Google is matching the Department for Education's £25,000 contribution to the project, as well as funding computing teacher-training scholarships for the same amount alongside Microsoft, IBM and Facebook.
Nicki Cooper, computing teacher at Northfleet School for Girls, Kent, and a Computing at School master teacher A little bit.
The committee calls for action to give teachers in England the confidence and skills to deliver the new computing curriculum, otherwise "inconsistent teacher training" risks letting pupils down.
The other three projects include Raspberry Pi matching £42,000 of DfE funding for Our Lady's Catholic High School's programme of events for computing teachers; a computer science training program run by the Titan Partnership; and a massive open online course (MOOC) from the Centre for Educational Consultancy and Development at Oxford Brookes University.
Added value: There is a strong vocational emphasis where course subjects are concerned: teacher training, nursing, social work, engineering, computing, business and sports science, for example.
It will offer courses in the creative industries, business management and marketing, accountancy and finance, computing and information technology, purchasing, supply and logistics, teacher training, social science and psychology, counseling, health, nursing and social care, and sport.
It has increased starting salaries for schools offering School Direct (salaried) teacher training places in maths, physics and computing to £21,000 nationally and £25,000 in inner London.
Eventually, a computing teacher offered to coach me through some basic computer maintenance and taught me computing skills.
We improved teacher training.
