Learning from inspections

The Office for Standards in Education, Children's Services and Skills
(Ofsted) in England recently published a summary of its findings from
inspections of the ICT (information and communications technology)
provision in schools.

In these documents I have taken these findings and summarised them
in the form of a table, and used them as a starting point for
self-evaluation. My view is that by taking what Ofsted has found to be
good practice and poor practice, one can improve a particular school's ICT
provision. Although the inspections took place in England, I am sure that
there are generic issues here which will be relevant for colleagues from
other countries too.

There are two documents (in one zip file), one for primary/elementary and one for
secondary/high. I hope you find them useful.

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Ten ways to always be ready for an ICT inspection

As reported in the December 2007 issue of Computers in Classrooms (publication date 18th December), the UK's inspection body is toying with the idea of no-notice inspections.

In my opinion, that's an excellent idea, and nothing to be afraid of. In this article I suggest ten ways in which the ICT (educational technology) subject leader can be ever-ready for a surprise inspection.

There is an opportunity to discuss these in the Practical ICT community.

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