Bromley ICT Forum Blog

As part of Becta and the LGFL’s strategy to support school improvement, a school conference was held at the Bromley EDC . The purpose of the conference was to demonstrate how  Becta Self Review Framework  tool can play an important role in helping schools to understand and manage their ICT strategic program and policies.

The session was presented by Simon Shaw (Accreditation Manager, Becta) and John Duffield  (London Learning through ICT). 

A wide range of Bromley schools were represented. They  included Bishop Justus, Langley Park School for Girls, Chislehurst (St Nicholas) CE  Aided, Edgebury Primary School, Grays Farm,Highfield Infant School, Malcolm School Perry Hall School, Pickhurst Infant School, Pickhurst  Junior School, Poverest Primary School, Raglan Primary School, ST Philomenas, St Vincents  Catholic Primary School, and The Highway School.

A copy of the days program can be downloaded here.

Other downloads include

Action Plan

Guidance Notes for Element 7

(Reprinted from NAACE News)

Leading change in ICT in support of pupil learning - a NCSL Research Associate Summary Report by Ann Gill. (6 pages, although only 3 contain the main text!)

The guide offers advice on what headteachers need to do to secure funding to support the time and money needed to develop ICT in schools.

• Stay in touch with how children learn to see the value of what is available.
• Understand the demands on teachers, and work within an appropriate timeframe, properly resourced and with suitable training.
• Be adaptable. If something does not live up to expectations, have a rethink.
• Keep parents and governors involved and informed of new developments.
• Take as many opportunities as possible to look at what is going on in other schools.

The report also talks about leadership characteristics and strategies. See:
www.ncsl.org.uk/media/895/BD/one-step-ahead-of-the-game-gill.pdf

Ahh! Three words specifically designed to bring a smile to any Head Teacher’s face! 

iEARN UK works very closely with the British Council and they have advised us that they have funding available to award grants to schools involved in partnerships with other international schools.

Grants are available for reciprocal visits (deadline 1st November) or for specific global curriculum projects (deadline 1st March 2008).

This is the perfect opportunity to enhance your own project links or get involved with an iEARN project to apply for funding.

Visit the  British Council web page today for more information.

No doubt you are aware of the current issues regarding wireless networks and health risks which has been raised in the media last week. Panorama (BBC1 ) will be running a program on this tonight. 

Becta has provided some guidance on this issue.

 Visit their web site  for more information.

The HPA have issued a statement saying that the comments attributed to Sir William Stewart in the Independent on Sunday (22/4/2007) are not his.
See  http://www.hpa.org.uk/radiation/default.htm .

The articles in question were:

Wi-fi: Children at risk from electronic smog

Danger on the Airwaves: is the wi-fi revolution a health time bomb?

Today we have completed our final round of the SLICT program. The participating schools included Crofton Infants, Mottingham Primary School, Burnt Ash Primary , St Antony’s RC School, Rectory Paddock School, Biggin Hill Infant School,St Mary Cray School, St Philomena’s RC School,Parish School and Perry Hall School.

The program covered issues focussing on Leadership and Management of ICT throughout the school. Members of the team were also urged by presenters Neil Hopkins and Richard Rule to explore strategies for implementing innovations back at their schools.

Neil presented some interesting ways of using Social Networking Technologies (Web 2 Technologies) within the school curriculum program. These technologies are highly effective and won’t break the school’s tight budget. For the benefit of those who attended the session, (and the rest of you schools out there in Bromley), the links are listed below. (Click the Continue Reading Link folks!!)

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