‘An obsession with exams is forcing schools to restrict the curriculum and is leading to damaging consequences, say both teachers and parents’. Andy Connell discusses views from the Council for Subject Associations on the narrowing of the curriculum.

An international movement has developed of which ITTE/TPEA is a founder member and ITTE/TPEA has sponsored two international Global Knowledge Mobilisation Summits. This post summarises the rationale and the outcomes of ITTE/TPEA’s work in supporting ongoing professional development for teachers.

Sway Grantham finds that posing the question ‘What is a computer?’ to children across the primary age range initiates some interesting conversations

Martine Mannion, teacher of computing at Wellingborough School and CAS Hub Leader shares practical ideas for combining MicroBits and physical construction across the primary age range.

This week sees the launch of a 3-week MOOC from the Digital Learning across Boundaries (DLaB) Erasmus+ project on the theme of STEM to STEAM. You can join in here: http://dlaberasmus.eu/courses/stem-steam-online-course
This post gives some background to the DLaB approach to STEAM.