BBC micro: bit a little bit too late? [IT Education]

FIRST IMPRESSIONS are that children are going to love them. At least those that are into programming computers. Whether it makes the difference that the BBC and its partners from the commercial and educational world want it to; experts are not so sure. For too long, British children have learnt only administrative IT skills at school. Programming is now part of a revised IT curriculum, but it's early days. To speed up the process of teaching the skills that industry needs, the BBC decided that something needed to be done to encourage more children to find and embrace their inner geek.