https://www.aqa.org.uk/subjects/computer-science-and-it/gcse/computer-science-8520/teaching-resources
is interesting. PDFs for lots of topics to cover, e.g. Huffman code.
And Python syntax code cards for Coding Club. Nothing for VB.Net,
Java, ...
So perhaps it's the school's choice to plump for VB.Net rather than the
examination board's syllabus? I hope it's not the school's governors
identifying that's what industry requires; as John said, VB.Net is
decaying fast and legacy/maintenance now.
I would think it's down to the teacher. Can't imagine school govenors
having the remotest idea about appropriate programming languages.
Cheers
Tim
Following on from Ralph's note about the new venue and possibilities,
How about having a session on computing in schools and inviting some
people from local schools to come and participate?
I know of two from QE who might be interested, and I would definitely
invite my ex-student who runs Schoolcare https://www.schoolcare.co.uk/
as he was a linux advocate.
Peter M.
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