The English Vocabulary Profile (currently available for free) allows you to see the vocabulary that learners of English at each level of proficiency can be expected to demonstrate. Useful for anyone doing investigations into non-native speakers, and language learning. This Module covers the basics of Google Apps Education Edition and how you can use Google Apps on your school domain. 
Recent developments in technology for schools, what to consider when planning to acquire new technology and sources of further information.
Nicola McNee - a school librarian,s impassioned and practical plea for a more open approach to internet access in schools. 
In case you haven’t noticed Facebook and Twitter do social networking really well. All of my students use Facebook and quite a number of them use Twitter. Why would I choose to engage them in a social network that has zero credibility when they are already participating in the two most powerful and engaging online communities that exist? 
Acceptable Use Agreements for schools 
Unlock the web to unlock the learning: wiki resource page. 
This collaborative blog and curated collection of free and open resources is produced by the Digital Media and Learning Research Hub, which is dedicated to analyzing and interpreting the impact of the Internet and digital media on education, civic engagement, and youth. A recent Ofsted report, ICT in Schools 2008-11, mentions e-safety in schools. It notes that all the schools visited for the three-year survey ensured that pupils were well informed about the safe use of the internet and were able to use it in a responsible and safe way. |
Blog on the process of implementing Google Apps for Education in a school.
The following are a series of age specific acceptable use agreements and guidelines. They are intended to to establish a suitable moral and ethical approach to the use of technology in its various forms. This report is based on evidence from a small-scale survey carried out between April and July 2009 in 35 maintained schools in England. It evaluates the extent to which the schools taught pupils to adopt safe and responsible practices in using new technologies, and how they achieved this. It also assesses the extent and quality of the training the schools provided for their staff. It responds to the report of the Byron Review, Safer children in a digital world. 
The key to persuading people is in helping them to understand this spiral which reflects the development of the Internet over the last 10 years or so. [...] Share real life examples of how the different tools you use have impacted on your teaching, your learners, your business or simply your quality of life. Let’s get educating those naysayers!
Cooking up a storm - mobile devices in schools Paul Haigh Senior Assistant Headteacher Notre Dame High School, Sheffield
When it comes to upgrading education to the 21st Century, those who are less supportive of change, often hide behind, or are frightened of...
This site is about assisting educational leaders to learn about & use technology to enhance their own professional learning and transform learning and achievement for the learners in their organisations 
Can social media be a distraction? Absolutely. Will some students access questionable content? Yes. But many students use social media to enhance their learning, expand the reach of the classroom and fashion their own personal learning networks. 
Just before Christmas Google announced the YouTube for Schools platform, which runs through a schools Google Apps for Edu account, allowing students to access... |
