Education Destination is an Isle of Wight based business specialising in providing bespoke, curriculum-focused school trips to our lovely island. We help you create outstanding curriculum-led learning visits to the Isle of Wight and can provide a full door-to-door service, taking care of all your requirements, or simply support you in making your own arrangements.
Computing (ICT)
Computing (ICT)
Computers run the modern world, well at least it seems so. Most curriculum subjects are taught using computers in some fashion in most schools at some point these days. So the use of the devices themselves is a day-to-day activity for young people.
So, the additional benefit to be derived from trips may revolve around the historical context surrounding the birth of computers or how they will influence our future. This may be specifically to do with computing as a subject in itself, or again in the context of other subjects such as Mathematics, Technology, Science, Media and PSHE.
Of course careers can now be made either in computing itself - through the design of software or development hardware in the Tech sector, or through the use of them in offices, environments such as television or journalism, or understanding how applications can influence both social attitudes and moods, and also purchasing decisions. Trips can be designed to look into aspects of any of these uses of computers in the modern world with visits to local businesses, with supermarkets in particular offering great experiences and structured programmes for students. The opportunity for detailed follow-up in lessons is considerable.
Main organisations:
BCS
Inclusion: NASEN
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The Royal Mint is a national treasure, making beautifully crafted coins and medals for countries all over the world. Over a thousand years of craftsmanship and artistry ensures every piece we strike is a long lasting piece of history.
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Day camps every half term and school holiday, including specialist courses, residential bank holiday weekends and school activity days set in the heart of the Surrey Hills. London and local transport available.
A hidden gem which is well worth a visit
Herschel Park is a unique Grade II listed park, easily accessible in the centre of Slough. Consisting of the recently restored Victorian Pleasure Gardens and a newly created Nature Reserve, it has a rich history and amazing wildlife and plants to explore.
Explore the universe from the Big Bang to the darkest reaches of Space.
Expect the unexpected including a space toiler, a seven-toed cat and a pregnant man.
Delve into the archives of scientific geniuses such as James Lovelock or peer into the future of the latest psychological advances.
School trips have never been this good!
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Thinktank is....
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The Cambridge Centre for Computing History was established as an educational charity to tell the story of the Information Age through exploring the historical, social and cultural impact of developments in personal computing.
The Museum of Computing is devoted to the history of computing and digital development.
It was the first physical museum of its kind in the UK dedicated to the history of computing.
A great park with things to do for all the family including a skate park and miniature golf! Ride the miniature railway for a great experience!
A chance to walk with wolves and see them close up as you learn about these beautiful creatures.
There are also a number of Experience days available, including some that are specially tailored for kids. Many take place during the school holidays and more are added throughout the year.
Once Britain’s Best Kept Secret, today Bletchley Park is a heritage site and vibrant tourist attraction. Open daily, visitors can explore some of the iconic WW2 Codebreaking Huts and Blocks and marvel at the astonishing achievements of the Codebreakers whose work is said to have helped shorten the war by two years.
A museum housing the world's largest selection of working vintage computers. It tells the story of computing from the 1940s Colossus computer, which helped the father of computers Alan Turing break the Nazi Enigma Code machine in the Second World War, through the monster mainframes of the 1970s, home computers of the 1980s to the Touchtable of the present.
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