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The Weekly Round-Up: 23.01.09
Round-Up This early grounding in technology may put her at an educational advantage to previous generations as a new breed of teacher (or educational architect), saunters in to the classroom, laptop under their arm (although... [23 Jan 2009]
OLPC: Windows vs Linux
News It was the fact that the art teacher used the PCs for research but had the students put them away and use their hands to make wax sculptures. At the same time, I don't think either model simply dropped in the hands of... [24 Oct 2008]
Peter Cochrane's Blog: No risk, no progress
Comment A well-meaning head teacher decided children should wear safety goggles to play conkers. Now fast forward to today: our children are denied freedom and adventure and an exciting... [03 Oct 2007]
Techies of tomorrow get their exam grades
News The number of modern language A-Level entries also increased by 0.3 per cent, according to figures from the Department for Children, Schools and Families. Maths and science accounted for 24 per cent of all the A-Levels... [16 Aug 2007]
'Government for kids' website launched
News Head teacher Gail O'Flaherty said the site explains today's key issues in a fun and informative way and enables children to understand clearly the differences between local and central government. The... [22 Mar 2007]
Gates and Brown: Tech transforming education
News The role of the teacher is still fundamental to learning, Gates stressed, but more effort must be put into training teachers in IT - and more tools must be created for them - for instance software which could help them... [31 Jan 2007]
Web software to save schools time and money
News Along with the finance capabilities, Integris G2 manages information relating to pupil attendance and performance as well as student and teacher timetables. The Ministry of Defence has also signed up to use G2 in its... [11 Jan 2007]
Scots tots buy school dinners with veins
News According to head teacher Sandra Gibson, the system has gone down well with the children and older students have been teaching younger ones how to use it. Children at a primary school in... [31 Oct 2006]
$100 laptop advocates fight back
News One anonymous reader, an IT manager from Letchworth, agreed that without other key elements in place - such as teacher training - the scheme could hit some major hurdles. He added computing equipment is just as necessary... [02 Aug 2006]
Leader: Bored at work? Change job - not career
Leader By some coincidence, the report - remember it's written by a teacher training organisation - says teaching is the least boring job of all. Now ask yourself IT crowd - would you rather sit and read stories to snotty-nosed... [27 Jul 2006]
PCs top of the class in twenty-first century schools
News Sometimes it can be overwhelming because each teacher has access to resources from across the world. And despite fears that computers in schools will simply breed a playstation generation, Taggart said computers are... [06 Apr 2006]
Kelly pushes for sex-offender database overhaul
News Kelly, who is reacting to pressure from MPs for allowing a teacher listed on the Sex Offender's Register to work in a school, said she wanted to urgently review how the education department aligns its database (known as... [13 Jan 2006]
How helping hands from the IT industry are giving something back
News Janette Steel, head teacher of Chelsea Children's Hospital School, says: "She'd been in and out of hospital since she was born. As a senior warden of the WCIT, it was his job to use IT expertise to help... [15 Dec 2005]
Photos: Art work by students at Chelsea Children's Hospital School
Photo Head teacher Janette Steel says: "We believe in helping people to know about ICT. The students at Chelsea Children's Hospital School (CCHS) are sometimes forced to stay away from home for months on end. [15 Dec 2005]
Schools get £125m for classroom software
News He said: "There is now a considerable body of evidence showing that bringing appropriate technology into the classroom helps engage minds, capturing the imagination of both learner and teacher. The credits can be used to... [03 Nov 2005]
