We are delighted to officially announce that we have managed to recruit 4 new ICT support officers to provide technical support to schools.  Three of the officers have just started and one more will join them by mid February.  The new officers who will join Stephen McNeill and Katie Walls are Chris Brown, Derek Wilson, Terry [...]

Around 200 teachers took part in a survey just before Christmas to provide feedback to the IT department and Education about the level of technical support currently provided to schools.  The Survey was conducted nationally by SOCITM (Society of IT Managers) and this time round involved 8 Local Authorities from Scotland and England.
A full report [...]

On 12th and 13th January, I spent a couple of days at the BETT conference in Olympia, London. The conference is the largest Education technology conference in the UK and is big!  I remember walking into the main hall several years ago - the first time I visited and thought - how do I manage [...]

The Flickr Widget Plugin has been removed. Unfortunately it breaks a blog if it’s activated before Sidebar Widgets are activated. The blog’s address just displays a blank screen, and it’s not possible for the blog’s owner, or a WordPress administrator, to fix it - it’s a system admin job.
Because that’s the last thing we need [...]