'NAACE' Category
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, [...]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 [...]Survey shows barriers to Web 2.0 in schools
Research reveals which tools are popular in schools, which aren’t–and why
By Meris Stansbury, Associate EditorTeachers and students are largely driving the adoption of Web 2.0 technologies in schools, but human and technological barriers are holding back the use of these as learning tools in many classrooms, according to a new study.
Commissioned by Lightspeed Systems and [...]ICT Excellence Awards
Becta has launched the ICT Excellence Awards 2009, to seek out the best and brightest schools using technology to help learners achieve, and to find the best support providers working in schools!
There are four awards categories for schools, with cash prizes:
* Best whole-school - also with regional winners!
* Beyond the classroom
* Leadership, management and collaboration
* [...]