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  • 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…

  • You say Computing, I say ICT…

    It was interesting to see some of the education twitterverse today. From elation and smugness with the reversal and changes to proposals around GCSEs, to frustration and annoyance about the opening of the consultation on the draft National Curriculum … and then you hit the screams of joy or unbelief after ICT is slapped for…

  • 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…

  • BETT – Mr Gove’s Speech

    It was interesting to finally get to an opening keynote at BETT and it turns out to be Mr Gove, Secretary of State for Education. Having read a few newspaper articles over breakfast most of us knew the basics of what the speech was going to say, but we all know and appreciate that, short…

  • 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…

  • BSF and ICT

    As well as stuff from NAACE2009, there have been a few other sessions I have been to looking at BSF. Over the weekend I’ll put up some notes on this and things that I am looking at. The first thing I need to say is that I feel bad that I am going along to…

  • 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.…