[divide margin_top=”10″ margin_bottom=”10″ color=”#a0a0a0″] Abstract Ruffwood School have loaned 100 brand new computers and printers to students and their families living in the Northwood neighbourhood of Kirkby. In the near future they will also receive a web camera and free …
Physical Education: an Interactive Approach
‘You can’t use technology – you teach PE.’ [divide margin_top=”10″ margin_bottom=”10″ color=”#a0a0a0″] Abstract How often has the above phrase or something similar been bantered about the staffroom? I used to hear such comments a number of years ago but …
Wireless Connectivity
Connecting Notebooks and Laptops without the need for cables [divide margin_top=”10″ margin_bottom=”10″ color=”#a0a0a0″] Abstract It all began when a strange looking object arrived in the post. It was a mini-disk but it had been cut into the shape of a …
Interactive Whiteboard Evaluation
Anna Smith with MirandaNet Fellows, Boston Spa Comprehensive School [divide margin_top=”10″ margin_bottom=”10″ color=”#a0a0a0″] Abstract This paper examines the ways in which the Whiteboard technology was integrated into a numbers of areas in the curriculum during the first half …
Digital Opportunities
[divide margin_top=”10″ margin_bottom=”10″ color=”#a0a0a0″] Abstract The Digital Opportunities project explores strategies to bridge the digital divide. Students have been provided with notebook computers by Toshiba, and a web-based publishing and learning environment by Oracle. The students are encouraged to develop …
World eCitizens – Active Citizenship
Abstract Citizenship is a new UK curriculum subject, promoting understanding of other cultures and customs. The Government introduced the subject because of concerns about lack of knowledge of, and involvement with, the democratic and constitutional process. It has now …
Writing for an audience at Key Stage 1
[divide margin_top=”10″ margin_bottom=”10″ color=”#a0a0a0″] Abstract In the project the UK teacher was able to introduce National Curriculum projects to young children in real contexts. Communications focused on lively questions and conferencing. Geography was tackled in time differences and …
Taking a Frog Home
A brief paper about young children’s emerging literacy and their use of ICT… [divide margin_top=”10″ margin_bottom=”10″ color=”#a0a0a0″] Abstract In this paper the authors present a pilot study which started in august 2005 in a primary school in the bilingual …