Professional development

'Brave new world' – can NAACE help fill the ICT gap?

Wednesday, 09 March 2011 09:50

'Has there ever been a more crucial moment for NAACE to step up?' ask Bob Harrison and Merlin John
Given the closure of Becta, the abandonment of the Harnessing Technology Strategy and the alarming policy silence on ICT for learning, has there ever been a more crucial time for the education technology community to come together to fill the void, create some momentum and provide evidence that ICT enhances learning?

That will be top of the agenda for NAACE, the educational ICT professionals' organisation, at its annual conference and exhibition in Reading with the theme "Brave New World: Changing Times in Education".

David and Carrie break the RM conference mould

Wednesday, 19 May 2010 10:00

By Chris Drage and Merlin John

"Death by PowerPoint" is still a regularly heard whinge, but how many professional development events manage to break free from that and give educators their own opportunity to be creative, to take a chance, to learn?

That's exactly what TV personalities David and Carrie Grant (left) achieved for the Association of School and College Leaders (ASCL) and education services supplier RM at their jointly run Strategic Forums "tour" of the UK. School leaders 'learned by doing' to sing a four-part harmony of "Let it be" to demonstrate a basic education tenet - you can't learn and you can't teach unless you are prepared to take a chance, and you can't take a chance if you don't build confidence.

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'Brave new world' – can NAACE help fill the ICT gap?

David and Carrie break the RM conference mould