Archived Articles on ICT & Technology

These articles are about the use of Information & Communication Technologies in schools.

• Learning From Mistakes With School-Based Technology - here's a painless way of learning from Matthew Ohlsen’s mistakes!
• Mindmeister - a collaborative online mind mapping program that can be used, in its basic form, for free.
• The Law of Accelerating Returns - "... technological change is exponential, contrary to the common-sense "intuitive linear" view.” ...  we won't experience 100 years of progress in the 21st century - it will be more like 20,000 years of progress at today's rate."
• Online via Video on Demand - you will need to register to use this site. Registration is free- a free satellite channelthat airs professional development and instructional programs funded by Annenberg Media."
• School Network Manager - link to the Maximise website page. Use the "The Network Manager" link on the left side menu to get to the page that discusses the skills needed for a school network manager.
• Schools' e-Safety Policy and Guidance - the Schools' e-Safety Strategy Group comprises Teachers, Officers, Child Protection and Kent Police to advise on online safety in Kent schools.
• Kennedy Middle School Stimulates Learning with Multimedia, Computing Power
• Reducing Teacher Workload - ways in which Compton CE Primary School and Grinling Gibbons Primary School (both in the UK) used ICT to enhance learning and teaching and reduce teacher workload.
• Making a difference with technology for learning: evidence for school leaders.
• The Maximise Website - a list of a range of sites that have software that enables educators to compose surveys, quizzes etc.
• Teachers Report Assistant - free software to help teachers with report writing - for  Windows 95/98/ME/NT4/2000/XP.
• How to make your own recordings for the web for free - use of the free Audacity software program to edit sound recordings for posting on websites or sharing with parents and other audiences via email and CDs is becoming popular with educators.
• Becta TechNews Newsletter - this is a technology, news and analysis service for educators (UK).
• Grid Club - the CyberCafe is an integral part of the Internet Proficiency Scheme developed to help teachers educate children on staying safe on the Internet.
• ICT - Maximise Excellence in Education - about embedding ICTs in teachers' regular classroom practices.
• Learning2Go uses mobile handheld computers to engage learners by delivering multimedia content, internet and authoring tools to the palm of a learner's hand. Click here to go the website.
• Rethinking Bulletin Boards - ideas about using bulletin boards to advance learning.
• ICT in Education - Videos of winning ideas (UK site).
• Digital Place-Based Storytelling: "Find a story ... Map a story ... Tell a story".
• A Handheld Classroom in Action - a variety of activities and how they used in the classroom.
• 101 Web Marketing Ideas & Tips - numerous ideas and tips on setting up a site.
• The Digital Portfolio: A Richer Picture of Student Performance - ways to plan, organize and deliver digital folios.
• Supporting learning with ICT in pre-school settings - ways to incorporate ICT learning into pre-schools.
• The online learning environment of the Royal Masonic School - an example of a constantly changing school website.
• Handheld computer learning - a review of the keynote speakers at the Handheld conference that was held in London in 2006.
  
• Handheld Computer Learning 2006 Review - a report on the October Handheld Computer Learning conference in London.
• WebLabs report - new ways for young learners to think and talk about mathematical and scientific ideas.
• Social Software and Learning - the relationship between the emergence of social software and the personalisation of education.
• Technology in schools: what the research says - commissioned by Cisco Systems.