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Contribute to BCS’s response to the DfE Curriculum and Assessment Review

BCS encourages all those with an interest to respond to the call for evidence. At the same time, BCS will be drawing together its response informed by its members and stakeholders.

By answering the following questions you will be helping us develop a response that reflects the needs of young people, the industry, academia and society.

Click here to contribute to BCS's response

Oak Academy's AI Lesson Planning Tools - CAS AI TC meeting

This AI Thematic Community meeting recap discusses Oak Academy's AI tool, Aila, which assists teachers in lesson planning by generating curriculum-aligned content for UK schools. Aila offers features like customizable learning cycles and automated quiz creation, aimed at reducing teacher workload while keeping educators involved in the process. During a CAS AI community session, Oak Academy highlighted how Aila integrates teacher feedback to avoid bias and inaccuracies, with plans for further refinements to better support subject-specific needs.

CAS Primary Community - Creating Canva Websites

CAS Community Specialist Marta Bronowicka discusses how Canva is being used in primary schools for website creation and visual content projects. Canva's templates and AI tools help students build websites and presentations without coding, using a drag-and-drop interface. Features like Magic Translate support multilingual classrooms, and the platform fosters creativity, collaboration, and digital literacy through media-rich tools. Click on the image to find out more and access the recording from the recent Primary Community meeting.

Upcoming Thematic Community events

CAS AI - Can AI be used to mark accurately, fairly and consistently?

In this session Alex Parry from the Raspberry Pi Foundation will explore the use of Large Language Models for evaluating free-text responses to questions.

Can an LLM be effectively deployed to achieve the level of assessment provided by an experienced teacher?

Event starts 7th October @ 4pm

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CAS Primary - Carbon Quest: Barefoot’s innovative new resource

We are thrilled to invite you to our upcoming community session, where we will explore Barefoot’s innovative new resource: Carbon Quest.

Our new Computing Subject Lead for primary education, Ben Davies, will provide an insightful overview of these fantastic new resources.

Event starts 8th October @ 4pm

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CAS Trainee & ECT - Behaviour for learning within computing lessons

During this session, Neil Rickus will examine the importance of rules and procedures, teacher-pupil relationships, interventions and strategies appropriate for use during computing lessons, including addressing some of the specific challenges of using digital devices with pupils.

Event starts 10th October @ 4pm

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Tools to assist in the classroom

Exciting News!

CAS has just launched a new collections of videos to help you master Microsoft Teams, Google Classroom and SeeSaw in the classroom. From collaboration tips to assignment organisation, these videos have got you covered.