I've just published the final issue of Practical ICT for this school year, together with an index for the whole year.
I started the publication for leaders and managers of educational ICT, and so far (touch wood) the feedback has been very positive from the people who have subscribed. They say it's saved them time, and given some some useful ideas.
I also feel quite pleased about the fact that, as we charge people for subscribing, we pay people who contribute. I worked with the UK's Society of Authors to ensure that the contract between us and the contributor was OK, and the result was a contract that the Society of Authors described as very author-friendly.
Anyway, here is a brief run-down of the articles that appear in this issue, and a link to the index I mentioned, which covers over 60 articles.
Practical ICT August 2008: Contents
News items
Free web 2.0 projects book
Blogging vs writing survey
Safeguarding children from sexual exploitation
e-Learning information day launched in Brunei
Educators and ICT usage
Video games consultation
Back to work: making hay while the sun shines
Ideas of how to prepare for the return to work in ways to salve your conscience without spoiling your holiday.
The project management approach to ICT leadership
Leaders of ICT have so much to do and be responsible for that managing it all can be a nightmare. This article explains how to use a project management approach to deal with this issue.
7 Things you need to know about building new schools
Includes ideas and facts, eg about building costs (in the UK).
Gender equality: 5 actions you can take
Gender inequality manifests itself in the world of work. How do you deal with the possibility of it happening in school? This article draws on a report created for the OECD, and also refers to a report about work done outside the educational sector in the UK.
Middle managers and personality
This article is about research undratken about middle managers, with suggestions on its potential relevance to managing educational technology in a school.
Essential characteristics of good leadership
This is a report on the research I carried out into this.
I have also attached an updated index covering the whole year -- and over 60 articles. You can download that from here.
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