Lobbying the SMT
Last night, after an unsuccessful attempt to go to sleep, I decided to write down a few ideas for the direction of ICT in my school. My chosen vehicle was Google docs, with the plan of telling my Head Teacher that he’d have to sign up in order to view the document, which he duly did. Well, the few ideas became nearly 1500 words which made me feel like I was back in the first year of my teaching degree, prolonging my insomnia. I won’t put a full transcript of what became a letter to the senior management team here, but I will reveal the main headings as they are pretty self explanatory.
Don’t catch up, innovate!
Interactive whiteboards? – projectors are more important
ICT across the curriculum – out of ICT and into the subjects
ICT groups are too big
Buying ICT together – video cameras for PE?
Mobile Phones, MP3 players – take them from the darkside
Although there is plenty more I want to achieve, I didn’t want to scare anybody too much. My Head Teacher’s response was one of full support, lets hope we can achieve something.
November 22nd, 2007 at 10:07 pm
Evenin Ant,
Very interesting blog, your feed will be bookmarked into safari!
Keep updating your thoughts, as I never bothered keeping up any blog.
speak soon, Mike.
November 23rd, 2007 at 5:20 pm
Ant
we met today athe ALC meeting.
Interactive whiteboards, Djanogly in Nottingham use tablets with a wireless connection to the projector. In stead of exposing a 13 year old to the embarrasment of walking to the front to demonstrate something on the board, or indeed yourself the embarassment of getting into an uneccasary confrontation with a shy teenager, you give them the tablet.
I am trying to persuade my lords and masters of the approach to little profit.