Computers in the Curriculum Project

by admin — published Mar 21, 2008 08:57 AM, last modified Aug 30, 2014 12:46 PM

From 1972 to 1991 the Computers in the Curriculum Project was funded by the Schools Council and subsequently by the Microelectronics Education Programme and others to develop simulation software for the secondary curriculum.

Overview

by Richard Millwood — published Mar 21, 2008 08:45 AM, last modified Aug 30, 2014 12:50 PM

Spanning two decades, the Computers in the Curriculum Project was funded by the Schools Council and subsequently by the Microelectronics Education Programme, MESU, the BBC, NCET and a range of industrial partners.

In earlier days materials were published on paper tape and documentation published by Edward Arnold. In the '80s, Longman published most of the materials on audio cassette and floppy disc in bright orange packs.

Bob Lewis directed the project until 1981, when Margaret Cox took over. A large project with a big team of paid developers and a nation-wide spread, it nevertheless began all its inventive work with volunteer teachers and linked to other curriculum development projects such as Nuffield Science to gain strength from the creativity and change as new ways to approach subjects were proposed.

You can gather a flavour of its nature and the people involved from its internal newsletter for July 1984, published at a time of its greatest activity:

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by Richard Millwood — published Aug 30, 2014 01:02 PM, last modified Aug 30, 2014 01:02 PM

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News: New premises needed to store the archive Jun 09, 2015; Computers in the Curriculum Project - 30 years on Sep 01, 2014; A Celebration of the UK's Computing Heritage Jul 01, 2013; The Legacy of the BBC Microcomputer: effecting change in the UK’s cultures of computing May 24, 2012; Cataloguing the videodiscs Jun 15, 2011; Domesday Reloaded May 16, 2011; CAL 2011 conference special feature Apr 12, 2011; A Short History Offline Sep 24, 2009; BBC's Tomorrow's World presents Nellie - a computer set to revolutionise the classroom Sep 20, 2009; The BBC Domesday Book Project and its Legacy May 14, 2009; Voices Project book published Mar 10, 2009; More news…

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The archive is directed and maintained by Richard Millwood of Core Education UK supported by Sandra Crapper, Maureen Gurr, Margaret Cox, Nick Rushby and Joy Hooper. The British Educational Suppliers Association (BESA) were archive sponsors in 2008 and Becta were sponsors in 2009. Much of the archive was gathered in the years 1990 - 2006 by Prof Stephen Heppell with Richard Millwood and stored at Ultralab at Anglia Ruskin University in Chelmsford. In its early days it was catalogued by Greta Mladenova and in 2006 Rex Wingate helped to organise the items in store. More recently, since 2011, Doreen Wright, Nick Rushby, Chris Monk and Joy Hooper have been helping catalogue the materials and develop policies.

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