Mar 31 2011
I have only just discovered this literally a few minutes ago and I am so excited that I had to stop what I was doing right now and write this short blog post! A couple of weeks ago we had a whole school conference called Engage & Inspire – The possibilities are endless – there [...]
Mar 30 2011
Saltash.net Community School will officially become an Academy as of Friday 1st April and no it isn’t an April fools joke (at least we hope that Mr Gove won’t stand up on Friday morning and announce that it is a silly joke – I am sure that is not going to happen) Over the last [...]
Mar 30 2011
Did you see the great article in the TES magazine last week? It is titled ICT – Those who can, tweet. Are you on twitter yet? I think if you are reading this blog then you are probably already using it – if not then please sign up and start. This is a great article [...]
Mar 24 2011
I am sure you know that Microsoft’s European Innovative Education Forum is going on at the moment in Moscow, it actually ends with the gala dinner tonight where the European award winners will be announced. You can follow the tweets from the conference here: #mspil You can also read more about the conference here on [...]
Mar 10 2011
Has the subject of learning platforms joined those of politics and religion to form a trinity of topics one should avoid talking about in polite society? Having been engaged in a flurry of fact-finding, interviewing people and other research on learning platforms for a chapter I’ve been asked to write for a forthcoming book about [...]
Mar 02 2011
We want to hear from you – we are looking for small teams of students to take part in the Student Voice Technology Showcase – a FREE day event at the University of Plymouth as part of Day 1 of the worldwide Plymouth e-learning conference. The overall best student presentation will receive a prize. In [...]
Mar 01 2011
Have you signed up for The Alite National Conference 2011 yet? It is at the Ricoh arena in Coventry on Friday the 18th March. It looks like an absolutely brilliant programme. Alistair Smith visited 20 of the country’s top performing non-selective state schools to find out what made them successful. High Performers is the Conference [...]
