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Open Day at Bowring
When you put a few ICT staff together from different schools, and they start comparing stories, it often becomes one of the most valuable sessions of any day. The chance to share stories of success, and some of the pitfalls that people found/avoided on Read More...
At last, a blog for teachers
When I sit down and write for this blog, I’m aware that I’m really writing for people who are “in the know” in some way or another. As a reader, you probably are enthusiastic about ICT, and it’s probably in your job description somewhere (or everywhere?). Read More...
Where does being an "Innovative Teacher" get you?
Teachers who join the Innovative Teachers Network never know what might be the outcome of taking part in a professional development programme. They can guarantee a transformation in the way they use technology in the classroom, but not many could have Read More...
Invitation to the South Bank for the world of PiL
On the 25th June, the TDA and our Partners in Learning initiative are celebrating three years of working in partnership on a programme of activities to help teachers, trainee teachers and the wider school workforce to drive innovation and raise confidence Read More...
What have Microsoft ever done for us?
All right, but apart from the sanitation, the medicine, education, wine, public order, irrigation, roads, a fresh water system, and public health, what have th e Romans ever done for us? If you’re looking for nostalgia, take a look at the Life of Brian Read More...
More free training materials and resources for teachers
As part of the Partners in Learning programme, we develop training and curriculum materials for teachers, which are then made available free of charge. It includes a range of professional development resources, curriculum and learning materials designed Read More...
Freeing Education from the Rigid Box
Nobody can ever accuse Stephen Heppell from stepping back from the brink...or avoiding difficult subjects. And reading through the Partners in Learning 2007 Progress Report (page 102) I noticed that he's at it again. His first two sentences under the Read More...
Partners in Learning Progress report
The Partners in Learning (PiL) programme from Microsoft has been running for 5 years now (and 3 years in the UK), and has supported a wide range of educational projects in conjunction with government and educational agencies worldwide. In the UK, we've Read More...
Free Partners in Learning DVD
Following on from my blog article earlier this week about the five-year extension of our Partners in Learning programme , you may want to get hold of a copy of the DVD that we distributed at the BETT show. It's a free DVD full of helpful resources from Read More...
Partners in Learning programme relaunched
For the last 5 years we have been running a programme, called Partners in Learning, to extend and expand the development of learning, and especially the ways that ICT can support learning in schools. Globally this programme has invested £125 million into Read More...
More Free things - the 6th-7th-8th-9th Days of Christmas
I'm sorry - for the last three days I have been the victim of a virus doing the rounds here in North Oxfordshire. So instead of sitting behind a keyboard, and giving your more Christmas gifts, I have been behind a duvet, trying to recover (and not infect Read More...
Free Curriculum Materials for teachers and senior managers
My colleague, Pippa, has just released a big bundle of free materials onto the website . It includes a range of professional development resources, as well as curriculum and learning materials designed for teachers to assist in developing their ICT skills Read More...
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