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Category: IT Management

  • The Perils & Pitfalls of Mobile Tech in Schools

    I do have the occasional rant about things. Most of the time it is down to having passion about things I believe in or it is intend to grab the attention of others to make them think. Last night at TeachMeet Midlands 2011 it was a bit of both. I recently spent a good 30…

  • Red Tape or Legal Backing

    I know I’ve been a bit quiet recently. This is mainly down to workload (lots of meetings), a lot if DIY (converting part of the house/garage into a home office) and bouts of Man-Flu. However, I have been inspired a bit with a new group I have been involved in over on LinkedIn. There is…

  • The James Review … what does it really mean for tech in schools?

    The report is quite comprehensive in the breakdown of problems, but has to summarise some of them and it means some of the detail is missed. It also uses some language which misses out on opportunities to pin things down. It suffers from vagueness … Although ICT is mentioned in a number of areas, a…

  • All Change

    It is not often that a change in something really makes me sad but this week there has been a change to EduGeek.net. It was wonderful to finally hear, last month, the announcement that Shaun (Zerohour) had become a full time partner in EduGeek and I know it will help Chris take EduGeek forward. Shaun…

  • TeachMeet Midlands

    I was unable to make Teachmeet Midlands due to the intervention of Real Life, but I do like to make sure that they are supported, have a good enough contribution from a wide range of people and so on … As a result I have decided to do a number of short video clips (nothing…

  • Establishing an ‘SEP’ field is not always the best answer!

    I’ve previously written about the importance of having some understanding about Project Management within a school. Generally this has been centred around change management and communication strategies, but a recent, local project has highlighted another area that needs to be looked at. There are a number of national systems which have some interesting security requirements,…

  • The Ignorant Bliss Of The Idealist

    It seems a bit strange to say this, but I may have said some stuff that was wrong. Yes … me … saying I could have been wrong. Then again I could have been perfectly right and this is just a cunning plan to make people feel sorry for me and make them pay attention…

  • I’m sure I had some budget left?

    Let’s face it … we have all had this thought in our heads at some point in the school year. We may have even said it out loud in front of the Bursar / Business Manager as we try to sneak an order in for something. We may be at the point of having to…

  • Important changes to Microsoft Licences

    There have been many folk who have had many a rant about the cost of licences from the various companies out there … whether it is the cost … whether it is the arguments about the suitability of proprietary software (even if it does work and work well too!) … or the complexity about the…

  • Isn’t EduBlogs brilliant?!

    Yes … the EduBlog Awards are here again and once again it is wonderful to see Ray Fleming’s Microsoft UK Schools Blog has been nominated in the Best eLearning / Corporate Education Blog and I would heartily recommend a well deserved vote for him … but I would also say that all of the other…