Exciting students, supporting teachers and investing in resources: Digital empowerment in action in classrooms in England.

In England, in 2014, a new computing curriculum was introduced in all schools for students as young as 5. In this lecture, Jane will provide a range of perspectives from the last ten years to give examples of how digital empowerment has been enacted (or not) in computing and general classroom lessons. She has been a primary (K-5) teacher, community builder, teacher trainer, resource developer and is now a researcher. She will draw out the challenges that have been faced, highlight key factors that she has seen as important in helping schools implement curriculum change, and consider what lessons learned might be useful to the Danish context.