Inspired by the Six Nations rugby, schools and students in England, Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales are invited to participate in the exciting, online, Four Nations Maths Challenge! Site opens for Warm up Monday 7th November. Competition days are 17th and 18th November 2011. Register here now!
Are you interested in topping up your SMART Notebook software knowledge but don’t have time to travel at the end of the day to a CPD session? Got SMART Get SMARTer training sessions are offered at your own school at a time that suits you and they are FREE! Contact Shirley Lawson slawson@eastlothian.gov,uk to book up for early 2012.
The world’s population is expected to hit seven billion in the next few weeks. After growing very slowly for most of human history, the number of people on Earth has more than doubled in the last 50 years. Where do you fit into this story of human life? Get your pupils to fill in their date of birth below to find out….
During the recent upgrade to Office 2010 it has been brought to light that many staff are saving their files locally onto the computer. Yes, it’s handy to see the file you want sitting on the desktop but you run the risk of losing everything if the hard disk on your computer fails. There is no comeback if this happens; files will be irretrievably lost.
To save your files safely, click on My Computer and save to your personal ‘Z’:/Drive or to the school shared area on the ’S':/ drive. These files are now secure. You can still keep a copy on your desktop but please take the time to back them up by saving to a network drive.
If you have any questions, please email ithelpdesk@eastlothian.gov.uk