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  • Naace Annual Strategic Conference 2009

    A pretty good conference with a good bunch of folk ( I can’t even say “for consultants and advisors” any more!) The various sessions generally hit the mark or provoked thought and discussion and rather than do a single post of it all I’ll summarise most of it and the break down a few sessions.…

  • Information overload, communication underload

    I have a number of things to blog about at the moment after the NAACE conference 2009, but I am still aware I have a pile of notes from BETT to put up and some more sharepoint stuff too… too many conferences / shows, too much operational work and not enough time to sit down…

  • The future of technology in education

    It is that time of the year when a gathering of folk head off to the NAACE conference, so I am ok the train up to Blackpool as I type. I have a few interesting sessions booked including a look at Microsoft’s view of where technology is going, the growth of ICT under BSF and…

  • When is a Geek not a Geek?

    When he has spent his holiday as a painter and decorator. Admittedly, this has given me time to catch up on some podcasts and this week I have mainly been listening to EdTechRoudUp (#etru is the hashtag on twitter now), Digital Planet, JISC Podcasts, The Art Of Service (good old ITIL), The IT Training Podcast,…

  • The Promised Post – how to annoy teachers, techies, LAs and RBCs in one go!

    I’ll be honest and say that there will be something in this post for everyone … something positive and something that will knock you down so that it makes you re-examine a few of your preconceptions and practices! I make no apologies for this and have done it purely to get people to think all…

  • Geeking again

    You know when you are a geek when you are listening to a podcast on your phone, you hear about a tool to allow you to post to your wordpress blog and so you have to go and try it. Well I did and here it is. It means that I can draft some ideas…

  • Vision Statements

    We have all read them at one point or another. That 6 page document that is meant to explain everything about how wonderful things will be in the future of project X or Y. The next stage of reading a few is to try and translate them based on examples of application of technologies to…

  • Web 2.0 – It’s Alive!

    It’s true you know … there is a real world example of using web 2.0 for student voice and parental engagement. I couldn’t believe it when I heard it was something so simple, easy to duplicate and it only took the brave step of one Head to think that something that had been in place…