• planned BBC Computer Literacy Project 2012, inspired by the original scheme which introduced the BBC Micro in the 1980s, was being developed by BBC Learning...
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    coding, and gaming in Britain and Europe. The BBC Computer Literacy Project, using the BBC Micro computer, ran from 1980 to 1989. This initiative educated...
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    1980s as part of the BBC's Computer Literacy Project. Launched in December 1981, it was showcased across several educational BBC television programmes...
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  • the BBC to supply the computer for their BBC Literacy Project in 1981. It was originally supplied on an installed ROM for the BBC Microcomputer which used...
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  • Media literacy is a broadened understanding of literacy that encompasses the ability to access, analyze, evaluate, and create media in various forms....
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  • Radcliffe and Roberts Salkeld (1983), "Towards Computer Literacy - The BBC Computer Literacy Project 1979-1983", BBC Education. HTML version Archived 4 December...
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    Grundy NewBrain (category Computer-related introductions in 1982)
    ZX80. It was considered for the BBC Micro project, but development was not complete and that was won by Acorn Computers instead. The design was then sold...
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  • British television presenter best known for presenting the BBC television series The Computer Programme, Making the Most of the Micro and Micro Live in...
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    the pressure brought to bear on the supposedly independent BBC's computer literacy project—Newbury was owned by the National Enterprise Board, a government...
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    Micro Bit (redirect from BBC Micro Bit)
    Planning for the project began in 2012 as part of the BBC Computer Literacy Programme, and by the time of the launch in July 2015 the BBC had taken on board...
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    Steve Furber (category British computer scientists)
    BBC Micro, in support of Acorn's tender for the BBC Computer Literacy Project. In 1981, following the completion of his PhD and the award of the BBC contract...
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  • Performance in 1982. "Computer World" was also chosen by the BBC for use in the titles of their UK computer literacy project, The Computer Programme. Kraftwerk...
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    term literacy has often been used to mean having knowledge or skill in a particular field, such as: Computer literacy – Skill in using computers and digital...
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    seekers in Pakistan, where Afghan women were taught ICT and computer skills, digital literacy and English language and Afghan child refugees were taught...
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  • the volunteer project Chaos macht Schule which supports teaching in local schools. Its aims are to improve technology and media literacy of pupils, parents...
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    Raspberry Pi (category Computer science education in the United Kingdom)
    of the BBC Micro computer of the early 1980s, which was developed by Acorn Computers as part of a BBC initiative to promote computer literacy in UK schools...
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    involvement with the BBC and its computer literacy initiatives, two of the first Archimedes models bore the BBC branding, as did the later BBC A3000 model. Dissatisfaction...
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    in many countries that computer literacy is a mainstream part of education; for creating interfaces that worked without literacy in any language, and particularly...
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    computer". Guinness World Records. 2023. Archived from the original on 26 March 2023. Salkeld, Roberts (16 June 1981). "BBC Computer Literacy Project...
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    household size of 4.6 members, and an average literacy rate of 78.2% vs national average of 51.8% literacy. The Ministry of Defense and Election Commission...
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    The National Museum of Computing (category Computer museums in the United Kingdom)
    September 2024. "Dexodus". Retrieved 12 September 2024. "BBC Computer Literacy Project 1980-1989". BBC Rewind. Retrieved 12 September 2024. "Technology of...
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    Sugata Mitra (category Indian computer scientists)
    Indian computer scientist and educational theorist. He is best known for his "Hole in the Wall" experiment, and widely cited in works on literacy and education...
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    Graham (1985). LOGO on the BBC computer and Acorn Electron. Macmillan. ISBN 0-333-39566-2. Radburn, Derek. "Four Logos for the BBC Micro". The Micro User...
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    The Project, students at Chilwell produced a short film entitled Another Day. After starting as a pupil-run media literacy initiative, The Project eventually...
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    A personal computer, commonly referred to as PC or computer, is a computer designed for individual use. It is typically used for tasks such as word processing...
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    BEEBUG (category Defunct computer magazines published in the United Kingdom)
    that they had won the contract to provide the computer to support the BBC's Computer Literacy Project, BEEBUG was formed to provide a magazine and support...
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    chairman. Pakistan still has a low literacy rate relative to other countries. As of 2022[update] Pakistan's literacy rates range from 96% in Islamabad...
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    ZX81 (category Computer-related introductions in 1981)
    launch of the ZX81 was catalysed in part by the BBC Computer Literacy Project's plan to produce The Computer Programme TV series, to be broadcast in 1982...
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  • Allen Boothroyd (category Acorn Computers)
    design for the BBC Micro, the computer used in the BBC’s Computer Literacy Project. He also worked on the design for the Acorn RiscPC computer. Meanwhile...
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  • Tom Fleming are among the commentators. Autumn – BBC Micro is produced for BBC Computer Literacy Project. 4 September – The final edition of the Midday...
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