, social studies, English, educational computing, ESL, multi-cultural education, study skills, and classroom organization.

Clearly, if he uses current USD as he does with great skill in computing the current debt to GDP ratio, then he has to peg the debt borrowed by the NDC according to the current dollar value (in line with the debt servicing burden) and if he did that he will have to benchmark 2012 USD values with current USD values.

Motivating teachers and giving them confidence to implement the new computing curriculum will in turn support pupils to gain the technical skills they need to succeed in a digital age.»

It is vital to ensure that children are encouraged to learn computing skills, including programming and the application of computers in the modern world at an early age.

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«In addition to several excellent site options and a low - cost operating environment, we believe that it is our people, highly - skilled workforce, world - class colleges and universities, and strong regional competency in radio - frequency identification (RFID), sustainable packaging, flight controls, drone technology, high - performance computing, software development, and data analytics that will help our proposal stand out.&raquIn addition to several excellent site options and a low - cost operating environment, we believe that it is our people, highly - skilled workforce, world - class colleges and universities, and strong regional competency in radio - frequency identification (RFID), sustainable packaging, flight controls, drone technology, high - performance computing, software development, and data analytics that will help our proposal stand out.&raquin radio - frequency identification (RFID), sustainable packaging, flight controls, drone technology, high - performance computing, software development, and data analytics that will help our proposal stand out.»

Knowledge gathering of this type involves developing databases, so she leverages skills in programming and knowledge of cloud - based computing, most of which she gained on the job.

Those with training in mathematical biology have a set of skills (quantitative methods, computing, teamwork, collaboration) that are also valuable to employers in government and private industry.

More than 40 per cent of workers in the US use a computer in their work, but they have to learn their computing skills outside formal education — only 0.2 per cent of public educational resources is spent on computers.

There are hundreds of students across the country with the skill set to be successful in high - performance computing, but the only way to achieve success or reach this potential is to «get in the game.»

Big Data thus presents complex challenges for software developers, as the necessary algorithms can only be created with the aid of specialist skills in a wide range of different fields, such as statistics, machine learning, visualization, databases, and high - performance computing.

The program, which is based in the School of Computing Science, focuses on computing and engineering skills for the programming of biological systems.

This requires skills in mathematics, computing, and modeling.

«Whether it is medicine, for machines through nanotechnology, in agriculture or materials, design problems require simultaneous innovation in computing and science that can only be accomplished by those with the combined skills.»

Experience in numerical modeling and use of hydro - acoustic, time series analyses, computing skills, and knowledge of Matlab programming will be an asset.

Slightly more quantitatively, we might note that the total skill of the crowd, computed by summing the skill of all the agents, is a measure of the effective crowd size, in the sense that a crowd of perfect classifiers would be of this size.

Freedom to suit pupils The draft programme of study will allow schools the freedom to apply it in a way that suits their pupils while ensuring that children have the opportunities to experience real computing, gain the skills they need to operate in today's digital society, understand the application of IT in the workplace and learn the essentials of computer science.

This display uses the context of Algorithms (in the computing curriculum) to demonstrate the process of learning a new skill.

And while we should not undervalue the skills students have developed, such as interacting on social media, their digital literacy has gone backwards in recent years, and it is unclear that they have developed any deeper understanding of computing.

The OCR exam board has created a new GCSE course in computer science that is designed to «boost essential 21st century computing skills».

For the same reasons that we believe computing should be a fourth science, and given the success in encouraging those with science backgrounds to enter teaching, we feel that the same should be attempted for those with computing skills.

With computing now part of the curriculum and technology becoming increasingly prominent in the learning environment, educators need to develop their skills and resources.

Therefore, we need to ensure what is being delivered in the computing curriculum also looks to boost these skills.

«And the social consequences of that is that the students in the schools with the most resources — often the white students — can develop computing skills, while minorities at underachieving schools don't have the opportunity.»

In an era when the importance of computing skills can not be underestimated, these figures represent a tremendous step forward for the most impoverished citizens of our nation.

Looking toward his future, Evan writes, «I hope to have a job, hopefully in my own company, where I can undertake a career in computing, working my «people» skills and serving as a liaison between the customer and technical staff.»

The skills and subject knowledge were obviously going to be an issue and although bodies like Computing in Schools and the BCS were and remain keen to promote computing in schools, the reality of learning a new subject, with its different pedagogical delivery style has made this transition a difficult one for most schools to embrace.

Lord Baker, chairman of Baker Dearing Educational Trust, commented: «As we head towards Brexit, the challenge for our education system is to ensure we equip students with the skills they need to forge successful careers in key areas like science, engineering and computing, which our economy increasingly demands.

As Emeritus Professor Steven Schwartz, Chair of ACARA (the Australian Curriculum and Reporting Authority), says in his foreword to the report: «It appears that we can not expect students to become proficient on important employability and life skills, just by using computing devices for games and social interaction.

Some schools teach coding through supplemental programs or advanced computing classes, but this skill should not be a perk for some students in affluent zip codes; it must be available to everyone, starting young, despite geography or socioeconomic status.

Truly, it is the potential learning benefits of the type of environment in which each student has his or her own machine and teachers have the vision, patience, and skill to implement learning activities that exploit those opportunities, that make one - to - one computing worth the trouble, the cost, and the frustration.

Despite this, three - quarters of teachers questioned said they don't feel equipped to help educate primary school children in this key area of tech literacy and computing skills.

There was also a big tick for curriculum content and teaching quality in relation to problem solving skills (93 per cent) and computing skills (86 per cent).

«The rise in students studying separate sciences and computing will be warmly welcomed by businesses across the country, as a vital step to addressing key skills shortages in science, technology, engineering and maths.

Right now, poor ICT results aren't prompting children to take up further computing education and we are in danger of seeing the skills gap increase in the coming years.

The risk is that teachers who don't feel confident in their abilities or their knowledge of the content are more likely to deliver lessons that fail to inspire students or encourage them to continue to develop their computing skills past GCSE.

TRANSFERRABLE SKILLS Bill Mitchell, director of Education at the Chartered Institute for IT, said: «Based on what primary teachers who are already teaching the new computing curriculum are telling us, we believe that teaching children computing is not just important in its own right, it's also important because it improves numeracy and literacy sSKILLS Bill Mitchell, director of Education at the Chartered Institute for IT, said: «Based on what primary teachers who are already teaching the new computing curriculum are telling us, we believe that teaching children computing is not just important in its own right, it's also important because it improves numeracy and literacy skillsskills.

The skipping ropes are laid out in the playground ready for the start of the lesson, but it's not for PE - this is about teaching computing skills.

This is a practical unit, where Pupils broaden and enhance their computing skills and capability in the application of game design.

In introducing the new computing qualification, and a curriculum that requires computing skills to be taught to pupils as young as five, the government is heading in the right directioIn introducing the new computing qualification, and a curriculum that requires computing skills to be taught to pupils as young as five, the government is heading in the right directioin the right direction.

The move is an essential step in supporting the national curriculum for computing, helping students develop the knowledge and skillsets needed to address the current digital skills gap in the UK economy.

This might come as a surprise to people who typically associate boys with computing, but although students require some basic computing skills and knowledge of software conventions to complete most tasks in ICILS, the real focus of the assessment was on the way people use computers to work with information.

The Network of Excellence in Computer Science is a DfE funded programme, led by BCS and CAS, aimed at ensuring computing teachers develop their understanding of computer science and, crucially, their skills as teachers.

The new computing curriculum which replaces ICT (Information Communication Technology) this September has been specially developed to equip children (in England) with the skills, knowledge and understanding of computing that they will need to participate fully in society.