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Primaries set to miss learning platform targets
Learning platforms are going into English schools, but it does not look as if that will help most of them meet the Government's target, or its aims for online reporting for parents, according to new...
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'VLEs make assessment for learning safely social'
By Fiona Aubrey-Smith SATs appear to be on the way out - sadly with little in the way of policy explanation - so assessment for learning should be finally on the way in. How can teachers exploit this...
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Schools that kissed a Frog - and found a prince
Sir Dexter Hutt is a man on a wave. A curve to be more accurate. In fact it’s a Sigmoid curve and it underpins his school leadership strategies and the success of his work at Ninestiles near...
View ArticleUniServity to provide free Microsoft schools email
Interesting news from the world of learning platforms courtesy of The Assignment Report. Microsoft's free Windows Live infrastructure - which includes Live@edu email and SkyDrive online storage for...
View ArticleBecta survey's warning on learning platforms
Those worried that Government policy on learning platforms isn’t sparking the hoped-for changes in teaching and learning, will find cold comfort in ICT agency Becta’s latest ‘Harnessing Technology...
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Studywiz buy-out reveals VLE market pressures
A management buyout is said to have secured the future of the Studywiz virtual learning environment (VLE) used in thousands of schools across 27 countries. Studywiz is one of the few VLEs that has...
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Becta removes Etech from 'approved' VLE list
Becta has removed Etech, the creator of the Studywiz VLE, and its six associated products, from its 'approved' learning platform framework list of suppliers. It has issued the following statement:...
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Whatever the question, the answer is 'SharePoint'!
Along Microsoft's schools frontline, Gerald Haigh finds SharePoint as an exit from ICT managed servicesI can fearlessly confess that even though I’ve been writing about Microsoft SharePoint for several...
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Wales' Hwb 'being driven by learning and teaching'
Departing education minister takes blocks off learning with Hwb network and 'Digital Wales'Wales’ ambitious drive to transform learning and teaching across all its schools and colleges was given a...
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