Archive for May, 2009
New ICT Events
Digital Safety Conference 2009: 19 June, London
Members may be interested in attending the Digital Safety Conference 2009 to join fellow thought leaders, practitioners and policy makers from a cross-sector cohort of delegates in an independent debate about the health, reputation and environment of the digital world.
Public registration for the conference will be made available on [...]ICT in the Primary Curriculum-calling practitioners
Naace continues to play an active part in the review of the Review. Our professional officer attended an important QCA event last week to launch the consultation, and two members of the board will participate in a Council for Subject Associations conference to respond to Sir Jim’s proposals.
QCA, who are managing the official consultation on [...]ICT Next Generation Learning Charter Support Groups Meeting
The Next Generation Learning Charter Support Courses are running at the following locations in June:
* 15 June 2009, Leeds
* 17 June 2009, Birmingham
* 26 June 2009, London
Details are at www.naace.co.uk/849 where you can find the booking forms.
Overview of course
The course is essential for those concerned with giving schools strategic guidance and support in their progress [...]News from IEARN
My name is Gal and I’m an iEARN member.
I would like to invite you and your students to participate in a global educational project called Magical Moments Around the World.
Magical Moments Around the World is a continuous uniting of youth from schools all over the world sharing their magical moments. A global online book written [...]Do ICT Rooms still have a place in education?
Do ICT suites have any place in 21st century primary schools? Katy Potts weighs up the research findings and comes to a decisive answer: ‘No!’ So why do so many school leaders still press for ICT suites? And what’s missing from ICT strategies that leads them to seek the supposed safety of obsolescent solutions?
Pupils at [...]IPods help ESL pupils achieve success
Here is an interesting project from E-news in America documenting how Ipods were used in helping ESL Students in their studies
”During an International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE) webinar titled “iPods as Teaching Tools for Language Learners,” Grace Poli, media specialist at Jose Marti Middle School in Union City, N.J., and an Apple distinguished educator, [...]‘Do Londoners care about the environment their children will inherit?’
On the 30th June at 2.00pm the London Grid for Learning will launch the ‘Low Carbon London Project’ at the headquarters of The Royal Geographical Society.
‘Low Carbon London’ is a unique on-line resource which focuses on the issues surrounding carbon emission targets and what it will [...]Next Generation Learning Charter Support Group
We are pleased to bring you further details of the Next Generation Learning Support Courses:
15 June 2009, Leeds
17 June 2009, Birmingham
26 June 2009, LondonThe conference is essential for those concerned with giving schools strategic guidance and support in their progress through the NGLC.
It is of particular importance to LA strategic managers and consultants, and indeed [...]E-Safety Information and Update
On 12 March, Lord Laming published his report The Protection of Children in England: A Progress Report. The Government accepted all of his recommendations and has now published an action plan, setting out its detailed response.
http://publications.teachernet.gov.uk/eOrderingDownload/DCSF-Laming.pdf
The Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families has written to schools to highlight the importance of this action [...]News from NAACE: The Rose Report
The Rose Review
Many thanks to Paul Springford for the following update of the Rose Review:
Would Queen Victoria be ousted by Twitter? This was not the question most Naace members were asking on the eve of publication last week, having already consigned the alarmist headlines from the previous month to their recycle bins. Even so, with [...]