MASS in Education - School Leaders

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As School leaders and Governors, ICT is an essential part of your remit. Although ICT specialists will give guidance, the final decision about your school's ICT direction rests with you.

In an effort to help you make decisions about ICT easier and more informed, we've put together this selection of articles, created by ourselves and from around the net.

We hope that you'll find this section interesting and informative. Don't forget, if there's a subject that's not covered we're only at the end of an email or phone call.

Bring your own device – is it viable for schools?

Bring your own device or BYOD is coming to the fore in education as more and more students bring their own devices, including Smartphones and Tablets, into the classroom. For many school leadership teams, this is seen as a potential cost saving with the investment in expensive end-user devices covered by pupils when they bring their own device to school. On the opposite end of the scale, network managers are understandably concerned over security and service. So is there a place for bring your own device in education?

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Keeping parents in the loop

In the unassuming suburbs of Bergen, Norway’s second city, Apeltun Primary School is running a pilot project to test a new internet based parent portal which should help teachers keep parents up to date with their child’s education simply and quickly. In this article from ‘In Learning’ Magazine from its Learning we see how.

Click here to download the article in pdf format.

Could talking to parents be easier?

According to a recent survey by leading learning platform provider itslearning, 71% of teachers feel that a learning platform with a dedicated parent portal could improve how they communicate with parents. itslearning’s Research Manager Morten Fahlvik tells us why – and how.
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Taken from the DfE Governor Support and Resources Website:

There are a range of resources and support networks that exist to help individual governors and the governing body to fulfill their responsibilities. In general terms this support can be divided into two categories.....

Sweating the assets for smarter ICT support

Sue B Workman explains the concept of sweating assets, where the concept has come from in the business world and how it can help your school to adjust to the financial constraints imposed upon it. With all schools now firmly impacted by restricted budgets how can you keep your school financially viable without sacrificing future results.