July 13, 2009
- The ROSCARS were you there?
Wow what an event….The Roscars, Rotherham annual Oscars. It all took place in an amazing Big Top marquee in the grounds of St Bernard’s Catholic High School. The Big Top was packed with talent from across Rotherham, scheduled to take over 750 guests. As one the sponsors and judges for the event we were delighted [...]
July 8, 2009
- Stoke CLC encourage podcasting in schools
Stoke CLC are doing a fantastic job in encouraging schools in their area to take up podcasting with the use of Podium.
Media Technologist, Phil Gregory from Longton CLC, recently travelled to Smallthorne Primary Schoolto teach children and staff how to get started with Podium podcasting software in their school. The children who were taught would [...]
May 8, 2009
- Raising achievement through podcasting conference
We’d like to say a huge thank you to Learn.co.uk at the Guardian for helping arrange a fantastic half-day conference “Raising achievement through podcasting” at the Guardian offices in London on 24 April 2009 sponsored by Lightbox Education.
The event hosted a number of highly entertaining and informative speakers including Baldev Singh who spoke on [...]
April 30, 2009
- Technology focus in Rose review
We were delighted to read Jim Rose’s primary school review this morning. Promoting the use of innovative ICT in education is a subject close to our hearts and we believe it is key to the development of all school children. The use of the Internet, computer based presentations and new web 2.0 tools in the curriculum will have an amazing impact on [...]
January 15, 2009
- Taking control of learning through collaboration, cooperation and peer review
Doug Dickinson, Independent ICT Consultant, is doing a seminar at BETT today called ‘Taking control of learning through collaboration, cooperation and peer review. He will discuss how, through the use of a variety or Web 2.0 applications such as blogs, wikis and podcasts, teachers can use the power of collaboration and peer-to-peer review to effectively [...]
