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On 18 Feb 2015, at 17:14, Paul Sutton <zleap@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > > > On 18/02/15 16:07, Jay Bennie wrote: >> interesting reading, i wonder when people at the top will realise >> just because you have a qualification, wont mean your any good at >> it. Software development is as much an art form as it is a trained >> skill. All this will do is flood the market with crap programmers. >> >> >> http://www.computerweekly.com/news/2240240505/UK-failing-to-address-digital-skills-shortage-says-Lords-report?asrc=EM_ERU_39833542&utm_medium=EM&utm_source=ERU&utm_campaign=20150218_ERU%20Transmission%20for%2002/18/2015%20%28UserUniverse:%201391364%29_myka-reports@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx&src=5361137 >> >> > Well if this user group is full of programmers why are more people not > volunteering to do things like code club, pass your skills to the next > generation, so that hopefully in a few years the people you work for > will have a pool of talent to choose from when looking for more staff. > > There are people on the Linux user group who are trying to address > this we would really like more support from other people. Running and > attending Pi jams for example. PI jams are far to dry for learners, its not the way forward for age 8+ and there are a whole bunch of issues around CRB checking. > > To run a code club requires you to actually like coding but you also > need to be able to communicate with children / young people in that > sort of environment, I am not sure if the two vocations mix that well > but some of us are trying and reports like this just say, what we are > doing is not good enough, > > it will never be good enough will it, Rather then releasing reports > saying how well people are doing, we have reports that ignore all the > good work and say what people are doing is not good enough, We only > started this new curriculum in September so a bit early to say it is > not working. > It is working and keep it up - my the points of critique about education failures not code club per say - I see issues of over focus, and techniques such as bio-engineering and NLP are also important, but i don't see those in the curriculum yet? > so thank you to these people for saying I am not good enough, I am > doing my best with virtually no support, granted for torbay things > are in the pipeline but not sure what yet and only as I am asking > people for help. sorry it a problem of geography and money. If i could help i would. > > We have young people who are really keen and no one to really fully > support them if they ask for help we just try our best to help them. > having run these clubs, there are legitimate obstacles to doing it out with the schools, I know the kids love it, but at the level being trained its essentially scripted and teachers really shouldn't be having trouble getting to grips with it. There will be a club being set up in penzance in the late spring. > regards > > Paul > > > > > - -- > http://www.zleap.net @zleap14 > @zleap14 diaspora : zleap@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > Documentation lead @ ToriOS http://www.torios.org > > Torbay Raspberry Pi jam 14th March www.dcglug.org.uk for information > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v1 > > iEYEARECAAYFAlTkyG0ACgkQaggq1k2FJq1BPgCdEeUz6Sa6kOltcj6GV2YpLiCM > WN4An1jYzVsJu+BX/7eSbBEavekX82sd > =O1p0 > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > -- > The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG > http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list > FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/listfaq -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/listfaq