The new guidelines from Ofsted are now upon us, with an increased emphasis on e-safety. Ofsted will now be looking out for signs that schools have policies and procedures in place that aim to protect and educate staff and pupils in the safe use of technology. Here at Education Reach we are encouraging schools to [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
The credit-card sized computer designed to help teach children to program code has gone on sale today. Raspberry Pi is a low-cost, simple computer created by a small group of people from the education world and the UK tech industry. It is sold uncased without a keyboard or monitor, the Pi has gained much interest [...]
The Department of Education have today opened consultation on the scrapping of the ICT programme of study and associated attainment targets. The DfE are asking for your opinion on the following questions: 1a) Do you agree with the Government’s proposal that the statutory Programmes of Study for ICT should be disapplied in maintained schools in [...]
Well Michael Gove thinks the way forward is to take on board the Rasberry Pi. I fear that some schools will make large purchases of the new product when it becomes available, on the recommendation of a rather ‘technical’ type, only to find a very limited use with the majority of students. Programming is important [...]
The atmosphere of the BETT Show 2012 was generally quite subdued yesterday with one great exception … Google! The staff on their stand were buzzing with the excitement of Michael Gove’s announcement yesterday mentioning Google directly and without doubt the best set of freebies in the show were to be found with Google branding! A [...]
Typically for a politician, Gove spent the majority of the speech telling us what we already knew about the state of ict in this country with a bit of history thrown in. The whole experience was a bit like having to sit through an episode of Eastenders when you know the cliffhanger is at the [...]
Michael Gove is presenting his new idea today as he opens the BETT 2012 Show at Olympia in London. He proposes that schools will be give more freedom to teach ICT more creatively. Wow! Impressive stuff! See: http://gu.com/p/34te6/tf
The Education Reach team will be visiting the BETT 2012 Show at Olympia in London. This will inform our people and update the team on the latest issues. The show is dedicated to showcasing the best in UK and international educational technology products, resources and best practice, BETT has enabled thousands of practitioners to enhance [...]
