What do you need in order to be a successful manager of Educational Technology (ICT)? Part 3

In this series we are looking at the types of skills you need in order to be a successful manager of ICT. In the last article we looked at the 5 different areas of expertise, and, in particular, hardware. This time we focus on the second of these, software.

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Using a spreadsheet in Word

Word has a table feature which can be used for calculations --

but it's not exactly intuitive. So why not use a spreadsheet
instead? This brief article explains how.

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What do you need in order to be a successful manager of Educational Technology (ICT)? Part 2

In this series we are looking at the types of skills you need in order to be a successful manager of ICT. In this article we look at the 5 different areas of expertise, and focus on the first of these, hardware.

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What do you need in order to be a successful manager of Educational Technology (ICT)? Part 1

This series looks at the types of skills you need in order to be a successful manager of ICT. There is no magic combination of teaching and computing skills, but some of the content of these articles may surprise you.

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Is motivation enough?

Ask anyone why they use computers in their lessons -- especially where pupils with special educational needs are involved -- and they are almost bound to say something about self-esteem and motivation.

But shouldn't we adopt a rather more critical approach?

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The 14 Principles of Projects

To manage projects successfully you do not necessarily have to adopt a formal project management approach, which may be "overkill" in your particular circumstances.

There are, however, 14 key principles which should underpin your projects. They are listed here. With some adaptation or possible change of emphasis they will be relevant in a school context or in a wider context.

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Some thoughts about last year's NECC Conference

Peggy George gives us a personal view of last year’s NECC conference.
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