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 [...]

Once in the Special needs area at BETT, a poster of Tintin caught my eye. This was on the DITT (Dyslexia International Tools and Technologies) stand which featured a CD starring Tintin and Snowy on the road to success in The Mystery of the Lost Letters which is aimed at dyslexics aged 8-13. Although I [...]

The BETT Show is the world’s leading educational information and communications technologies (ICT) event, attracting around 600 educational suppliers. The show is held at London Olympia every January and it brings together the global teaching and learning community.
Some of the new programs on view at this year’s show were two new products from www.cricksoft.com – [...]