ABSTRACT
This chapter discusses apps and the use of computers in teaching and learning the Science, Technology & Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) subjects, and discusses digital competence and computer science in school. It discusses technology enhanced learning, what we might be using and where we might be going both in home and school learning through the almost ubiquitous use of new devices. In many schools in Europe, the UK and the USA, the chalk-board has given way to the interactive whiteboards connected to the internet, which can bring audio-visual materials into the classroom on a daily basis. The fact that France, the state of Victoria and many schools around the world have banned the use of mobile phones in schools is indicative about worries that many parents have that a ‘library in the hand’ and a powerful personal ‘computer in the pocket’ that can be used for STEM and other learning is overshadowed by the possible negative aspects of personal phones.
