Is it the teachers responsibility?

Internet safety: whose responsibility? A teachers' survey  Annotated

The responses received so far have shown that more than 1 in 4 teachers do not teach internet safety to their class. The same number lack confidence to deal with issues surrounding mobile phones, social networking and online gaming. However, the vast majority of teachers who responded to the survey (over 80%) agreed that children should be taught about internet safety from the age of 7. It is vital that we recognise this and do something about it

Information on E-mail storage for schools

Records Management Society - RM Tool Kit for Schools  Annotated

The first review of the Records Management Toolkit for Schools has now been completed and the revised version is available for download free of charge below. A number of corrections have been received since the review was completed. These corrections have been included in this version.The toolkit is available in WORD and portable document format (.pdf). This review has been undertaken with the help of Safeguarding Children colleagues who have guided the Child Protection element of the retention guidelines. We have sought endorsement from the Information Commissioner's Office and DfES and are awaiting their reply.

School blogging

supportblogging » home  Annotated

SupportBlogging! has been set up to provide an opportunity for students, teachers, administrators, parents, and others to help promote an understanding of the benefits of educational blogging.



"Educational Blogging" is a very positive, transformational technology that is often confused with the use of "Social Networking" sites like MySpace.com. While there are similarities in the web technologies used for blogging and social networking, they serve different purposes. The current backlash against social networking sites has the potential to overshadow the benefits of educational blogging. Hopefully, this site will provide materials for decision-makers as they determine policies for their schools and districts that would impact the use of educational blogging or might potentially restrict access to sites that provide blogging services.

Faster pussycat .......

Broadband hits halfway mark - Broadband & ISPs - Breaking Business and Technology News at silicon.com  Annotated

Ofcom has published a report on the broadband market that claims take-up has reached 50 per cent of UK households.

According to the industry watchdog, the figure rose from 39 per cent take-up a year ago - and now more than 13 million homes and SME offices are connected to broadband.

It is now the norm even for net newbies to go straight to broadband without trying dial-up first, the report found.

Did you know?

The Fischbowl: Did You Know?  Annotated

My administration asked me if I wanted to speak at one of our beginning of the year faculty meetings. I often provide updates on what's new and different with technology in our building and what teachers need to know to get the year started. But this year I'm really focused on staff development and the "vision" of where we should be headed, so I wanted to do something different. I don't know for sure how it is in your schools, but I imagine they are like mine - a faculty meeting is a horrible place to have the conversations we need to have. In addition, since 49 of my teachers are involved in the staff development described elsewhere on this blog, I felt it would be a waste of time - and possibly counterproductive - to try to discuss anything of substance in the faculty meeting.