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Naace has a key role in the development and delivery of the ICT Mark working with our partner, the awarding body, Becta. The ICT Mark is an accreditation for schools who have reached nationally agreed levels within the Becta self-review framework.

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Welcome to the Spring 2010 issue of Advancing Education in which we bring you Naace's draft guidance on Securing Innovation under BSF Managed Service Contracts, a critique of current approaches to research on the impact of ICT in education, a paper demonstrating exactly why learning platforms are so important when the weather turns nasty and a fascinating paper on children using communications technologies. Add in the annual report on the BETT show, news on Vital, an update on JISC collections and more and there is plenty to keep readers happy as they make their way to Blackpool for the Strategic Conference.

The Classroom Quality Standards (CQS) provide a universal, classroom level, self-evaluation tool to support schools in improving provision for their more able, gifted and talented pupils. http://ygt.dcsf.gov.uk/LibraryResources.aspx?libraryId=12
Following this consultation, revised versions will be provided on CD-ROMs and made available free to all schools. Here is Naace's response.

The Naace Annual Strategic Conference and Exhibition opened in Torquay in early March 2008. This is the definitive ICT Conference in the UK for all those involved in advancing education through the use of modern technologies in learning and teaching.

Advancing Education is the main Naace journal and is an eclectic mix of academic and action research papers, reports from sponsoring partners, indeed anything to do with advancing the use of ICT across education. and reports covering all phases of education. As such it reflects the wide ranging interests of members and sponsors. The journal is published online three times a year.

The next issue (Spring 2010) will be available next week

The deadline for submissions for the Summer 2010 issue is 31st May 2010.

Naace will be responding in due course to the Byron Review following consultation with Members. At this stage we are pleased to relay the Association’s views in response to questions in Chapter 3 of Staying Safe. While we recognise that vulnerable children and young people need to be protected and need to learn how they can protect themselves, it is our view that good practice in the safe use of communication technologies should apply to all children in all educational settings.