Renfrewshire ICT Blog

The DVD for the ICT showcase event which David and Ewan did in February landed on my desk this afternoon. The DVD will be duplicated and issued to all schools in Renfrewshire shortly after the Easter holidays.

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The aduio file from David Muir’s presentation at our ACfE seminar on Friday the 23rd of February has been uploaded to the EDS website. If you missed the session then download it and listen again. The quality is not that great but you should get the idea! There are also a few [...]

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Today Computing and Business Studies teachers from Renfrewshire, Inverclyde and West Dunbartonshire met together at the Erskine Bridge Hotel to learn about developments in a curriculum for excellence. 
There were three sessions in the day.  Bernard McLeary, the chief executive of LTS gave the keynote address highlighting the major developments and timelines for the programme. 

Joyce Henderson [...]

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Tomorrow is one of our joint curriculum for excellence seminars with Inverclyde and West Dunbartonshire.  The seminar is aimed at Computing and Business Studies teachers from across the three authorities and will take place at the Erskine Bridge Hotel.  In the morning, Bernard McLeary of LTS will give the keynote address followed by a curricular [...]

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Many thanks go to everyone involved in setting up and running last night’s ICT showcase.  We had 200 teachers plus a number of other in attendance.  David Muir and Ewan McIntosh gave a brilliant and stimulating presentation on some possible uses of web 2.0 in learning.    The previous posts give some of the detail.
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It’s Monday morning and I have checked the final figures for the ICT Showcase on Tuesday evening.  We have 180 teachers booked with another 20 or so guests including parents and some folks from outwith Renfrewshire.  All the final details should be in place.  The evening will be videoed so we can create a DVD [...]

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I spent some time yesterday with David Muir in final plannng for the ICT showcase on the evening of the 20th of February.  It has been great to see how many places have been booked already.  It is going to be very busy!  If you are thinking about coming and not have yet booked a [...]

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If you work in Renfrewshire you can now book a place on the ICT showcase.   Log on to http://renfrewshire.cpdservice.net to book your space.  If you don’t work in Renfrewshire and want to join us then email me at gordon.mckinlay-ed@renfrewshire.gov.uk.  Find out more at http://www.ea.renfrewshire.sch.uk.
The showcase will take place on Tuesday the 20th of February from [...]

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We spent a very enjoyable couple of hours yesterday thinking about the planning for the ICT showcase event which will take place on Febrary the 20th 2007.  David Muir and Ewan McIntosh joined us as they will be the main presenters for the evening.  We did a fair amount of talking around the ideas of [...]

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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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