Fluorescent lighting in school could be harming your child’s health and...
If you step into any British classroom, chances are you’ll be greeted by the bright white light of fluorescent lamps.… Read the rest
View ArticlePupils who take government’s technical qualification could miss out on top...
Ministers have been pushing for teenagers to choose to study T-levels – which are intended to have an equal status to A-levels – ahead of the first technical courses being rolled out in September.…...
View ArticleGuest post: Free Resources for Schools on the Links Between Gambling and Gaming
Parent Zone – the experts in digital family life – have teamed up with GambleAware to help teachers and parents understand the gambling-like features of many online games.… Read the rest
View ArticleGuest Post: School Data Retention and Security for 2020
Even though the introduction of GDPR led to the production of vast amounts of media content, the principles behind it were really nothing new.… Read the rest
View ArticleDon’t ‘demonise’ mobile phones, schools’ leader urges
TES is reporting that private schools’ leader says they can’t be ‘Luddite’ or ‘stick their heads in the sand’ about pupil use of mobile phones.… Read the rest
View ArticleTeenagers aspiring to traditional jobs despite rise of technology over past...
According to The Independent, teenagers are shunning digital jobs and aspiring to work in the most popular, traditional occupations — like teachers, doctors or vets — despite major changes to the world...
View Article11% of 15-18s encouraged to take up an apprenticeship
According to FE Week, one in ten 15 to 18-year-olds are being encouraged to take up an apprenticeship by their schoolteachers, a new YouGov survey has revealed.… Read the rest
View ArticleSchool dinner payment firm ParentPay hires PayPal executive as new boss
The Telegraph is reporting that a company whose technology is used by more than half of all British schoolchildren to pay for their lunches has hired the former PayPal UK head as its new boss. … Read...
View ArticleCalls to scrap pen and paper exams by 2025
According to TES, the education sector should stop “clinging to pen and paper” when it comes to assessment and allow technology to provide radical innovation, the not-for-profit education technology...
View ArticleParents urged by ministers to ditch teaching their children to write using a...
According to Daily Mail, parents are being encouraged by Ministers to ditch teaching their children to write using a pencil and paper and use digital exercise books instead.… Read the rest
View ArticleGCSEs: Exams in Wales could be sat online in future
According to BBC, paper and pens could become a thing of the past for GCSE exams in Wales.… Read the rest
View ArticleFive-year-olds who use technology more have higher literacy scores, study finds
According to Independent, five-year-olds in England who shun digital devices have lower literacy scores than children who use technology more regularly, a global study has found. … Read the rest
View ArticleCoronavirus: MAT invests £2m in tech for poorer pupils
According to TES, one of the largest academy trusts in the country has said it will invest £2m for the provision of devices for poorer pupils while schools remain closed from the coronavirus epidemic.…...
View ArticleCoronavirus in the UK: Eton College offers UK state schools free access to...
The headmaster of Eton College has written to UK state secondary schools offering access to its online courses free of charge during the coronavirus crisis, iNews is reporting.… Read the rest
View ArticleChildren must not become unseen victims of coronavirus, says thinktank
A leading thinktank has called on the government to set up an emergency “digital access fund” to provide tablets or other digital devices to households where children cannot get online, the Guardian is...
View ArticleArt teacher creates online gallery of students’ work after exhibition is...
When A-level art students at one Norfolk school had their planned public exhibition cancelled due to the coronavirus outbreak – their teacher decided to create an ONLINE gallery so people could still...
View ArticleCoronavirus: Outdated IT systems pushed to the limit by large-scale remote...
The Independent reports that the Association of School and College Leaders says technology in some classrooms is like ‘dark ages’ Outdated school IT systems are struggling to cope with a surge in...
View Article‘Digital poverty’ in schools where few have laptops
The BBC reports … “In our schools, 60% to 70% of children wouldn’t have laptops,” says Wayne Norrie, head of an academy trust with schools in disadvantaged areas.With… Read the rest
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