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  • Show & Tell: Track your child’s educational learning progress via online reporting


    eNewsWireAuthority Authority: 133
    A ‘Show & Tell’ event was held recently at Oakington Manor School in North London in which parents, teachers and bloggers came together to experience the benefits of online reporting in a real-life classroom environment. The event was organised by the government agency Becta in relation to their ‘Next ...
    2 days ago
  • Online technology to help schools and teachers encourage parental involvement


    eNewsWireAuthority Authority: 133
    According to a recent report released by Becta, forty-eight percent of teachers believe that while parents are a great source of support, they dont always know the best ways to get involved with their child’s education. Forty percent of parents say they think technology could help, however they don’t fully ...
    1 week ago
  • Are teachers really losing confidence with ICT?


    Microsoft UK Schools News BlogAuthority Authority: 411
    Earlier in the year, BESA reported that teachers confidence with using ICT had fallen by 10%. Which sounds dramatic, and was described by some writers as ‘alarming’. But is it? Well, here’s the data for the last 11 years – from research done by the old DfES until 2004, and data from BESA from 2002. The ...
    2 weeks ago
  • Harnessing Technology Review 2009


    Warrington ICTAuthority Authority: 114
    This review brings together a range of research evidence and data from England to look at what has been achieved in implementing technology to support learning. Most of the data presented here was collected through studies conducted in early 2009.
    2 weeks ago
  • The Impact of Digital Technology


    Warrington ICTAuthority Authority: 114
    A review of the evidence of the impact of digital technologies, on formal education. Includes sections on what the evidence says, and challenges for the future
    2 weeks ago
  • Online reporting: Use of technology to improve parent teacher engagement


    eNewsWireAuthority Authority: 133
    According to a report by Becta into parent teacher relationships, thirty-seven percent of parents say they would welcome advice on how to improve communication with the child’s teacher. In conjunction with this, thirty-seven percent of teachers think parents should be given practical advice on ways they can ...
    2 weeks ago
  • Online Reporting: Technology to improve communication between parents and schools


    eNewsWireAuthority Authority: 133
    With such a vast array of communication tools such as emails, text alerts and blogs, it is important that schools provide the proper support and training to ensure that what is communicated is timely and meaningful. Online Reporting means that parents have access to information and advice from a variety of sources ...
    3 weeks ago
  • Online Reporting in education to improve parent teacher relationships


    eNewsWireAuthority Authority: 133
    Fifty-four percent of teaching staff claim that the relationship with their pupils’ parents varies greatly from parent to parent. However, school staff are keen for schools to introduce tools to help them have more informed and effective discussions with parents. According to a report, commissioned by Becta into ...
    4 weeks ago
  • Becta report reveals parental concern for absence of parent teacher relationships


    eNewsWireAuthority Authority: 133
    According to a comprehensive study into parent teacher relationships more than eleven percent said they feel dismissed as an ‘overly demanding’ parent and another eleven percent say they are made to feel that they are imposing on the teacher’s time when they try to make contact. However, thirty-seven percent of ...
    4 weeks ago
  • Technology can help parents connect better with school


    Ewan McIntosh | Digital Media & EducationAuthority Authority: 493
    Becta, the UK education technology agency, has been looking into how schools communicate with parents and vice versa. Their initial research has discovered some home truths that, unfortunately, are all too recognisable: ‘Invisible’ parents: Of the parents who admitted they rarely made contact with their ...
    4 weeks ago

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