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What do you mean by "web programming"? I doubt very much if Perl (yuck), PHP, Coldfusion. Miva Mia, Python, C, etc CGI is taught in schools.
Why do you doubt it? I teach PHP and if they kids want to use python or CGI then we have the resources for them to do that. I am getting a little disshearterend by this thread. It seems people have read the nat strat and have misunderstood 2 things. a) It's not compulsary b) if you do teach it you can teach it a different way.
So what are we left with? WYSIWYG, drag and drop, HTML editors like FrontPage.
At key stage 3 in the nat strat involves the kids producing a webpage using a text editor.
Now that could hardly be described as "web programming". Wordprocessing, Presentations, etc are definitely the realm of Business Studies and/or Secretarial.
Agreed to a large extend. These *tools* take up very little time in my lessons.
ICT has absolutely no relationship with Computer Studies, except that a computer may used as a tool.
Agreed. Darren Smith