June 30th and July 1st saw a first for the Yorkshire & Humber region, when renowned social media expert Chris Brogan flew from Boston, Massachusetts, to Doncaster, South Yorkshire, to be part of the region’s first “Podcamp” exploring the use of social media in education and training.
Chris is a self-effacing man, and just as personable [...]
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FITS is an International Standard Framework for ICT Technical Support (FITS) in education. It provides the framework and tools required to implement, manage and maintain IT operations in a school environment to an internationally recognised standard.
FITS is a tailored best practice framework designed specifically for IT teams providing service to the school sector. Two courses are now [...]
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Despite the sad news about Becta, Home Access is NOT being wound up. The funding for the standard kit is nearly spent so get your applications in now! There is still funding ring fenced for students with severe learning difficulties.
Following the decision by the Department to continue with the Home Access Assistive Technology provision, the [...]
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VITAL, the new professional development programme which aims to support schools in England to make the most of ICT in their teaching, is holding a Teachmeet session on 17th June in Sheffield: http://www.vital.ac.uk/content/yorkshire-and-humber
If you are interested in finding out more, contact: lindsey.strachan@vital.ac.uk , tel: 07770 731584 or beverley.parker@vital.ac.uk , tel: 07769 234235
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There was a large turn-out for this session in Sheffield on Wednesday June 9th. Kath Fitzpatrick from Doncaster Council gave details of many sources of funding – European, national and local, as well as tips on how to make a successful application. You can access her presentation on our NEETs page.
Dee Desgranges from [...]
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