http://www.naace.co.uk/ The Naace website provides information about Naace's activities in the field of ICT in education. en-gb Sun, 06 Jul 2008 17:21:00 GMT Copyright Naace 2006 - 2008 http://validator.w3.org/feed/docs/rss2.html 60 http://www.naace.co.uk//graphics/naace_rss.png http://www.naace.co.uk/ In the July issue of Sharing Success, Christina Preston will be our live guest in the 'hotseat'. Our first live session will coincide with the 'Safe Social Networking Conference' to be held at the WLE Centre at the Institute of Education in London on Thursday 10th July between 4-5pm. Please post questions before during and after the live session! Christina Preston advocates the application of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) as a catalyst for change in teaching and learning (www.mirandanet.ac.uk). She is the Founder and Chair of the international MirandaNet Fellowship established in 1992. The MirandaNet Fellowship was established in response to a need expressed amongst teachers for a supportive community of peers who would mentor each other in the exploration of ICT potential in teaching and learning (www.mirandanet.ac.uk). The MirandaNet Fellowship strives to span national, cultural, commercial and political divides to provide an innovative and inclusive forum for professionals. Fellows who share their experience and expertise are building a professional knowledge base about the use of digital technologies in transforming teaching and learning. Interaction between educators, researchers, industry and government is at the heart of the learning processes that underpin and support good practice. Individual learning patterns and talents are celebrated through practice-based research strategies, peer e-mentoring and collaborative knowledge-building. Dissemination and publication are central to the Fellowship process (www.mirandanet.ac.uk/fellowship/vision.htm). http://www.naace.co.uk/717 http://www.naace.co.uk/717 Tue, 01 Jul 2008 23:00:00 GMT The B of the Bang is a sculpture that stands at the entrance to Manchester's Sport City, home of Manchester City football club and site of the 2002 Commonwealth Games. I love the story behind the name: British champion sprinter Linford Christie once said that he starts running not just when he hears the bang of the starting pistol, but on the B of the bang. So where else to take the Let's Play Project to meet? So having made copious arrangements with the very helpful staff the afternoon at Sports City came to life - enabling project schools to meet up, and as well as spending time talking to friends old and new (from web-pages and previous meetings) - there was now a sporting purpose to the afternoon. http://www.naace.co.uk/721 http://www.naace.co.uk/721 Tue, 01 Jul 2008 23:00:00 GMT As part of its 2008 celebrations of the 60th birthday of the world's first stored-program computer - also known as "The Baby" - designed and built at the University of Manchester in 1948, the School of Computer Science at the University of Manchester ran a computer animation competition for UK school children. Over 400 hundred school children registered for the Schools Computer Animation event and over 500 children attended from all over UK on Digital60 Day to see the winners of the UK Schools Computer Animation Competition. I was privileged to be part of the judging panel and a guest at the 60th birthday celebrations on June 20th. http://www.naace.co.uk/720 http://www.naace.co.uk/720 Tue, 01 Jul 2008 23:00:00 GMT This is the second (for Sharing Success) in our series of articles ... through which we hope to inform you about the increasing opportunities to use design and technology-related software which is freely available on the internet. We believe that each of the pieces of software we will be featuring are in the public domain and are available for educational, non-commercial use. Even so, we advise you to carefully read any restrictions or conditions of use before installing the software. However, for the free version of SketchUp featured in this article, we understand that the providers, Google, are delighted for schools to use it. http://www.naace.co.uk/719 http://www.naace.co.uk/719 Tue, 01 Jul 2008 23:00:00 GMT I started the 'hotseat' off by asking Ian if he felt schools (particularly those facing difficult circumstances and/or in Special Measures) can make more effective use of ICT - as well as if he felt that it was possible to use ICT effectively across school if there is little or no support from the headteachers - and how else can support be obtained? http://www.naace.co.uk/718 http://www.naace.co.uk/718 Tue, 01 Jul 2008 23:00:00 GMT One of the features in the July edition of Sharing Success includes a report on 'Digital60' - Manchester University's celebration of the very first computer called 'baby' and the winning entries to the animation competition. We have also have as our guest for this month's hotseat, Christina Preston, who is the founder of MirandaNet. Her first live session is planned to coincide with the World e-Citizens - Think.com Project Conference at the Institute of Education on July 10th (as well as the inaugural MirandaMod unConference afterwards!). Also in our final summer term issue before the long summer break we look at the progress of The Let's Play Project which recently visited Sport City and the second in the series of articles linked to Design and Technology - as well as highlights of Ian Lynch's 'hotseat'. If you feel that you could make a contribution to Sharing Success please contact me at primaryeditor@naace.co.uk http://www.naace.co.uk/716 http://www.naace.co.uk/716 Tue, 01 Jul 2008 23:00:00 GMT QCA has published proposed assessment criteria and regulations for controlled assessment for the revised GCSE in ICT, for first teaching in 2010. You can contribute to Naace's response to QCA by visiting the wiki in Naace Knowledge and adding your comments to the questions there. http://www.naace.co.uk/722 http://www.naace.co.uk/722 Mon, 30 Jun 2008 23:00:00 GMT e-skills UK is a not-for-profit, employer-led organisation, licensed by government as the Sector Skills Council for IT and Telecoms. Its mission is to ensure the UK has the skills it needs to compete in the global economy. It brings together employers, educators and Government to address the technology-related skills issues no one party can solve on its own. After sharing drafts with members, Naace responded to the e-skills UK consultation on its strategic plan for England, which sought input from all those with an interest in the UK's IT and Telecoms skills base. They were particularly interested in views on its five strategic objectives. http://www.naace.co.uk/715 http://www.naace.co.uk/715 Wed, 25 Jun 2008 23:00:00 GMT What's happening in the world of ICT Mark and the Self Review Framework http://www.naace.co.uk/710 http://www.naace.co.uk/710 Mon, 16 Jun 2008 23:00:00 GMT All you need to know about the ICT Mark from an assessor's perspective http://www.naace.co.uk/709 http://www.naace.co.uk/709 Mon, 16 Jun 2008 23:00:00 GMT