Monthly Archives: March 2006
The Budget
The following extract has been taken from this years Budget statement, I have extracted it from the eGov monitor website:
Conference Blog
We have now set up a blog specifically for our Learning in the 21st Century conference on 5th April.
CPD Opportunities
I have now put all the cpd courses for Secondary ICT teachers into our ICT Community on Digitalbrain. Most courses will have a phase focus, and this is indicated by a (S) or (P), but some are cross phase. Some … Continue reading
Ban the pencil
I have just read this article on Education World, and I have to say it made me chuckle.
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Simluations
The Christian Aid website contains a variety of resources for teachers to use, the resources include several simulations for pupils aged 9 – 16+, there are both free simulations and ones you can purchase for between £2.50 and £3.99.
GameMaker
After a successful session yesterday when I introduced the T&W hands on support team and a teacher from Abraham Darby to GameMaker I promised to put some links to support pages here.
We’ve moved
The Educationblog has moved to this new environment. We’re now going to run a wordpress blog, as we’ve been struggling under the weight of spam on b2evolution. Let’s hope things improve. You will still be able to get to the … Continue reading
Using Web 2.0 for surveys – death knell for MS Access?
From Tim Lauer’s blog I found Zoho Creator at the Zoho stable, a Web 2.0 app in public beta that lets you build your own database-like web apps quickly, easily and with no coding knowledge. Having spent 5 mins creating … Continue reading
DiDA: Lifespan of the SPB’s extended
I have just received this via Richard Parry, Bridgnorth Endowed School: The lifespan for the SPB has recently been extended. As a result candidates are able to submit eportfolios in: December 2005 June 2006 December 2006 June 2007 That means … Continue reading
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Marking your own DiDA
The marking of DiDA courses seems to be causing a lot of concern at the moment, from a discussion group I am a member of came a link to this ‘Mark your own DiDA project‘ webpage (it doesn’t work with … Continue reading
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