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1. The role of #digital ignored & rubbished in England since 2010.
2. introduction of #computing curriculum in present form a costly mistake & has reversed digital skills in schools.
3. England’s 2019 #Edtech strategy long overdue:late start & small spend.
4. Some optimism.
2. introduction of #computing curriculum in present form a costly mistake & has reversed digital skills in schools.
3. England’s 2019 #Edtech strategy long overdue:late start & small spend.
4. Some optimism.
5. Countless official working groups & #Ofsted ignore digital.
6. Some parts of government begin to recognise benefits of #Edtech
7. In Early ‘20 the new Edtech Team in England’s #DfE has increased to six civil servants
8. Edtech national platforms in Wales, Scotland & NI
6. Some parts of government begin to recognise benefits of #Edtech
7. In Early ‘20 the new Edtech Team in England’s #DfE has increased to six civil servants
8. Edtech national platforms in Wales, Scotland & NI
9. There is a real effort, particularly after Easter’20 to respond to challenges of Lockdown 1
10. Although patchy and not yet bigger than the policy sum of its parts - investment flows to number of programmes- platforms, #edtech Demo, laptops & Oak.
11. @bbcbitesize too
10. Although patchy and not yet bigger than the policy sum of its parts - investment flows to number of programmes- platforms, #edtech Demo, laptops & Oak.
11. @bbcbitesize too
12. Now called, ‘ Get help with technology’- internal re-organisation but we now have to use the word ‘remote #education’ 
13. Reasons for optimism include #teachers doing what they do brilliantly & getting to grips with new #Edtech and tools for #teaching
13. Reasons for optimism include #teachers doing what they do brilliantly & getting to grips with new #Edtech and tools for #teaching
14. Policy focus on contingency planning for online learning but oscillates from carrot to stick with carefully cultivated opinion writers bashing #teachers again. 
15. Many many tech platforms and #Edtech products seeing exponential adoption.
16. Zoom zooms in #education
15. Many many tech platforms and #Edtech products seeing exponential adoption.
16. Zoom zooms in #education
17. There are laptops delivered to schools but devices & welcome home education internet access can’t in one bound destroy such a scale of digital poverty, poor infrastructure and create new learning cultures overnight.
18. Public service broadcaster - #BBC provides content.
18. Public service broadcaster - #BBC provides content.
not best to encourage teachers to take next steps in 
