Why teach global issues?
Teaching the National Curriculum is a challenge in itself. So is the idea of enhancing the curriculum with a global dimension yet another thing to squeeze in, or could it be the solution to bringing the existing curriculum more to life?
Secondary Curriculum Review
QCA has launched a review of the NC for KS3-4. […]

If you think that social network sites such as My Space and Bebo are just for teenagers and pop groups, then think again.
It is now possible to set up a social network of your own and customise it for a group of people with the same interests as you.
Ning.com provides a free service with similar […]

This is a brilliant video called the Machine is Us.  It explains web2.0 by using web2.0.  Very inspirational.
To view it click here

The NSPCC is encouraging young people using online social networking sites to speak out about child abuse as part of its new Don’t Hide It initiative which was launched on 14th May.
See: http://www.donthideit.com/
Earlier this year the NSPCC ran a self-selecting online survey on www.Habbo.co.uk . Here’s a quote from the NSPCC online press release:
“There were 2,053 responses […]

 
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It is clear that technology has a significant role to play to inspire and motivate our learners.  We all know that WWW stands for World Wide Web.  However, many schools have yet to realise its true potential for bringing the real world into the classroom.  Communication […]

We started using online surveys using surveyatschool as a teaching tool to generate real data for our students to analyse (see online surveys post).  We then realised that we could use the same tool for us to find out more about the ICT needs of our students and teachers.
Student Voice Surveys
We have created two surveys […]

On Wednesday I am speaking at the iNET National Conference.  You can download my presentation here.
There are lots of basic, easy to use web tools to enable students to communicate safely with a real audience.  Here are some examples:
Online Survey - Our students wrote survey questions and we put them online using surveyatschool.  This year […]

BETT is well known for its freebies, but you can also spend some serious money.  I resisted the temptation of gonks and lollipops and hunted down free innovative ideas instead.
Free Advice
From a wide range of talks, I attended a NAACE Seminar given by Robert Hart of intuitivemedia on personalised learning using ICT.  The message is […]

How to set up Flashmeeting
Flashmeeting is a very basic video conference application.  It does not require any specialised software except flash (version 7 or above).  You can communicate using a microphone.  You can use a webcam as well, but it is not neccessary.  Only one person can speak at a time so it does not […]

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 […]