Renfrewshire ICT Blog

Since I took over my new post as acting senior adviser I have not had much time to do anything with the ICT blog.  I am now taking matters in hand.  Our new staff tutor, Steven Wilson, is about to take it over so that schools in Renfrewshire can stay up to date with what [...]

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Tomorrow sees the start of preparation for phase 2 of Glow piloting in Renfrewshire.  We have two meetings tomorrow: one for the pilot schools and the second for the mentors.  In the afternoon the four pilot schools: Barsail and St Fillan’s primaries and Johnstone and ParkMains High schools will learn about what is expected of [...]

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LTS have launched a new wiki.  The aim of Scotedupedia is a user created encyclopedia of education in Scotland. Have a look and start building the knowledge.  I have started a very brief introduction to Renfrewshire.  Hopefully you will add to it.

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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.
Over the [...]

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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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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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At the meeting of ICT coordinators on September the 27th, Paul Smyth of RM gave an introduction to Glow.  He made the point that Glow is the new name for the Scottish Schools Digital Network.  There will be 800,000 users across teachers and pupils in Scotland.  It is browser based and will work on any [...]

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This was my first time at SETT. I will definitely try to go back in future, even if it is just for the twilight sessions. I went to seminars on eTwinning, Blogging and Motivation within a Curriculum for Excellence. I heard keynote speeches made by Lady Marie Stubbs and Peter Peacock. I caught [...]

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