Many people find Max Bosoit’s* model helpful when considering where a school or college is in relation to a rapidly changing (or ‘turbulent’) context–such as the one we experience with technology. We are assuming here that turbulence runs counter to strategy, as strategy is concerned with taking control.Bosoit identifies four types of response to turbulence: [...]
There is a truism in industry about not outsourcing a mess. The same applies to education. Commercial reasons for outsourcing are well known: improve efficiencies to increase revenue and market share; bring in external expertise; and allow managers to focus on core competencies. The same reasons apply to schools and colleges. Of particular importance to [...]
“Yeah, we use a lot of open source stuff, I quite like the philosophy,” said the network manager of a college I have recently worked in. She then listed the individual pieces of software that keep the systems running, the e-mail routing and the web content hosted. Her manager (on the SMT) naturally had no [...]
Having listened to much of the noise being generated about the Asus eeePC I finally gave in and bought one. Like many others I have to say that I am impressed. I needed a small gadget that I could take on the road, has a proper keyboard and a good display. The Asus seems to [...]
There is an article over on the BBC’s Click site about what it is like one year on in Microsoft’s school in West Philadelphia. There is hardly a book in sight. Every student is issued a laptop and not much else to complete their studies. Homework projects are e-mailed to all the students, and their [...]
I am pleased to announce that my new company, Tim Eaglestone Consulting Ltd, is now set up and ready for business. I aim to provide consultancy, e-learning and web services to schools and local authorities. I am looking forward to being independent and self-employed!
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 [...]