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Keeping a laser eye on key school assets

The task of managing a school’s equipment has often gotten in the way of providing services. Education Business looks into recent developments in asset tracking technology that offer multiple benefits to schools

Getting to grips with computing

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With mounting pressure to educate a tech-literate generation, we hear from a range of teaching experts on how schools can get ready to deliver the revised computing curriculum

Educational  technology with impact

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With technology and curriculum demands constantly evolving, Naace CEO Mark Chambers reflects on the characteristics of schools where the use of technology has proved effective for learners

Upgrading to teach the new curriculum

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Mark Dorling, explores the resources and support available to teachers to help them prepare to teach the new computing curriculum for pupils aged five to 16

Teaching technology for languages

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Language study is not a one-size-fits-all activity. Justin Sycamore explains how the use of technology can enable effective language learning for every pupil

A snapshot of tablet use in British schools

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British Educational Suppliers Association director Caroline Wright discusses tablet adoption rates in schools, presenting recent industry research carried out by BESA with Naace

Switching on to a  new style of education

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Two London Borough of Havering teachers, Chris Speller of Elm Park Primary School and Stella McCarthy of Benhurst Primary School, share their views on the challenges  of using a new computing curriculum

Taking-up  tablet technology

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With more schools investing in tablets, BESA director Caroline Wright examines recent research to find out how schools are using the technology and what factors affect successful implementation

A sound investment in technology

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BESA’s 16th annual ‘ICT in UK State Schools’ research foresees that funding and investment in technology will reach an all-time high. But what should schools and academies consider before investing? BESA’s director Caroline Wright shares her top tips

How rural schools use interactive technologies to expand curriculum

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Ed McEvoy, CEO at County Offaly Vocational Educational Committee, explains how the local authority in the Irish Midlands is responsible for five rural secondary schools but overcomes the challenges of delivering education to each site using the very latest in communication tools

There’s an  app for that

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The Educational App Store explores the potential that smartphones, tablets and apps have on improving education.

The money to get technical

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BESA’S director Caroline Wright examines what areas of technology schools are putting money into, and dishes out advice on what to consider before making an investment

The tablet revolution

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What do schools need to consider when introducing a successful tablet one-to-one scheme?  Mark Orchison, managing director of 9ine Consulting, examines the issue

2014: The year of computing

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Teaching computer science within a rounded computing curriculum that includes digital literacy is now regarded as of paramount importance by the Department for Education. Bill Mitchell, director of BCS Academy of Computing explains why this is short of miraculous

Gove: Technology is changing the way we teach, learn and assess

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Education Secretary Michael Gove highlighted three ways in which technology is profoundly changing education, in his speech at Bett 2013