Renfrewshire ICT Blog » catalogue http://gordonmckinlay.edublogs.org Developing learning with ICT in Renfrewshire Tue, 17 Jun 2008 13:19:28 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.2 en hourly 1 Visit of Professor Tim Brighouse http://gordonmckinlay.edublogs.org/2007/11/15/visit-of-professor-tim-brighouse/ http://gordonmckinlay.edublogs.org/2007/11/15/visit-of-professor-tim-brighouse/#comments Thu, 15 Nov 2007 16:57:24 +0000 gordonmckinlay http://gordonmckinlay.edublogs.org/2007/11/15/visit-of-professor-tim-brighouse/ You will be aware of the work of Professor Tim Brighouse through the two books issued to all head teachers over the last couple of years. The more recent book “How Successful Head Teachers Survive and Thrive” was issued to all schools at the start of this term. Professor Brighouse is a non executive director of RM, the company providing the infrastructure for GLOW. As such we are very pleased to give you advance warning of the visit of Tim to Renfrewshire on the 11th of March 2008. Plans are at an early stage but will include a conversation workshop with head teachers on leadership along with a keynote presentation at the third of our GLOW evening events. The evening event will be at Gleniffer High School from 7-9:30pm and will include presentations on the use of GLOW to enhance learning and teaching along with the keynote by Professor Brighouse. It will be possible to book your place at the evening event via the online CPD system (http://renfrewshire.cpdservice.net). You can book your place at this event using CPD online. Search for GLOW on 11/03/2008. If you have already logged in to CPD online then just click here. There is no charge for the evening.I am sure that you will not want to miss the opportunity of hearing Professor Brighouse so this early notification aims to help you in keeping your diary clear.

]]> http://gordonmckinlay.edublogs.org/2007/11/15/visit-of-professor-tim-brighouse/feed/ 0 Is It Worth Spending Money on Interactive Whiteboards? http://gordonmckinlay.edublogs.org/2007/01/31/is-it-worth-spending-money-on-interactive-whiteboards/ http://gordonmckinlay.edublogs.org/2007/01/31/is-it-worth-spending-money-on-interactive-whiteboards/#comments Wed, 31 Jan 2007 20:48:49 +0000 gordonmckinlay http://gordonmckinlay.edublogs.org/2007/01/31/is-it-worth-spending-money-on-interactive-whiteboards/ An article on the BBC website highlights a report about a study of the use of interactive whiteboards inLondon schools.  The report highlights concerns that investment in the boards has not resulted in any measureable improvement in learning and teaching.

If you are spending money on new boards to be installed before the end of this financial year then you should think carefully about how you will deploy this expensive resource.  Putting one in a class will not, by itself, make learning and teaching any better!  There are  a number of training courses available in the catalogue and more are being added to take account of the upsurge in demand.  We are also in the process of training a number of staff as trainers thanks to the good offices of Steljes.  The training is very worth while and the boards can make a huge difference in class where they are well used and planned for.

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