Raising aspirations for digital education – Conference update

ITTE and Mirandanet International Conference: Raising aspirations for digital education

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MirandaNet extends its social media reach

MirandaNet is experimenting with a range of social media to increase engagement with our organisation. One such is an online ‘newspaper’. Please be aware that this is still an experiment but it allows the chance to bring to a new audience the work and thoughts of people this organisation admires and follows on Twitter.

The newspaper can be found here.

We also have a brand new blog. Visit it here.

Developing the Computing and presentation skills of FE students with learning difficulties and disabilities

Read this interesting report on how the 'Literacy from Scratch' project has been harnessed to enhance the learning of an under-represented group.

“Literacy from Scratch” is an international classroom project designed to develop computer coding skills (now a part of the new “Computing” curriculum in England) alongside literacy development, using the MIT visual coding language, Scratch.

Click here to read more and here to see more on Literacy from Python..

BETT18

Helen Boulton, Helen Caldwell and Christina Preston addressed the issues below with BETT18 delegates from France on 25th January. They very much enjoyed meeting colleagues from France and felt that the session and discussions were very useful and productive.

• UK context and policy regarding Teacher training and CPD (other international examples welcome) including recent developments and trends
• Approaches to integration of ICT (as a tool and also as a subject) in Teacher Training and CPD, impact, best practices, lesson learned …
• Impact of ICT integration on trainers of trainers and teachers training and CPD institutions

Click here to read more.

ITTE and Mirandanet Conference: Raising aspirations for digital education

Join us, and MESH our conference partners, in Winchester on 7th & 8th June for the 2018 ITTE and Mirandanet Conference: Raising aspirations for digital education

What are the digital skills that teachers and pupils need and how can you support all to achieve this? How can we improve computing education, prepare children to become digital citizens and make full use of digital tools across the curriculum?

The conference will be open to teachers, teacher educators, advisors and researchers and will provide opportunities to develop your professional knowledge and skills through presentations and workshops with leading practitioners and researchers.

We welcome contributions from attendees who wish to share examples of practice or research findings so look out for a Call for Papers next month. We will be awarding CPD certificates for those who join in the interactive activities.

Click here for more.

After the Reboot – Computing Education in UK Schools

10 November 2017 - The recent Royal Society report, After the Reboot – Computing Education in UK Schools, explores the challenges and issues facing the subject in primary and secondary schools since the subject was introduced in English schools in 2014.    Download the report here..

Innovation in Professional Development: collaborative classroom coaching with web-video and web-audio.

The final report is now published of Phase Two of MirandaNet's research into the effectiveness of the Iris Connect system for professional development in classroom practice. Download "Innovations in professional development: real-time, in-ear coaching" from the Iris Connect research page.

iCatalyst in the Classroom

Professors Christina Preston and Sarah Younie write that, "Research suggests that a continuous programme of professional development is essential in ensuring that teachers can make full use of an investment in digital technologies." This is a theme that will be returned to a great deal over the coming months. Read what they have to say here..