Thursday, 2nd September 2010
Welcome to our website
As specialists in high-quality educational consultancy and professional development, we provide focussed support for school improvement, inclusive education and ICT - to benefit all children, young people and enhance the experiences of educational professionals.
Improving schools and organisations is a complex, dynamic and continuous process - there are no quick fixes. We have a proven track record of effective support, working in partnership with educational professionals in schools and other organisations to promote high quality learning experiences for children, young people and professional educators.
Professional news for educators ...
- KS1 Results for 2010
- KS4 subject results 2010
- Children missing from education
- Provisional 2010 KS2 and KS3 results
- Pupil Premium: Consultation
- School discipline and pupil-behaviour policies - Guidance
- Internal Exclusions - Guidance
- The new Department for Education
- Narrowing the Gaps: Guidance for Literary Subject Leaders
- EYFS: Further improve learning, playing and interacting
Look back: through our archive of news items.
On our website you will find all of the latest UK educational news, information, materials and resources to support continuous improvement and professional development for effective school leadership, teaching and learning as well as innovative approaches for using ICT effectively in educational settings for e-learners "young and old".
Exploiting the potential of ICT in educational settings
Making use of podcasting and other Web 2.0 technologies can enhance and enrich the learning environments and communities for children, young people and educational professionals alike. Our e-Learning weblog: Anytime, Anywhere Learners explores some of the topical innovations and issues from an educational perspective. Our new mobile version of this website for the new generations of mobile phones is another example.
We are committed to exploiting the educational potential of Web 2.0 technologies - such as weblogs or blogs, bookmarking, podcasts, RSS feeds, wikis and other forms of “many to many” publishing, such as course management systems for virtual learning environments.
The first course programme from our own VLE has been launched and is called Podcasting Basics. The course is freely available at our Online Learning Studio where you have guest access to the 10 planned sessions. Other professional course programmes will be posted soon.
On our website you can also view, evaluate and use the UK's first and best podcast directory for educators, schools and colleges. This provides access to a wide range of audio, enhanced and video podcasts produced by schools as well as a wide range of organisations. Listed podcasts are carefully selected, quality assured and categorised into educational sectors and the main subject areas.
Finally, we are currently developing an iPad version to fully utilise the new new technologies and portrait and landscape modes of presentation, focussed on ease of use for children and young people. Follow this link for a brief preview of "Podcasts for Learners" where iPad users will be able to see the presentation modes in action by rotating the device 90 degrees.
- Mobile version