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  • The changing face of Data

    Change never stops. There is always something else. Kyu Shin Do. Kaizen. The latest thing I have a chance to work on, is to support schools as they get to grips with the changes that GDPR brings. But isn’t this another piece of red tape that will be a burden to schools? Well, yes, there…

  • The College of Teaching – Thoughts from an Educationalist

    I’ve never been one for being shy when I have had an opinion. This is a good and a bad thing. Because of my professional contacts and friendships, the areas where I have spoken out and some of the targets I have openly set people within the education sector some might be mistaken that I…

  • Naace Impact Awards pt 2

    It was quite a lovely shock to find that I won an award today. Last year Naace took the brave step of introducing an award aimed at technical staff in schools. At the time, when speaking with some peers from the technical community, some expressed concern about how a “bunch of teachers and LA folk…

  • Naace ICT Impact Awards

    It felt very strange on Thursday whilst down at BETT … I was nervous, excited, pensive and lots of other things which generally mean I was not too sure how to feel. I had been put forward for an award and was waiting to hear about being shortlisted. Naace has no doubt about the impact…

  • Internet Safety Talking Point 2

    This is my latest blog post based on Scott McLeod’s 26 Internet Safety Talking Points. Over the next few weeks I am looking at each point to tease apart the ideals behind them, to try to see both sides of the discussion and to share examples about who others have work on the issues. A lot…

  • To Block or Not to Block, that isn’t the question!

    With kind permission I am reposting Scott McLeod‘s ‘Dangerously Irrelevant’ Blog Post about 26 Internet Safety Talking Points. I hope to then follow this up by looking at each point (one a day perhaps) to strip it down and look at both sides of the point. —————– For Leadership Day 2012, I thought I would gather in…

  • Is Change Really That Hard?

    I’m going to let you all into a little secret. Technologies changes. Phew … thank goodness I was able to get that one off my chest. It has been eating me up ever since I got involved in technology in education all those years ago! Ok, tongue firmly in cheek but you would be surprised…

  • Apple Workshops – Deploying iPads in Bulk

    After a week of looking at the best way to cover the different variations of using Apple Configurator it seemed like destiny to come across a thread on EduGeek which looked at one of the principle methods by which schools could make use of Apple Configurator and iTunes. The thread can be found HERE and…

  • Tech Support – By Schools, For Schools

    I know some of you might already recognise the phrase including in the title, as it is a central tenet of the ICT Register, but the same ethos is wide spread within the education community. It doesn’t matter whether you are talking about school staff getting together at TeachMeets, having in-depth discussions via twitter though things…

  • Think … erm … Different (part 2)

    Thanks to all for the positive response to part one of the report on the Apple Birmingham Leadership Event. I have tried to continue to be as open as I can about the day, and whilst there is still considerable criticism in some parts about Apple and their strategy on technology, I hope I am…