Author: Richard Farr

Computing and ICT in the Primary School: From pedagogy to practice, by Gary Beauchamp

Few innovations can have changed human life as much as the widespread incorporation of computers into our workplaces and our homes. While this process of adoption has been gradual and generally logical for us, the step-change between one generation of learners and the next is simply staggering. Younger educators’ school…

Teachers’ Perceptions of the Role of Social Media in Student Engagement

This paper presents a review of the possibilities and pitfalls of using social media as an educator. The use of computers in the classroom has already revolutionised teaching and learning, but the pace of change is still accelerating: as the 21st century began, a democratisation of the Internet (later referred…