Here are a number of useful documents on this issue. Continue reading »
Before setting up classes, it is necessary that pupils logon to j2e. This automatically creates their personal My Files areas and makes their accounts available to allocate to classes using the Dashboard. Continue reading »
I am frequently asked to investigate missing pupil accounts on j2e, so here is a self-help check list that may prove useful. Continue reading »
We have now trained 20 or so Powys schools in the basics of managing the new public websites based on j2bloggy. The enthusiasm of participants has been fantastic and the ease of working with the sites (based on WordPress) immediately allowed users to make changes and add new content. Continue reading »
Adding Governors to Hwb
1. Creating Governor Accounts
Adding Governors is done by the Digital Champion in the school (with admin access to Hwb+) by uploading a csv into the Admin area of Hwb+. A guide can be found at
http://resources.hwb.wales.gov.uk/VTC/2015/05/07/hwb_school_bulk_upload_web_part_governors.pdf
The user details will then be added to the school user credential list. Governors can then log into Hwb and access an Office 365 account and the Governors area of the school Hwb+ site. Note that logging in from Hwb will take them straight to the Governors site in Hwb+. If they follow a link to the main school Hwb+ site they will not have permission to view it, unless those permissions are granted by the school.
2. Create an Office 365 Group for Governors
Many schools now prefer to set up Office 365 groups to work with Governors in preference to Hwb+. An O365 Group allows for sharing files, conversation and a calendar with individuals invited to the group with their Hwb username. A pdf guide to setting up an O365 group is here:
Creating a group in Office 365
3. Using Hwb+
For schools preferring to use Hwb+, a Governor focused guide can be found here – http://resources.hwb.wales.gov.uk/VTC/2015/05/07/governors_guide.pdf
New ESTYN Supplementary Guidance for ICT
Please be aware that new Supplementary guidance for the inspection of ICT in schools was published last Friday. This is an excerpt of an email from Greg Morgan, Head of Digital Learning, ERW.
Link to download pdf documents.
The main headlines are:
- Each inspection report from September onwards will therefore include a paragraph on pupils’ standards in applying ICT across the curriculum in 1.1, as well as recording evidence in 1.1.4.
- Inspectors don’t expect printed work, but will sit with pupils in front of a computer, so that the pupils can access their work. (Similar approach to listening to pupils reading in Literacy)
- If there is no evidence of Data Handling or Modelling, Estyn will ‘consider Unsatisfactory for ICT’, which will have a direct knock-on effect on the whole inspection process in that particular school.
- The table of Progression in ICT, on page 2 is clear.
Each appendix at the back of the document, are really useful, also:
- Appendix 1: Possible range of ICT skills in the Foundation Phase
- Appendix 2: Possible range of ICT skills in key stage 2
- Appendix 3: Possible range of ICT skills in key stage 3
- Appendix 4: Possible range of ICT skills in key stage 4
- Appendix 5: Questions for listening to learners in the Foundation Phase and key stage 2 for ICT
- Appendix 6: Questions for the senior manager overseeing the work of the co-ordinator(s) for ICT
- Appendix 7: Questions for the ICT skills co-ordinator
- Appendix 8: Prompts for evaluating the effectiveness of transition between primary and secondary schools
- Appendix 9: 2.1 Provision for skills
- Appendix 10: Developing ICT across the primary and secondary curriculum based on the Skills Framework for 3 to 19-year-olds in Wales (WAG, 2008)
Schools are so much more than corporate businesses, so I’ve always believed that school websites should be more than merely informational or brochure driven. In fact, whenever I review a school website, the first thing I look for is the contribution made directly by the pupils. After all, a school website should reflect the whole school community, should it not? School websites need to look professional, but they also give us an opportunity to walk-the-talk, showing how pupils in our charge can engage with the digital world in an authentic manner. Continue reading »
Training Videos Continue reading »
How do we transfer ownership of a file from one user (the source) to another user (the recipient)? Whilst there is a ‘Change Owner’ option on the dropdown list for j2e files, it does not work well within the Hwb context (yet). Here is another way to do it. Continue reading »
Saving an iBook onto j2e means it can be removed from a particular iPad and can be included in a pupil Portfolio.
Here’s how to do it: Continue reading »