The Computer Science Revolution In Schools
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY The Computer Science Revolution In Schools. IIT Bombay is Changing The Way Computer Sciense is Taught in Schools In the 21st century, Computer and Internet skills have acquired therelevance of life-skills and become benchmarks of literacy alongwith the traditional 3 R's-reading, writing and arithmetic. Schools have largely taken the responsibility of equipping the newgeneration withtechnical skills. Children these days are exposed tocomputers at a very early age, laptops, I-pad etc. at home. They findit more interesting to work and eventually learn on these devicesrather than the conventional books or chalk and board. Traditionalchalk is now getting replacedby Interactive Projectorboards. The schools have, therefore, integrated ICT into theschool curriculum which is instrumental in developing a cultureof critical thinking, exploring, lifelong learning and socialresponsibility. Given the sudden surge and demand of ICTbased education in the dev...