Renfrewshire ICT Blog

I thought it would be a good idea if I were to round up the session with a short report of where we have got to with ICT in Renfrewshire.  I have no doubt I shall miss things out but most of the main things that we have done should be here.  Please let me [...]

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If you are thinking about getting started with blogging then there are lots of good examples of how to get started out there.  A post today by Ewan McIntosh on his blog highlights some of the ways that blogs are being used in education.  If you don’t know about his blog then check it out.  [...]

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Just a quick note to keep you up to date with the development of the new on-line in-service catalogue.  The system went live last week with courses available from August to October at the moment.  The rest will be available after the summer.
There have been some technical difficulties relating to our own filtering software, Intelliguard.  [...]

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Here is an interesting article on the NQ section of the LTS website.  It is about the use of podcasting in speaking assessments in modern languages.  The school involved (Holyrood in Glasgow) is making extensive use of MP3 files in this areas.  Find out more here.
 The MFLE section of the LTS website provides many other [...]

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This blog is now for real! As adviser with responsibility for ICT I am now officially able to encourage the use of blogging to enhance communcation and collaboration in learning. The initial aim will be to communicate with ICT coordinators in schools. If this goes well then the possibility of developing pupil [...]

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A number of digital video festivals have been held over the past year or two in Renfrewshire.  Pupils from a number of schools have come together at Lapwing Lodge on the Gleniffer Braes for a day to create and edit their own video.  The workshops have been organised by Ann Crawford the staff tutor and [...]

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Roukenglen Gala Day,
originally uploaded by Gordon McKinlay.
This blog is slightly different from usual as this has been posted from Flickr. I used Flickr to upload and organise a series of photos that I took today at the Roukenglen Gala day. Having tagged the photos I then used the “blog this” to create the [...]

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David Muir from Strathclyde University spoke yesterday at the primary ICT coordinators meeting about online bookmarks, photo sharing, blogs, wikis, etc. I have attached an MP3 of the session to the EDS website. The quality is not great but you can hear it if you missed the session.  It is a very big [...]

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Today we had the primary ICT co-ordinators meetings.  Mike Thomas from LTS talked about website accessibility and David Muir gave a very engaging presentation on on-line bookmarks, photo sharing, blogs, wikis and all the rest.
Mike’s presentation can be found at the EDS website.  You will also find the minute of the meeting on the site.  [...]

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During spring 2006 we carried out a survey of the use of interactive whiteboards by teachers in schools across Renfrewshire. The report has been made available through the EDS website. I have also attached a copy to this blog for anyone interested in seeing the results. The report is very positive about [...]

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