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Pupils to study Twitter and blogs in primary schools shake-up

The above headline appeared in the Guardian yesterday, March 25th. The sensational headline is a journalist’s interpretation of a leaked report on the forthcoming Rose Report on the new primary curriculum in England. Many believe that the leaked document has been misrepresented by the journalist in question and that the curriclum documents do not specifically

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Scratch

​I have been using Scratch software with teachers andtheir pupils from the Elevate Learning initiative of the Digital Hub and what a fantastic free resource it is. Scratch is a graphical programming language that lets you control theactions and interactions among different ‘sprites’. For those of you familiar with Logo from some time ago you

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What if?

I was asked a few days ago if I could I do without my Interactive Whiteboard in the classroom for the next 40 days! My no-hesitation reply was “No Way!” The more I thought about this the more I realised just how integrated this piece of technology has become in my classroom. Homework notebooks and

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TeachNet Summer Courses for Primary Teachers

​ TeachNet courses will be delivered using the new H2 Learning Platform The TeachNet team is currently offering online summer courses for primary teachers.  With EPV day approval, we are delighted to announce that the following technology related courses “by teachers, for teachers” are available: Getting the most from your Interactive WhiteboardThis course explores practical

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