http://ltsblogs.org.uk/futuretechnologies Just another Ltsblogs.org.uk weblog Thu, 15 May 2008 16:42:53 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en For those of us in the Scottish education community, the provision of network & internet access to support learning, requires ongoing consideration of the issues pertaining to effective access, security, filtering, tracking, risk, Responsible Use, Duty of Care etc.. Developing technologies, such as learner provided devices and requirements for ... http://ltsblogs.org.uk/futuretechnologies/2008/05/15/what-internet-do-we-want/ Becta’s recently published ‘Emerging technologies for learning Volume 3 (2008)’ provides a number of excellent articles on the themes we explored during our seminar in January. These articles are particularly valuable in documenting current thinking and proposing benefits and imperatives whilst also indicating the challenges, which we have all ... http://ltsblogs.org.uk/futuretechnologies/2008/04/25/emerging-technologies/ I was really encouraged by a recent TES article by my West Lothian colleague, Sean McPartlin where he articulated wonderfully the 'positive and disciplined option for learning and teaching’ and the 'opportunity to encourage responsibility and awareness in our students’ which the increased availability and appropriate use of ICD's ... http://ltsblogs.org.uk/futuretechnologies/2008/04/18/risk-or-opportunity/ Many of us work in LA Service Directorates that includes Education Services and Library Services, yet, all to often, working independently on shared aspects of our service improvement agenda. I recently had a brief discussion with Elspeth S. Scott, ICT and e-learning Staff Tutor (Glow) Dundee City Council Educational Development ... http://ltsblogs.org.uk/futuretechnologies/2008/03/17/supporting-information-management/ Effective use of ICT is supporting learning in many of our classrooms, where students use the capabilities of computers, peripherals and online tools in learning contexts either individually accessed or projected. Used well, ICT is promoting and enhancing learning, but does our current model of ICT availability and distribution in ... http://ltsblogs.org.uk/futuretechnologies/2008/03/06/infusing-technology-%e2%80%93-helping-learning-happen/ TechNews is a Becta technology, news and analysis service aimed at those in the education sector keen to stay informed about technology developments, trends and issues. I’ve subscribed to this service for a number of years and find it very useful as a means to keep informed of developments and ... http://ltsblogs.org.uk/futuretechnologies/2008/02/22/becta-tech-news/ Futurelab in conjunction with the Department for Children, Schools and Families (DCSF) in England are conducting a research programme, Beyond Current Horizons, to investigate the future of education and technology and produce a long term and challenging vision for education in the context of socio-technological change to 2025 and ... http://ltsblogs.org.uk/futuretechnologies/2008/02/15/beyond-current-horizons/ Is our future, one where access to Information and Communication will be ubiquitous for learners, using Information & Communication Devices (ICD’s) of their choice? A Scotland where reducing real cost of ICD’s, stable economic climate and desire for personal ownership will allow rapid permeation of devices to the student population. ... http://ltsblogs.org.uk/futuretechnologies/2008/02/14/tools-for-learning/ Over the last couple of months, I’ve met with colleagues, with responsibility for ICT in education, from 13 LA’s to discuss their current, planned and future aspirations for ICT to support and enhance learning. I’ve found these meetings exceptionally useful in developing my understanding of what might form a ... http://ltsblogs.org.uk/futuretechnologies/2008/02/13/the-road-ahead/ I agree with Alan’s observation that many of the ICT developments and applications currently being debated as applicable for use in education are already widely available in the public domain. Effective ICT provision in schools is increasingly complex and its availability is education critical. Current and emerging technologies are often ... http://ltsblogs.org.uk/futuretechnologies/2008/02/13/present-or-future-ict/