Author Archives: Paul Scott
Professionals online safety helpline
The Safer Internet Centre has been funded by the European Commission to provide a Helpline for professionals who work with children and young people in the UK, specifically tackling the area of e-safety. The Helpline provides support with all aspects of digital … Continue reading
New CEOP / ThinkuKnow video resource
CEOP (Child Exploitation and Online Protection centre) have produced many high quality resources for supporting schools with their E-safeguarding curriculum through the ThinkuKnow website and their video resources are always of a very high quality. On the 31st October they … Continue reading
Curriculum ICT subscription package registration closing soon!!
A large proportion of Bradford schools make considerable savings to CPD by purchasing an annual subscription from the Curriculum ICT (CICT) team. The subscription service is available to all schools but registration for this academic year will close on the … Continue reading
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Data Protection guidance from ICO (Information Commissioner’s Office)
The ICO recently released a document entitled ‘Report on the data protection guidance we gave schools in 2012’ available here. The document highlights how the ICO helped several schools earlier in 2012 to comply with data protection rules and highlights the … Continue reading
Creative Commons
When you create any content whether it be text, images, video, audio, etc. you automatically own an all rights reserved copyright to that resource, this is to protect your content from unauthorised use. How many times have you found an … Continue reading
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Online P.E. planning tool for Primary schools
I have always enjoyed teaching PE in primary schools and have seen first-hand the impact it can have on pupil development both physically and emotionally. I remember starting a new job at a school in Special Measures where the behaviour … Continue reading
‘BYOD’ – Bring your own device!
There is a lot of talk at the moment about the ‘BYOD’ agenda in business and education and the continual blurring of work and personal life and networks. The vast majority of mobile devices are designed specifically for personal use and many … Continue reading
The evolving role of the local authority in school improvement
The Association of Directors of Children’s Services Ltd (ADCS) is the national leadership association in England for statutory directors of children’s services and their senior management teams. The two reports by ADCS identify where local authorities have been successful in … Continue reading
Smart Notebook Windows 7 issues
It has recently come to our attention that some of you are having trouble connecting your Windows 7 machine (laptop or PC) to older series 500 Smartboards. We recently contacted Steljes with this query and they kindly sent us the … Continue reading
8th Annual Film & Animation Competition 2012
It is that time of year again when I have to dig the tuxedo out of the wardrobe and work out how many pounds I need to lose so that I can wear it in July at the Annual Film and … Continue reading
