I have produced some guidance for administrators in Flash format - it's just like watching me do the task while you watch! See list the here.

Over the next few weeks I will be adding to this collection.  If you would like to request something then please use the contact form or email me.

Becta have produced a report highlighting the use of technology to engage parents in the education of their children.

There is a copy here.  The report is fairly easy reading and provides convincing data to support the introduction of more ICT in parental engagement.  To support schools' in preparing for more parental involvement they have produced four check lists:

• Recording and reporting
• Parental dialogue and involvement
• Workforce involvement
• Exploiting technologies

As you may be aware the LGfL has been promoting the creation of weather stations around the country, and via other Regional Broadband Consortia (RBCs)  not just in London.  See here for some more information.

With more schools using the Joomla template for their school web site it seemed a good idea to make the LGfL weather available via a Joomla module (see somewhere on the front page).

The bad weather this winter has been concentrating attention on the Schools OpenCheck site.  See here for some more information.

To help make the information more accessible and local I have produced a Joomla extension which copies the information from the OpenCheck site and displays it locally in a Joomla module.

If you want to make all your teachers (say) Joomla authors then there is an easy way that does not involve great amounts of typing. Install the import user component!