The current information and communications technology (ICT) curriculum in England’s schools is a “mess” and must be radically revamped, the education secretary has announced. From September it will be replaced by a flexible curriculum in computer science and programming, designed with the help of universities and industry. Nick D’Aloisio is a schoolboy from London who [...]
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Archive | Internet Kids
BBC News Video – Schoolboy app developer on ICT classes
Posted on 12 January 2012.
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iPhone Siri software tells boy, 12, to ‘shut up’ in Tesco – Telegraph
Posted on 30 December 2011.
A 12-year-old boy was subjected to an obscene tirade by a new iPhone when he tested out its new voice technology in a supermarket, according to reports. Charlie Le Quesne was trying out the iPhone 4S at a Tesco store in Coventry when it told him: “Shut the f*** up, you ugly t***.” The boy [...]
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Twin polar bear cubs are set to meet the public in China
Posted on 30 December 2011.
Two-month old twin polar bears prepare to meet visitors in Northeast China in the New Year.
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Meet the eight-year-old boy who spends his Saturdays at the airport thanking troops for protecting America
Posted on 30 December 2011.
This is the eight-year-old boy from Georgia who spends his weekends going to the airport to thank troops for protecting his country.
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Pakistani girl brought to US for treatment ‘disfigured by her own nation’s military’
Posted on 30 December 2011.
American commentators have claimed a Pakistani child disfigured by burns and taken to the US for medical treatment was injured by her country’s own military, not a US drone strike.
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Textbooks ‘being replaced by smartphones and e-readers’
Posted on 28 December 2011.
Traditional textbooks are dying out in schools as children increasingly rely on smartphones and e-readers to access information, according to a leading headmistress.
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British teenage designer of Summly app hits jackpot
Posted on 28 December 2011.
Most teenagers will find any reason under the sun not to do their homework.
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Afghan girl ‘locked in lavatory for 5 months’
Posted on 28 December 2011.
Afghan police have rescued a teenage girl who was beaten and locked up in a lavatory for over five months after she defied her in-laws who tried to force her into prostitution, officials said on Tuesday.
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Appy days: Doting father invents iPhone gadget to help daughter, 3, with brain tumour learn how to write
Posted on 27 December 2011.
It helped her to write after memory loss from radiotherapy
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Eyewitness: Christmas in Pakistan
Posted on 26 December 2011.
Photographs from the Guardian Eyewitness series
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Crying and spat on, plight of girl, 7, mobilises Israelis against extremists
Posted on 26 December 2011.
Thousands of Israelis are expected to march through the city of Bet Shemesh later this week to protest against the treatment of women by ultra-orthodox Jewish extremists, with tensions high after a seven-year-old girl said she had been spat on in the street.
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Obamas spend Christmas in Hawaii
Posted on 26 December 2011.
President Barack Obama exchanged gifts with his family, sang carols and attended church services as he celebrated Christmas in Hawaii. The president and his family woke up early Sunday to exchange gifts, the White House said, then the Obamas had breakfast and sang Christmas carols at the multimillion-dollar house they rent in Kailua Beach, near [...]
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Searching for the boy with the violin
Posted on 25 December 2011.
As Sri Lanka’s civil war came to a bloody end in May 2009, the BBC’s Priyath Liyanage was struck by video footage of a boy walking through the war zone holding a violin. Two years on, can this boy be traced and why did he make such a perilous journey with only a musical instrument?
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Is this China’s coolest town? Winter festival creates city made entirely from snow and ice
Posted on 25 December 2011.
If Santa fancies taking a breather after his gift-giving jaunt around the world tonight, there’s one spot on the planet where he’ll feel right at home.
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Sesame Street for Pakistan, studying the effect of cocaine on birds’ sex lives, and Stonehenge for Pagan Air Force Cadets: Billions of federal dollars ‘wasted’ as U.S. debt explodes
Posted on 23 December 2011.
Billions of federal tax dollars were wasted on apparently frivolous and unnecessary projects in 2011, even as the national debt ballooned to more than £15trillion.
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Girl, four, left with horrific burns after U.S. drone attack in Pakistan is brought to America to receive surgery
Posted on 23 December 2011.
Shakira was pulled from a bin by a medical mission where two other children died of their injuries
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Wal-Mart recalls baby formula after infant dies
Posted on 23 December 2011.
Wal-Mart has removed a powdered infant formula from more than 3,000 shops across the US after a newborn baby who consumed it died from a rare infection.
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Child molester ordered to pay $150bn in compensation
Posted on 22 December 2011.
A child molester accused of setting fire to an eight-year-old boy and condemning him to a life of agony has been ordered to pay $150 billion (£95bn) in damages, the largest compensation settlement in US history.
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Nativity scene tradition in Santa Monica threatened by atheists
Posted on 22 December 2011.
A six decade old tradition in which Nativity scenes are erected in the ocean-front Californian city of Santa Monica could be ended after the practice was usurped by atheists.
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Boy sells his toys and raises funds to help hospital that helped him
Posted on 20 December 2011.
A schoolboy who has donated all his toys and CDs to a children’s ward since he was treated there has gone a stage further to raise £1,000. Ayomide Soleye, 11, has made it his mission to help the Royal Free after he was treated there for a ruptured appendix when he was eight. Since then [...]
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‘Talking’ dog trumps spoof royal wedding to become the UK’s most-watched YouTube video this year
Posted on 20 December 2011.
A ‘talking’ dog has topped a list of the most-watched videos on YouTube. The animal is shown being teased by its owner about food and appears to speak English, saying ‘You’re kidding me!’ as he is told that delicacies have gone elsewhere. It beat a spoof clip of the wedding of the Duke and Duchess [...]
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Vision of Jesus… or just a colourful imagination? Mother who melted toddler’s crayons discovers wax image of Christ
Posted on 20 December 2011.
A woman who prayed for a sign from Jesus got a little more than she bargained for when his image emerged out of some melted crayons. Tara Gomez and her son put a few colourful sticks in the oven as part of an arts and crafts project they wanted to try out. After cooling the [...]
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Mother appears in court in wheelchair accused of murdering her four-year-old daughter
Posted on 20 December 2011.
A mother has appeared in court accused of the murder of her four-year-old daughter. Dawn Makin, 34, was in a wheelchair for her appearance during a brief hearing at Manchester City Magistrates’ Court. She was summoned to appear following the murder of her daughter Chloe Burke, who was stabbed to death at the family home [...]
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Kim Jong-un, the child soldier, takes over in North Korea
Posted on 20 December 2011.
What is the nation’s future under the control of a belligerent new ‘Dear Leader’ who is not yet 30? North Koreans have been introduced to their youthful new leader in a style that befits the last truly totalitarian state on earth. Kim Jong-un, the “Great Successor”, has been hailed variously as a martial genius and [...]
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Potter world set to cast a spell on fans
Posted on 20 December 2011.
It is as if Harry Potter himself has waved his wand. As if by magic, the world of Hogwarts has been recreated so fans can feel as if they are walking in the boy wizard’s shoes. Construction has finished on the studio tour of the film sets, allowing people to step into headmaster Dumbledore’s office [...]
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Fourth inquest on baby 30 years after it was ‘snatched by a dingo’ in Australian outback
Posted on 19 December 2011.
A fourth inquest is to be held into the disappearance of baby Azaria Chamberlain, said to have been snatched by a dingo in the Australian outback more than 30 years ago.
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Parents knew brutal truth of Pakistani madrassah dungeon
Posted on 19 December 2011.
Parents of the children found abused in a Karachi madrassah have told The Daily Telegraph they approved of the brutal methods being used in the Islamic school’s cellars.
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Scandalous cost of justice: £861 a night to lock up young crime suspects… £650 to stay at the Ritz
Posted on 18 December 2011.
Locking up young crime suspects for a night costs more than a suite at London’s Ritz hotel, it was revealed today.
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Channel 4: We’ll screen shocking images of violence and child abuse that proves Syrian torture policy
Posted on 18 December 2011.
Some of the most graphic images ever to be shown on British television will be screened tomorrow night.
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Apple launches iTunes Match in Britain
Posted on 17 December 2011.
Apple’s iTunes Match, the music service that allows users to back-up their music on cloud servers, has been released in the UK.
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Obama bans daughters from Facebook – because he doesn’t want strangers prying into family affairs
Posted on 17 December 2011.
President says daughters can’t join the site until they are 18
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‘Hitler wasn’t all bad’: One in ten Austrian teens think Nazi leader did ‘good things’, shock survey reveals
Posted on 17 December 2011.
One in four of those polled believe there are ‘too many Turks’ in Austria, the predominant immigrant group
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Suicide bomber was dressed like a janitor, says Afghan girl
Posted on 17 December 2011.
On 6 December, 2011, a deadly blast ripped through the Abu Fazal shrine in Kabul on the festival of Ashura.
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American boy rescued in Philippines
Posted on 17 December 2011.
A four-year-old American boy has been reunited with his parents after Philippine police rescued him from kidnappers who had held him ransom for eight days.
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Youth clubs ‘can help us fight crime’
Posted on 17 December 2011.
Youth clubs must do more to help prevent crime in the capital, Liberal Democrat deputy leader Simon Hughes said today.
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The world’s shortest woman
Posted on 17 December 2011.
Jyoti Amge, 18 years old and two feet tall
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Spanish town painted for The Smurfs 3D premiere set to vote to stay blue… after 80,000 tourists create mini-economic boom
Posted on 17 December 2011.
A Spanish town transformed into a Smurf village when its buildings were painted blue looks set to stay that way – as residents get ready to vote in a referendum.
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Thunderbirds are SLOW! Great-grandad transforms mobility scooter into Lady Penelope’s Roller (and chauffeurs her around town)
Posted on 17 December 2011.
A great-grandfather has paid the ultimate tribute to Thunderbirds by transforming his mobility scooter into Lady Penelope’s Rolls Royce.
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Nigeria attack on Kano air force school
Posted on 16 December 2011.
Gunmen have attacked a military-run secondary school near Kano in northern Nigeria, killing four people, hospital sources say.
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The force is strong with this one! Man, 33, fights off Taser police armed with toy LIGHTSABER
Posted on 16 December 2011.
Officers abandon electroshock weapon and opt for brute force to make arrest
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‘She’s a little miracle’: Baby born at 24 weeks weighing just 9oz becomes world’s third smallest to survive
Posted on 15 December 2011.
Melinda not much heavier than Coke can when she was delivered
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Independent Appeal: On patrol to save the street children of Kabul
Posted on 15 December 2011.
Lianne Gutcher meets the aid workers who help get youngsters working in the classroom – and not on the city’s pavements
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I want to give poor children computers and walk away
Posted on 15 December 2011.
Can tablet computers “parachuted” into remote areas transform childhood learning, asks Nicholas Negroponte, the man behind One Laptop per Child
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Renault grandchildren take France to court
Posted on 15 December 2011.
Seven grandchildren of the founder of French carmaker Renault took the French state to court claiming it unfairly nationalised the family business at the end of Second World War due to his alleged collaboration with Nazis.
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Baby seal wanders into New Zealand home
Posted on 15 December 2011.
A New Zealand woman has had an unexpected visitor; a baby fur seal wandered into her house and was found resting on her sofa.
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Police rescue 50 boys from Karachi madrassah dungeon
Posted on 15 December 2011.
Police have rescued more than 50 boys, some in shackles, from a warren of rooms beneath a madrassah in Pakistan’s largest city, Karachi.
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ICU! Webcams help parents bond with their premature babies while they’re in intensive care
Posted on 15 December 2011.
Parents of premature babies are being offered the chance to watch over their newborns from their mobiles via a webcam.
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German apprenticeships: A model for Europe?
Posted on 15 December 2011.
Jascha Fauss may be doing the kind of thing that nearly two-thirds of young Germans do when they leave full-time education.
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Real reason buttercups glow yellow… and it has nothing to do with your love for butter
Posted on 15 December 2011.
Scientists have discovered why buttercups glow yellow when you hold them under you chin – and it has nothing to do with liking butter.
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The best iOS apps for children, 2011
Posted on 15 December 2011.
10 of the best iPhone, iPod touch and iPad apps for children, from A Charlie Brown Christmas and children’s books to a make-your-own robot lab.
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