It’s one thing having a single teacher who has mastered tech and is a shining example in your school, but only when your entire staff are able to embrace and integrate technology to enhance learning experiences and empower their own work can we use the word transformational. There are, of Read more…
There are many issues in education right now, some of these have been the same challenges for years if not decades – funding and recruitment being the main stalwarts – but over the last, say 5 years, we have seen a steady rise in cyber security causing havoc at schools Read more…
The use of IT in education is only increasing, to improve student outcomes, prepare them for the work of the future, and reduce staff workload whilst increasing flexibility. But how does everyone access this, when we still have IT rooms and laptop trolleys?
Following on from my recent post around a brief history of Management Information Systems, I wanted to write a similar blog about how we ended up in a cloud-focused world, and the benefits of adopting it in education There are three options for schools these days, on-premise, hybrid, or cloud. Read more…
A brief history of MIS systems in education… and the future possibilities MIS (which stands for Management Information System) – is a key tool in schools, that handles the majority of data within schools, a kind of CRM for education – assessment, attendance, timetable, communication, behaviour, payments, safeguarding, exams, SEND, communications Read more…
I have to admit, Chat-GPT was something I used last summer to help me with some coding I needed in powershell, have a bit of an explore with its generative tools – but that was it. I even paid for it for a couple of months to try and take Read more…
Everyday, solving issues, putting projects into place, delivering change. Things that you do – are often one time things for end users. It’s important to remember this when providing support, because what you might think is no big deal, is often a change, and humans are notoriously bad at handling Read more…
This is a bit of a different topic to my usual posts, but it’s my blog so stuff it. In early October I had delivery of my new car, a BYD Atto 3 EV, to replace my aging Nissan Qashqai +2. I was lucky in that the launching of the Read more…
I appreciate that DfE Technical Standards have been around for a while now, but in the last few months a few more have been added, and I wanted to do a little post on why I think they are very important, and mark an important step in technology in schools. Read more…
I couldn’t do a role that meant I had to do the exact same thing in the exact same order day in day out. I’d get frustrated and bored. I like to find new ways of doing things, of enhancing and developing experiences and fine tuning as things evolve. That’s Read more…