The Department for Education (DfE) is working with Chartered College of Teaching and the British Educational Suppliers Association (BESA) to call on technology companies to do more to help teachers. The intent is to develop solutions that help teachers manage their ever-growing workload and automate as many administrative features as possible. We all know that[…]
Balancing the needs of a SEND (Special Educational Needs and Disabilities) class with the different learning methods that students use has been one of the greatest teaching challenges of our age. How do we plan a class that delivers the learning outcomes we want with the quality students deserve? All while providing enough stimulation for[…]
Excalibur Communications and Techs4Education colleagues faced the winter night elements for a charity sleep out on Friday, January 18th, in support of the new Haven Centre being set up by Swindon Night Shelter. In its fifth year of supporting Swindon’s homeless, staff slept on cardboard, in sleeping bags in the company car park. 17 colleagues[…]
Using technology in the classroom is about more than preparing students for the workplace or providing the skills industry needs in the future. It is also about using a teaching medium that can reach students. A medium they find relevant and can engage with. I consider those two reasons more important than any other. If[…]
The classroom is almost unrecognisable from those of ten or fifteen years ago. Everything is digital, the chalk has gone and we use devices for many aspects of learning. Without connectivity, those devices are only half as effective as they could be, which is why wireless connectivity is so important. The convenience and cost savings[…]