With changes in legislation governing school communication coming in to force in September, many schools are refreshing or rebuilding their websites over the summer holidays. But what should you consider when creating a website for a school? What are your audience looking for when they visit your website? Our top tips for a successful school [...]
I have just completed the most interesting and varied year of my career to date and now that it’s summer, I can finally get off the rollercoaster and enjoy a few weeks of calm. I have been employed for two days a week as acting head of ICT in a secondary school. Not to go [...]
I’ve just received a tweet from Alan Teece as follows: School learning platforms a complete failure. In over 40 secondary school visits since easter, 90% make no use and the rest limited. Scandal I have seen really good use of learning platforms by a very small number of staff in a few schools, other than [...]
The DFE recently announced new legislation concerning school websites which comes into effect for the 1st of September 2012. In summary, the new legislation is removing the requirement for schools to provide a paper prospectus and is instead requiring schools to have all of the information available online. Is your website ready? Do you have a description [...]
Reach into the Toolbox #9 The Photosynth tools from Microsoft allow you to create visually stunning photographs from single images which are then ‘stitched’ together. The example below was taken by my colleague Steph as we left the BETT show in January 2012. A view of BETT 2012 on Wednesday evening as the last visitors were leaving. [...]
Reach into the Toolbox #8 Wallwisher in an online noticeboard which can be filled with ideas, thoughts, notes, opinions, facts etc by everyone and anyone. It’s a bit like sticking post-it notes onto a big sheet of paper. You can also post links to pictures, videos, Powerpoint presentations, spreadsheets and PDF documents. If planning to [...]
Reach into the Toolbox #7 The Teacher Training Video website has been created by Russell Stannard, a principal teaching fellow at the University of Warwick working in the Center for Applied Linguistics. He has created a wide range of videos to help students and educators learn how to use new technology tools and apply them in the [...]
Reach into the Toolbox #6 I must begin with week’s blog with a confession – I am absolutely rubbish at art or anything remotely artistic, I know nothing, I am completely incompetent. At primary school my teacher had to salvage all of my efforts to make them look like something recognisable. My secondary school art [...]
Reach into the Toolbox #5 I know this is old hat…..I know Photostory has been around for years…. but I absolutely love this free download from Microsoft. This simple wizard based programme allows you to upload and edit images, add text, narration and music as well as play with image transitions and effects. The resulting effect is [...]
Happy Leap Day from Education Reach! Today is a very special day, not only because of our excitement trying to get hold of the Raspberry Pi this morning, but also because of a brilliant project running today. The 29th of February only comes around once every 4 years and @deputymitchell (David Mitchell, Deputy Head at Heathfield Primary [...]
