Next Generation Learning has published a report investigating parents' involvement in school work at home.
Key Findings
Over 380 schools
Over 7200 pupils
Over 670 teams participated in the 2010 National School Quiz!
And we are pleased to announce the winners were:
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17 March 2010
Schools across the UK are invited to become #BectaX Regional Nodes and to be part of the development process and the event. The will be asked to feed their thoughts, ideas and suggestions into the auditorium. If you are a teacher and want your school to take part...
04 February 2010
Becta have released a tool to gauge how commited your school is to ICT. See below for more information and the link:
This tool gauges your school’s strength in ICT, prior to a f...
10 December 2009
Pupils from Lingfield Primary School in Marton, Middlesbrough are starring in a film to help develop ICT teaching across the country. The film is being made by Becta who are the Government agency responsible for ensuring the effective ...
02 November 2009
Digital literacy is a combination of functional ICT skills, critical thinking, collaboration skills and social awareness. Developing young people’s digital literacy in schools is a vital step in enabling them to become e-mature and safe participants in an increasingly...
07 July 2009One of the problems with being a SENCO or a SEN co-ordinator is that you are somewhat isolated in your own institution. If you need to ask someone about a specific ICT problem which relates to SEN it can be difficult to find an expert locally. One of the best ways to get round this problem is to subscribe to one of the Internet email forums. This may sound daunting and it also sounds like...
30 June 2009BECTA Schools - Information from BECTA (British Educational Communications and Technology Agency) for schools. Click Continue for more information.
Link: E-Safety...
10 February 2009Best Whole School North East
Winner Monkseaton High School, Whitley Bay
Monkseaton High School stands out for its promotion of independent and autonomous learning, giving its students the flexibility to determine when and how they use ICT.
Link to Full...
05 January 2009The school has been recommended by BECTA to be part of the prestigious ICT Register (www.ict-register.net) in recognition of the work the teachers and pupils have been doing using the Learning Platform over the last couple of years in relation to personalised learning.
18 December 2008Presentations delivered at the Northern Grid / LSCB / Becta E Safety Event held at the Ramside Hall Hotel 19/11/2008
- Regional Event Toolkit Exercise
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18 November 2008
Becta launches its new Next Generation Learning website
Becta has unveiled the new Next Generation Learning campaign website, as part of its drive to parents, learners and employers to get the most out of technology in education.
The website is a key resource to find out more about the innovative and exciting ways that technology is already being used by some schools and...
13 November 2008
Northern Grid invited staff from its partner Local Autorities to an event looking at Regional Strategy for Identity Management. The event was held on the 13/11/08 at the Sunderland Marriot.This is a pdf version of...
13 November 2008
Northern Grid invited staff from its partner Local Autorities to an event looking at Regional Strategy for Identity Management. The event was held on the 13/11/08 at the Sunderland Marriot.This is a pdf version of the...
08 October 2008
A collection of documents containing various examples of E-Safety resources gathered together by Becta.
22 June 2007
Ruth Hammond from Becta was one of the speakers at the Northern Grid conference held on June 22nd 2007. In her session she talked about e-safety from the national perspective.
30 May 2007
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This PowerPoint presentation was delivered at NetShow 2007 by Robin Ball, Manager Learning Services Becta. The event was held on February 7th and 8th at Gosforth Park Racecourse and...
Ruth Hammond from Becta talked about the issues of e-safety at the Northern Grid E Safety days in June 2006. This resource is a copy of her powerpoint. This is a very large file and may take a while to load.
