Finally technology lessons will enter the 21st century In short, the IT or information and communications technology (ICT) curriculum, as it called today, was not considered a proper subject by either the teacher or pupils. And yet, computer science, which is finally and thankfully what Education Secretary Michael Gove promised yesterday to rebrand IT as and deliver to all British children, can lead to some of the most financially and mentally rewarding work. British kids need to learn how to code if the UK is to ever produce the next Mark Zuckerberg who can create products such as Facebook. I dread to think what ICT lessons must be like for technology-savvy kids today who are all armed with smartphones. As with every topic, teachers should be trying to make the subjects they teach at school connect with real life opportunities. This is why it is also brilliant to hear that Gove will be working with the technology industry and universities to create the next generation "open source" IT school curriculum. Not enough British children know the amazing opportunities computer science can hold because the teaching of it in schools has sucked the life out it for too long. We need to teach kids to how code so they can create the apps, websites and video games of the future, which have affected this generation of children as much as American exports, Twitter, Facebook and Google have done.