The UK has come in 9th in the World Economic Forum’s Network Readiness Index with Denmark and Sweden coming in front. This is an improvement on our 10th ranking in 2005-6. The US has dropped from 1st in 2005-6 to 7th in 2006-7. Looking at the last three years it seems that those in the [...]
‘Derek’s Blog‘ has a link to a good piece of research for those of you interested in pupils’ use of new web technologies. This survey of Web 2.0 was funded by JISC as part of the SPIRE project which looks at peer-to-peer technologies in education. A summary of the findings can be found here.
I’ve been involved in a couple or recent projects looking at new school builds and refits. The usual situation is one where there is a pot of capital cash set aside for ICT that is used to buy computers, whiteboards, projectors and so on. The procurement and installation charges are usually considered separately from the [...]
There is a long interview in Popular Science with Will Wright the creator of Sims. One of the interesting themes in the article is the role of failure in learning with simulations and games. Will describes how a child will begin a game and fail many times as they work out the rules and how [...]
Learning, teaching and managing with ICT: Funding guidance for schools and local authorities 2007-08 has been published by Becta. This is essential reading for those involved in ICT in UK schools. This post is a quick notice–I will look at aspects and implications in more detail later. Things to note: Becta published this not the DfES for the [...]