Making An Impact Conference

Crighton Casbon



I attended a conference at the Aintree Racecourse today. The day started with a review by Crichton Casbon of the QCA. He reminded us of the (many) the changes that have taken place to the curriculum over the past few years and outlined the main thrust of phase three.

After that we went into workshops. These covered reports of various curriculum innovations taking place the North West.

My favourite was the report on 'Planning for Impact Through 21st Century Learning and Use of New Technologies.' This concentrated on work being done in Oldham, one of the two Home Access LAs.

Key points to remember: adults tend to consume technology passively whereas the students produce. We should try to employ technology as they use it, not as we would use it.

Secondly: better to use cheap/free technology that is readily available (e.g. Google Docs) than buy into expensive learning platforms.