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Becta are conducting some research into the views of Headteachers, ICT Subject Leaders and Teachers on ICT CPD. If you would like to share your views and so inform future strategy in this respect you can go to www.e-ictaudit.org/survey

Embedding ICT across the curriculum Kent Weather Watch 2008-9 A project for primary and secondary pupils around the UK and the World Following the success of Kent Weather Watch we are pleased to announce that the project will be continued to July 2009...

Free Entry! ------- WIN A PRIZE -------- Free Entry! Click here to download the flier Introduction | How to participate | How to submit photos | Curriculum links The Weather Watch 2008-9 Digital Photograph competition is open to all pupils aged between...

Spelling City www.spellingcity.com Spellingcity.com is a free spelling tool that can help make the teaching of spelling more exciting. With online spelling games, spelling reviews, and spelling quizzes, pupils can memorise their weekly spelling words...

Becta recently commissioned the University of Nottingham in conjunction with London Knowledge Lab and Manchester Metropolitan University to research Web 2.0 technologies for learning at Key Stages 3 and 4. The aims of this research was to help shape Becta's...

By now Leading Teachers, ASTs and Hands on Support Providers will have received invitations to our Leading ICT Teacher Conference on 20th November 2008. We are delighted that Russell Prue will be delivering a keynote presentation entitled: " Transformational...

Here is the form for applying for courses.

Attached is a pdf file containing details of the training courses we are offering this term. There is also an application form attached to another post. (I can only attach one file / document to each blog). We are trying to encourage people to sign up...

Final Call for National Poetry Day Videoconference hosted by Havering LA - October 9 th 2008 We would like to invite you to take part in a videoconference for primary and secondary schools during National Poetry Day, on October 9 th 2008, starting at...

At the recent Swale ITN, Morag from Tunstall suggested we look at http://www.tutpup.com/ for encouraging pupils to practise and speed up their maths and spellings. A teacher will need to create a free account for their class, and pupils can register with...

The UK Council for Child Internet Safety (UKCCIS) has been launched today wth the aim to help protect children from "harmful" web content, such as cyber-bullying and violent video games. The UK Council for Child Internet Safety wants to work...

We recently had a problem with our BridgIT server which is used for data collaboration alongside video conferences held within the Kent Community Network (KCN). (This server is not accessible outside of the KCN.) The problem has been resolved by upgrading...

I have just stumbled accross these web pages. They may be useful to you, your teaching and technician colleagues. Have a look! The Nuffield Curriculum Centre with Biosciences Federation and CLEAPSS have just launched the Practical Biology website. See...

www2. shidonni.com This weeks Website of the Week comes via a Tweet from Angela Maiers who recommended Shidonni on Twitter . Shidonni is a fun website where pupils can draw an animal and then click a button to see it come to life! Even better than this...

Social media are internet-based tools using audio, video, image and text technologies for the purpose of sharing and discussing information and experiences with a wide range of people. As an ICT consultant, I use a variety of social media to help me keep...

Essential works are required on KCN for the transition to the new KPSN network. On Monday 29th September there is an at risk period whilst works are carried out on core KCN equipment. This work is not expected to cause an outage but the period between...

Hi We have an unexpected place on this conference due to the withdrawal of one of the participating schools. The first VC will take place in the Whipple Museum of the History of Science, Cambridge, and is an excellent opportunity for students to see the...

Becta has replaced its previous software framework agreement which expired in March 2008 with a new framework agreement, called “Software for Educational Institutions Framework”. The BIG news is that open source services provider Sirius has made it on...

I recently posted on the huge shake-up that will result from Becta guidance on data management in schools. This week has seen the publication of detailed guidance in the shape of four guides: Impact levels and labelling available in Word (727KB) PDF ...

BBC News School report - 11-14 year-old students in the UK the chance to make their own news reports for a real audience. Why the future is looking good - "visual computing" is a catch-all term encompassing anything driven by graphics. Pupils...

Becta guidance, to be published this month, states that protected data must be encrypted before it can be removed from a school. “Until new technology or enhancements to your existing ICT infrastructure can be put in place, you are likely to need to make...

Into the Book: Teaching Reading Comprehension Strategies reading.ecb.org Into the Book is designed to enhance the teaching and learning of reading comprehension strategies for primary students. The website focuses on eight strategies that proficient readers...

Title of Conference Safeguarding for an Online World Where Kent Police College, Maidstone, Kent ME15 9DW When The same conference will run on Tue 07 Oct 08 - 1 day - 9:00 to 16:00 and Mon 03 Nov 08 - 1 day - 9:00 to 16:00 Designed for: Headteachers from...

19 January - a whole day workshop for 200 Kent teachers. This new and exciting Kent project has been inspired by the work of Tim Rylands, who has been described as “an extremely gifted and inspirational teacher, with a love of the creative potential of...

DCSF recently published extended schools funding guidance . One expectation of Extended Schools funding is a ' core offer ' that includes community access to ICT. Extended Schools covers a wide range of activities, and for obvious reasons I am...

In light of the Building Schools for the Future (BSF) requirement for ICT to be a managed service, I thought I would point to a report commissioned by Becta . It usefully explains what a managed service is, and the experiences of its customers.

Normal 0 false false false MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 Parentline Plus has launched a new social networking site aimed at parents of teenagers. It has been funded by the government and also runs a 24-hour helpline. Gotateenager is a "social networking...

Attached for download is the latest newsletter sent to HoDs. (Click on title and find attachment in the new page that opens)

Tracking pupil progress is a really important job for HoDs and all science teachers. I have been contacted by Science Monitor who are offering a 20% discount on their monitoring software. I do not endorse this product but you may wish to visit their web...

A continuing trend in education is the need to support 14 - 19 choice, and to achieve this schools join consortia to improve the range of courses on offer. This presents two problems: How do you move them around? How do you know where the student is?...