KS3 ICT test should be ‘optional’
The Government set the ambitious goal of producing an online KS3 ICT test that marked itself.  However, the National Assessment Agency has now recommended that the exam should not become statutory (see BBC news article).  This announcement coincides with two key reports stating that the current curriculum is restricted by […]

Who cares how you get to school?!!
Having to create a survey and analyse the results can be quite a tricky and time consuming business.  Therefore, students are often given data sets of ready made, often fictitious, answers.  Also the same old themes seem to be used over and over again.  To be frank, very few students are […]

Online Conference
There will be a flashmeeting conference to share ideas on how to best prepare staff and students for the tests.  Due to the announcement that the tests are not to be compulsary in 2008, we will also discuss how ICT should be assessed in the future.
It will take place from 15:30-16:30 on Thursday 25th […]

I’ve just read the futurelab article on personalised learning.  I’d really reccomend it as a ‘good read’.  In many regards personalised learning seems rather blue sky.  However, there are lots of small ways in which we can start to make personalised learning a reality.      
 

Personalised Learning in ICT at Notre Dame 
Our ICT Dept has put all our KS3 and […]

This week I am running a flashmeeting video conference for  ICT trainees and teachers from Norfolk and Suffolk.  We are going to try to answer the following questions:

What teaching routines do you use?
How do you deliver the KS3 ICT units?
How have you adapted the sample units to make them better to teach?
How do you assess KS3 ICT?
What would […]

This week I am giving training to ICT trainees and teachers from Norfolk and Suffolk.  We are going to try to answer the following questions:

What teaching routines do you use?
How do you deliver the KS3 ICT units?
How have you adapted the sample units to make them better to teach?
How do you assess KS3 ICT?
What would you do […]

I was recently asked to help write an article on enhancing the curriculum with a global dimension for the TES.  The article is called Virtual Travel Broadens the Mind, to view it click here .
TES have recently launched an online resource bank to enable teachers to share their ideas and resources.  I’ve put some of […]

This week I’m giving training to my first ever group of ICT GTPs.  We are going to explore what ingredients you need to make a good ICT lesson.
I have created the following task so that they can experience what it is like to be a student in an ICT lesson.  To view the lesson, click […]

 At Notre Dame we believe that it is better to teach students how to use computers and the internet responsibly, rather than locking the whole thing down so that they have hardly any freedom at all.
We remind all our students of our Acceptable Use Policy at the begining of the year.  It explains to them that they […]

PEACE ONE DAY is the story of one man’s attempts to persuade the global community via the United Nations to officially sanction a global day of peace. The UN International Day of Peace is now fixed in the calendar on 21st September annually.
I have created a webpage of resources to help schools celebrate the day. […]