'Primary Schools' Category
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 [...]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 [...]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, [...]ICT in the Curriculum The Rose Report
Thanks to Paul Spingford from NAACE Advisory List
Sir Jim Rose’s review of the primary curriculum in England has resulted in an interim report with significant recommendations about the role of ICT.
The report is available at the Rose Review website:
First, ICT is one of the central “skills for learning and life which should be developed [...]
Open Sourced Software Support for Schools
There’s now a new website that can help schools decide whether open source software might offer benefits for them. The website is part of a Becta-supported project which aims to share information and raise awareness of open source software.
The Open Source Schools website has resources that enable schools to find out about the benefits that [...]