Our primary school visit this term was to Westfields Junior School in Yateley, Hampshire, where we met with Karine George, her team and her pupils. As well as a good number of Leading Leading Network members we were also joined by two local schools visiting for the learning walk, and…
It was a great pleasure, as always, to return to Anson Primary School for one of our school visits during the November 2012 meeting. Following a delicious Moroccan lunch in the still pristine dining room that had opened just before our last visit in 2010, we heard from Simon about…
On November 8th 2012, the Leading Leaders Network were invited to join other participants from schools and universities around the country at their “Using innovative technologies in the classroom” event, organised as part of the ESRC Festival of Social Science. We received a very warm welcome as part of a…
If you don’t have a voting system handy, you can use this website to run instant polls. Just ask a question and your group of students or staff can then respond by text message, Twitter or via a web browser. You can then embed the responses in an automatically updating…
Augmented reality app for the iPhone, iPad or iPod touch. It augments your view of the real world with additional videos, music or 3D animations. More information on iTunes
Create and play your own games on the iPad or iPhone using this app. Great introduction to games writing and can be used in many subjects as part of a games based learning unit. More information on iTunes
Take screenshots on your PC, record screencasts (up to 5 minutes) and share them with others. Simple, easy and free. Find out more on the Techsmith website
An interactive “whiteboard” app for the iPad which makes it easy to create a video tutorial by touching, tapping and talking. More information on iTunes
One of the great things about Leading Leaders Network meetings is hearing feedback from colleagues about progress that they have been making with using ICT in school in many different ways, and about the impact that it is having. As always we are astounded by the developments you are leading…
A discussion about the ICT Curriculum – followed, however with the distinct lack of clarity, the errors at DFE that meant the Annex A draft proposals were not posted and therefore the consultation period was extended, (consultation ends 18 July, with likely implementation from 1st September) the group could only…