The connection to the devices has now ended. All three devices need returning to O2…. But, due to your efforts during this trial, the school now plans to purchase these devices to extend the trial and to give other students and staff the opportunity of using them in education. Would you like to take part in [...] […]
A big thank you to all colleagues, who attended the Subject Leader’s Development Meeting, for their contributions on the day, especially your work developing the integrated projects. Your evaluations were very positive. We intend to ask you for further input on the integrated projects at the next SLDM in the summer term. Below are links to two [...] […]
Safer Internet Day is a European-wide initiative and is the one day in the calendar that will give a focus to internet safety issues such as cyberbullying, dealing with upsetting and illegal content online, sexual abuse and grooming. There are a range activities taking place across the week (from Monday 8th – Friday 12th February) and across the continent to […]
As some of you may know already, I am going to be leaving Emap at the end of the week after four and a half years. I’m leaving to take up the role of Marketing Manager over at ExCeL London, a new challenge I’m really looking forward to. This does mean of course I say goodbye [...] […]
BETT 2010 was a huge success with 29,736* visitors braving freezing conditions to come along to Olympia and experience one great event. I have to admit when I ventured out of the hotel on the opening morning to see 2cm of snow on the ground, I was fearful that numbers would suffer significantly. In the end [...] […]
Before I start off with the closing credits for BETT 2010, here’s a quick plug for BETT 2011. The show will run from 12th - 15th January here at Olympia London. So put these dates in your diary now. BETT 2011 will be even bigger than BETT 2010, with the downstairs area of Olympia 2 used [...] […]
Friday at BETT is always the busiest day and this year was no exception. The aisle ways are still busy even as the doors get ready to close. I have really enjoyed my day at the show, as usual it’s been a busy one, I’ve managed to fit in meetings with O2 and LG, I also [...] […]
Pupils are not being engaged or listened to in the planning for schools for the future according to the draft results of a survey published by Futurelab. […]
“What can schools do now?” was the question posed by Specialist Schools and Academies Trust programme leader Paul Hynes at the event held in Millbank this week. The timing of the event was unnervingly apposite given the current “political football” status of the BSF programme in the build up to a general election. […]
A Necessary Skill This post will be brief but I was just thinking about some ways that I could help encourage teachers to utilize their Activboards to enhance lessons on non-fiction comprehension. This is an area of weakness in practically every school. With state standardized testing on the near horizon for many students, comprehension of non-fiction […]