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UK's Xmas treat – a regeneration of STEM innovation
UK learning is dislocated from national priorities and it's time for a major rethink, says Adrian Oldknow The UK has a crisis – what’s new? No, it’s not just the collapse of the financial institutions...
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Touching the future – kids join in staff development
Teacher educator Steve Bunce attends innovative professional development where learners star“It wasn’t like this in my day,” was the dry, opening under-statement from primary headteacher Carl Faulkner...
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Worries over funding confusion for free schools
A rash of education changes has brought worries about clarity and transparency. Fiona Mclean reportsGovernment leadership for schools has come in for fresh criticism, this time from the All-Party...
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Teaching Schools get a grip on ICT with new group
After an 18-month hiatus, ICT is back up the agenda and school leaders are already on the move The end to the post-election silence on ICT for learning and teaching in English schools, signalled by...
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Teaching school leaders greet ‘ICT for Schools 2.0’
How can educators keep abreast of ICT? The New Technologies Advisory Board will helpAs UK educators meet the next wave of technology – call it ICT for Schools 2.0 – England's new teaching schools have...
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Welcome to Google's first UK 'server-free school'
Tony Parkin finds a new solution for sustainable schools ICT at the NAACE Conference Imagine a server-free school – no capital equipment procurement headaches, no need to install and upgrade...
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'Computer studies' new wave breaking for schools
A new GCSE computer science course from exam board AQA that, among other things, gets students to design and create their own mobile apps has been launched with support from Microsoft. And the US...
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Gove's 'analogue agenda in digital world' - Labour
The Department for Education's decision to close down it's Technology Policy Unit is another sign from education Secretary Michael Gove MP that he is "intent on promoting an analogue curriculum in a...
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'Hwyl and Hwb' digital plan goes to Welsh assembly
Welsh educators have created a compelling vision. Can the politicians deliver?Welsh Assembly minister for education and skills Leighton Andrews AM has today (Thursday, March 29) been given a unique...
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Northern Ireland ramps network for 'Curly Wurly' costs
As Westminster struggles with ICT, innovative school provision surges ahead in Northern IrelandOne of the world’s biggest schools networks – Northern Ireland’s C2K (Classroom 2000) which links 1,200...
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DfE warned of dangers of ICT curriculum 'knee jerk'
Naace and the Education and Skills Commission warn of rush to change ICT curriculum, writes Bob HarrisonEducation secretary Michael Gove MP has received the first considered responses to his proposal...
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Does not compute? The search for consensus
With a policy decision on ICT expected, Tony Parkin sounds out academics at the London Knowledge Lab“You wait 30 years for someone to listen to your ideas and then, suddenly, 100 come along at once!”...
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'Finnishing schools' – is England ready for equity?
Tony Parkin gets the lowdown on Finland's PISA success – and pedagogy really does trump technologyA focus on equity in education, not on achievement , is the key policy driver that has taken Finland to...
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Gove blames DfE tech for need for private channel
Michael Gove tells BBC he doesn't think much of the Dfe's ICT – or the Freedom of Information Act"Sometimes bad ideas generate good thinking." That, and poor technology supplied by the Department for...
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Goodbye The Schools Network, welcome back SSAT
Will it be business as usual at the 'new' SSAT? Tony Parkin and Merlin John report The work of The Schools Network, the education charitable trust possibly still better known under its previous name of...
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Should schools switch to 'revenue model' for ICT?
Tony Parkin gets the latest ICT guidance from the Schools Funding AgencyDo schools really need to own their ICT equipment? After all, it immediately becomes a depreciating asset. Revenue-funded ICT...
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Scotland picks Microsoft for next phase of Glow
After the controversy, the Scottish Government opts for Microsoft's Office 365 for Glow2The Scottish Government is entering a new partnership with RM and Microsoft to use Office 365 for the next stage...
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Learning2Go 2.0 opens doors to iPads and Android
Learning2Go is spreading the tablet revolution for learning. Dave Broadfield reportsOne of the UK’s largest, longest running and most successful mobile learning projects, Wolverhampton’s Learnng2Go, is...
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Computing at School sets brave targets for GCSEs
Bob Harrison drops in on the Computing at School conference to check progressGoogle boss Eric Schmidt's McTaggart lecture was the lever that pressed the Coalition Government into action to reform the...
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Teaching schools ICT group starts research with audit
New Technologies Advisory Board starts schools ICT capability audit with Vital The announcement by education secretary Michael Gove MP at the National College’s Seizing Success conference, that he will...
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