Information Everywhere

Acknowledgements This resource was partially funded by a grant from Education Scotland. We are also grateful for the help and support provided by the following contributors: Some of the images used within this resource have been reproduced under Creative Commons licence. Introduction Implementation of Curriculum for Excellence and the development of new National Qualifications presented a timely opportunity to revise the way computing science is taught in schools and to provide a more interesting, up-to-date and engaging experience for both tutors and learners. This resource has been developed by the Royal Society of Edinburgh (RSE) and the BCS Academy of Computing to support a subset of the Information Systems Design & Development unit of Scottish National 4 Computing Science. It will seek to consolidate learners' understanding of modern Information Systems concepts, through study of web technologies, including HTML. Development All of the RSE/BCS's resources build on state-of-the-art understanding of the pedagogy of Computing, drawn from around the world. This should enable learners to develop both coding skills and deep understanding of core Computing concepts, including computational thinking (see overleaf). Whilst this resource is intended to support tutors' thinking about how they might translate the intentions of the curriculum into classroom activity, it should not be seen as prescriptive. Rather, it is intended to stimulate innovation and offer tutors the flexibility and opportunity to deploy their creativity and skills in meeting the needs of learners.