Getting school children excited about computing – #gototech day

Check out the fabulous video made by Mark Cotton of our #gototech day run in partnership with Intellect UK. AppsforGood, RS Components, Raspberry Pi and Miles Berry from Roehampton Institute joined us at St Matthew’s School for the day, our aim: to show that computer science can be fun and that kids as young as 7 can get excited about programming, app development and playing around with hardware. 

Watch the video and tell us what you think. Should we be teaching this way in schools now? The children and teachers at St Matthew’s definitely think so.

Should we be teaching computing at primary school? I think we should teach computing concepts from age 5, but most people disagree with me. What do you think?