As part of our launch of our School Environments Charter, we asked an ICT teacher from Hamble College in Southampton (who Ty met by chance at an SSAT event) to get his Digital Leader students to do a short poem and video about why they thought school environments matter. As you can see from the [...]
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BECTA X to Nick Gibb – social media in action
I had a great chat with Katz Kieley – the mastermind of a fantastic programme of events in the digital world called B-tween. She has been asked by BECTA to set up a collaborative event at the end of March called BECTA X. My chat with her is now a blog on their site
Technology and school buildings
The role of technology in school building programmes was called into question this week by prominent principal Armando Di-Finizio from Bristol Brunel Academy who was quoted in a Times article saying that millions of pounds were being wasted on “white elephant” technology in schools. He went further to say that there were pressures on schools [...]
Thinktank 1.0 vs 2.0
I’ve been reflecting on the Centre’s first week and wanted to share a bit of the thinking behind the creation of a web 2.0 thinktank and how that might be differ from the way other think tanks and organisations are currently working and engaging with people in the field. The image below reflects the contrasts [...]
Using social media to change education policy
I’m speaking at the Be2Camp session that forms part of Social Media Week on Monday, and I’m working on what I’m going to say. In setting up The Centre for School Design, we were helped by Paul Evans – a social media geek with an interest in how interactive technologies may change the way that [...]
