{"id":656,"date":"2015-04-16T11:15:01","date_gmt":"2015-04-16T10:15:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/teamkineticuk.wordpress.com\/?p=656"},"modified":"2022-06-13T10:32:57","modified_gmt":"2022-06-13T09:32:57","slug":"tom-armitage-discusses-the-importance-of-computer-coding-literacy-to-shape-our-future-society","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/teamkinetic.co.uk\/blog\/2015\/04\/tom-armitage-discusses-the-importance-of-computer-coding-literacy-to-shape-our-future-society\/","title":{"rendered":"Tom Armitage discusses the importance of computer coding literacy to shape our future society"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/teamkinetic.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/62176682_101132190.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft  wp-image-658\" src=\"http:\/\/teamkinetic.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/62176682_101132190.jpg?w=300\" alt=\"_62176682_101132190\" width=\"483\" height=\"272\" srcset=\"https:\/\/teamkinetic.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/62176682_101132190.jpg 640w, https:\/\/teamkinetic.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/62176682_101132190-300x169.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 483px) 100vw, 483px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Future Speak listen again pod cast\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/programmes\/b05qgcgs\">http:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/programmes\/b05qgcgs<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Look closely and you&#8217;ll see that computer code is written all over our offices, our homes and now in our classrooms too.<\/p>\n<p>The recent Lords&#8217; Digital Skills report says the UK&#8217;s digital potential is at a make or<span class=\"ml__ellipsis\"><span class=\"ml__hidden\"> break point, with a skills gap to be plugged and a generation gap to be bridged.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"ml__hidden\">As technologist Tom Armitage argues, there&#8217;s also a leap of the imagination to be made, to conceive of the wider benefits of reading, writing, and even thinking in code.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ml__hidden\">In Future Speak, Tom sets out to decode digital literacy for the so-called &#8216;second machine age&#8217;. 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