As the Head of ICT and a Year 8 tutor (12-13 yr olds), I regularly get called upon to investigate inappropriate Facebook activity by pupils who are not legally allowed to have a Facebook account because they are underage. Listening to Luke DeLaney at Learning Without Frontiers in January 2011 (pictured here), he
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There are some who worry about GAfE. They often do not use the suite of apps. Should you be interested in understanding the myths that are written and said about Google Apps, read this blog post: http://henrythiele.blogspot.com/2010/11/roadblocks-in-deploying-google-apps-fud.html Google Apps, for me, provide an essential part of working online because they draw together lots of services.
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Having read @jamesmichie‘s post Beware Walled Garden’s Part 1, I was unable not to comment. I am currently writing the review of my school’s ICT strategic plan and aiming to incorporate some ambitious yet simple milestones that might underpin my belief that schools must embrace managed systems and not (please, no, never) locked down
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A long day making this and I learnt a lot. Detailed post to follow later. Please say which bits you like best in the comments? Thanks.
Moodle INSET We organised an INSET morning for our VLE, Moodle. As with most schools, the VLE is slow to catch on. This is only the second training session in our third year. First time around I made the huge mistake of focussing on creating courses and uploading files. This was a bad idea because
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daibarnes - @davidErogers Can do 14:00 if easier?? 17 hours ago 
