Archive for March, 2008
Primary ICT Subject Leaders Meeting
Asus Minibook presentation (Chris Browning)
The Asus Minibook is a great innovation that made its introduction at BETT this year. Like a small laptop computer, the Minibook has WIFI capacity, along with access to multimedia software and the internet. Unlike the laptop the price of these machines make it extremely attractive for schools wishing to build [...]Free Interactive Whiteboard Training Event
Churchfields Primary and Nursery School are hosting an Interactive Whiteboard Cluster Meeting on Tuesday 10th June commencing at 3:45pm
Come along to:Find out some free training tips
Share flipcharts and resources
Update yourself on new developments in IWB resources including the pupil response systems.
See a range of new available software
Take away some free resources
Have free refreshmentsThis event is [...]
ICT Schemes of Work
Primary ICT Coordinators (Foundation, Key Stages 1 and 2)
Some time ago we mentioned the excellent Newham Schemes of work for ICT as well as the materials produced by National Curriculum in Action.
You might want to consider these links and documents put out by
Greenwich LA,
Hertfordshire Grid for Learning,
Wokingham Primary Schemes of work
Darrick Wood Junior School.
If you [...]NAACE Conference: Ofsted review of ICT in Schools
ICT in Schools 2004-7
Reprinted from NAACE Newsletter
HMI David Anstead presented Ofsted’s findings about ICT during a conference seminar. These “long reports”, based on a sample of schools, supplement the Section 5 inspections, which no longer directly report on subjects. He was unable to say anything about the content of the next 3-yearly report, due out [...]Prison Reform: Parliament’s role then and now
A new video conferencing programme for schools run by Parliament’s Education Service
As part of a new video conferencing programme offered by the Education Service at the Houses of Parliament, these pilot sessions focus on the issue of Prison Reform in order to bring to life the role of Parliament, both historically and in the present [...]