Elan – First Language for British Schools Since 1981
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Elan - the first new programming language designed specifically for British schools since BBC Basic in 1981
Elan was formally announced at the CAS Conference in July 2024, is currently available as a Beta, and will be ready for teaching from May 2025. Elan is free, and runs in a browser (no installation involved) and you may access it over the Internet, or install it on your school server, or run it locally as a web-page on a from your desktop with no network access. In this session, Richard Pawson, who leads the Elan design team will:
- Explain the rationale behind Elan, how it differs from existing languages, and why
- Show you how you can try out Elan for yourself now
- Provide an update on advances since the first demonstration at the CAS conference
- Show some of the exctiting - and very innovative - teaching resources that are already being developed for Elan