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Simon Peyton Jones
Computing at School:Tackling the ICT Education Crisis in UK Schools
4pm, Tuesday, 6th March, 2012
Simon Peyton Jones, Principal Researcher at Microsoft’s Research Lab in Cambridge, and visiting professor at Glasgow University, discusses Computing at School: Tackling the ICT Education Crisis in UK Schools. http://www.computingatschool.org.uk
This lecture is part of the Computer Science Department's Distinguished Lecture Series 2012.
VENUE
James Callaghan Lecture Theatre, Swansea University, Swansea, SA2 8PP
DATE
4pm - 6pm, Tuesday, 6th March
OVERVIEW
Computing is one of the richest, most exciting disciplines on the planet, yet any teenager will tell you that in the UK we are systematically teaching our children that ICT (as it is called in school – “information and communication technologies”) consists of little more than learning to use Word or PowerPoint. Over the last two decades, computing at school has drifted from writing adventure games on the BBC micro to writing business plans in Excel.
This is bad for our young people's education, and it is bad for our economy. It is also quite fixable, but the inherent inertia in the educational system requires a clear message and case for change, from the classroom right up to the Secretary of State. I will describe the challenge, outline solutions, and invite your participation in a debate about both ends (what are we trying to achieve) and means (how can we effect reform?).
Having a decent education system in the area of IT and computer science is important. If we leave it to someone else, they'll screw it up. We have to roll up our sleeves, and now is the time to do it.
COST
The event is free to attend and open to all. Refreshments will be served.




Simon Peyton Jones
Gwersi Cyfrifiadura yn Ysgolion: Mynd i’r afael â’r Argyfwng Addysg TGCh yn Ysgolion y DU
4pm, 6 Mawrth, 2012
Simon Peyton Jones, Prif Ymchwilydd yn Labordy Ymchwil Microsoft yng Nghaergrawnt, ac athro gwadd ym Mhrifysgol Glasgow, yn trafod Gwersi Cyfrifiadura yn Ysgolion: Mynd i’r afael â’r Argyfwng Addysg TGCh yn Ysgolion y DU. http://www.computingatschool.org.uk
LLEOLIAD
James Callaghan Lecture Theatre, Swansea University, Swansea, SA2 8PP
DYDDIAD
4pm - 6pm, 6 Mawrth
CYSYNIAD
Cyfrifiadura yw un o’r disgyblaethau mwyaf cyfoethog a chyffrous ar y blaned, ond eto bydd unrhyw un yn ei arddegau yn dweud wrthych ein bod ni yma yn y Deyrnas Unedig yn dysgu ein plant yn systematig bod TGCh (fel y’i gelwir yn yr ysgolion – “technoleg gwybodaeth a chyfathrebu”) yn cynnwys dim mwy na dysgu’r ffordd o ddefnyddio Word neu PowerPoint. Dros y ddau ddegawd diwethaf, mae gwersi cyfrifiadura mewn ysgolion wedi newid o ysgrifennu gemau antur ar system ficro gyfrifiadur y BBC i ysgrifennu cynlluniau busnes yn Excel.
Mae hyn yn ddrwg i addysg ein pobl ifanc, ac mae’n ddrwg i’n heconomi. Er hyn, mae modd gwella’r sefyllfa, ond mae’r diymadferthedd sydd ynghlwm wrth y system addysg yn gofyn am neges ac achos clir i newid, o’r ystafell ddosbarth hyd at yr Ysgrifennydd Gwladol. Byddaf yn disgrifio’r her, yn amlinellu datrysiadau ac yn eich gwahodd i gyfrannu mewn dadl ar y ddwy ochr (yr hyn rydym yn ceisio’i gyflawni) a’r dull (sut y gallwn ni sicrhau y bydd diwygio?).
Mae’n bwysig cael system addysg foddhaol ym maes TG a chyfrifiadureg. Pe baen yn ei adael i rywun arall, bydden nhw’n gwneud traed moch ohono. Mae’n rhaid i ni fwrw ati i weithredu, a nawr yw’r amser i ni wneud hyn.
COST
Mae’n rhad ac am ddim i ddod i’r digwyddiad ac mae’n agored i bawb. Bydd lluniaeth ar gael.

When & Where
Swansea University
SA2 8PP Swansea
United Kingdom
Tuesday, 6 March 2012 from 16:00 to 18:00 (PST)
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