As of
January 2006, ACITT formally joined with Naace. This Association is no
longer active as an independent entity. This website remains only as a free
reference archive for those interested in the history of ICT in education.
We wish to thank all our members for the unique experience that was ACITT
and recommend that any ICT specialists seeking to join an organisation
consider joining with us in Naace. (www.naace.org)
16/10/05
Journal #6 is now online in our Resources section under current
articles, again featuring a host of submissions!
13/01/05
The BETT presentation on adapting Teaching models
for ICT from KS2 to KS3 is now available in the
Guest
section.
05/01/05
Journal #5 is now online in our Resources section featuring over 20
new articles!
13/12/04
The ACITT welcome pack for new members is now available in our Help
section and explains the basics of using the free digitalbrain account you
receive with your membership.
04/12/04
Details of the forthcoming ACITT seminars at BETT 2005 are in the
Events section.
12/11/04
A personal report from Margaret Derrington on the Warwick Conference is now online under the
Events section.
05/07/04
The presentations from the Warwick Conference are now online under the
Events section.
16/04/04
An entire SoW for KS1&2 is now online in
Resources/Members Submissions. Detailed lesson plans and
support files for every unit of the QCA SoW for ICT are available for
downloading. Many thanks to the Greenwich ICT team.
19/03/04
The ACITT conference booking form is now online in the Events
section.
13/02/04
The ACITT conference dates are now online in the Events
section.
08/01/04
The ACITT presentations given at BETT are now online in the Events
section.
12/10/03
Teaching ICT issue 4 now online in
Past Publications
section.
18/07/03
New 22 page powerpoint
guide submitted in
Resources KS3 section.
14/07/03
Conference report online in
Events section.
01/07/03
The ACITT CONFERENCE IS ON! - Saturday July 12th - See
Events for details and an application form.
11/06/03
New article online.
We look at the use of ICT in teaching and learning at
Cambell
Junior
School,
Barking and Dagenham. Have people overlooked the power of large display in the
rush for whiteboards?
20/05/03
New article added to Resources.
The Impact of ICT on Education: Help or Hindrance - friend or Foe?
Simon
Budgen wonders whether we have lost sight of the
aims of creating a subject for ICT.
07/04/03
HTML and web page resources for year 8 added to
KS3 submissions. Many thanks to Theresa Wilson.
06/04/03
talk@acitt digest redesigned.
Inbox is now directly available for all members to read.
Can be sorted by date or subject.
02/04/03
3 new resources added to
KS3 Internet section. Includes student guide to
hyperlinking in Front page Xpress.
31/03/03 March
digest of talk@acitt is online and
available here. A lot of activity this month!
23/03/03
Primary ICTco Job Description now available in
Guest area.
01/03/03
GCSE mark sheet template added to
resources here. Many thanks to Margaret
Derrington.
28/02/03
February digest of talk@acitt is online and
available here. Some good threads on KS3 strategy experiences and ideas
for starters
18/02/03
Resources section reorganised.
16/02/03
Homework handouts for the KS3 strategy units 7.1, 7.3, 7.4 & 8.1 now
available here.
Many thanks to Jane Gordon.
01/02/03
Talk@Acitt is up and running! The first month's
digest of members email chat is available in the Community section.
22/01/03
New membership flyer added to the Guest Area. Feel free to download and
distribute!
08/01/03
Multimedia
Authoring resources added to the Guest Area.
The
lesson plans and support files are for Unit 6A of the QCA
SoW and were featured in our presentation at BETT 2003 - Writing
adventure games in MS Powerpoint.
06/01/03
Pop in and see us at BETT. We will be at our usual place, Stand L23.
05/01/03
Happy New Year to our members. **** talk@acitt is
now live. **** Details on how to use the list and FAQs
can be found here:
http://acitt.digitalbrain.com/acitt/web/events/talkatacitt/menu/
30/12/02
New Discussion group created on NQT training in ICT. (See Community)
21/12/02
Access to the resources section has been limited to members only.
19/12/02
Nisis Pocket Digital Video Camera - A review of a
breakthrough in cheap DV by Stuart Swann added to Current Articles under
Resources.
27/11/02
digitalbrain
have agreed that ACITT members are in a unique position to evaluate their
product and have now granted members full permissions to explore the system.
This effectively means you now have the ability to
customise nearly every aspect of the system as a school would.
For more details, click the new Help tab.
25/11/02
New help tab added. For queries about the site or a forgotten password, please
contact
webmaster@acitt.org.uk
rather than digitalbrain directly.
10/11/02
Application
Form for 2003 Conference in
Scarborough
is now online (see Information and Events)
04/11/02
Information and Events updated
02/11/02
Members Chatroom added
24/10/02
Executive Chatroom created.
15/10/02
New discussion group added to community forum - Primary issues.
06/10/02
All current members now have their own "digitalbrains".
Logins and passwords emailed individually, if you have not received one,
please check your membership status or confirm your contact email address with
us.
21/09/02
Latest issue of Teaching ICT (vol 1.3) now online
in "Resources".
19/09/02
Review of I-Cybie by David Cleland added to
"Current Articles".
24/06/02
Whole site
converted and hosted on new sponsor's server - Grateful thanks to
digitalbrain. Discussion Groups now open but
requires new login. Members due to all receive free email and 25
megs of virtual drive space on
digitalbrain with their new login. Watch out for an email soon with
details of your new account.
21/05/02
The Clare
Johnson Interview is now up in the Articles section! We put some of your email
questions about KS3 to Clare after her speech at the conference - this is the
result.
20/05/02
Membership
forms updated and new article from Clem Rutter on
teaching recursion.
28/04/02
Laurie
O'Donell's (Head of Future Teaching and Learning
in
Scotland)
presentation from the conference is online in Resources. Also a new article -
"The Ideal Primary PC" added.
20/04/02
New article on
"Learning ICT" by Keith Grange added to Resources. Also example newsletters
added to Guest Resources.
10/04/02
New section
added to Resources. "Current Articles" now allows members
to preview some of the more topical articles being collated for the next issue
of the Association's Journal. The first article is a write up of Clare Johnson
speaking on the KS3 strategy for ICT.
07/04/02
Worksheets for
Serif Photoplus 7 added to Submissions (Clem
strikes again!), plus 6 page handout for the CPD session "Introduction to
Flash" added to Associations Resources.
08/03/02
A year 9
project on mobile phones added to Submissions,
entailing the use of WP, DTP, Spreadsheets, Data Handling, Graphics and
Internet research. (Thanks Ben!)
13/02/02
Logo Ideas for 6th Formers added to Submissions (Thanks again Clem) plus the
BETT 2002 presentations (on creating a primary website and a new model for
implementing the QCA SoW) are now in the
Associations resources.
01/02/02
Handout on MS photo editor and worksheet on times tables in excel added to
submissions.
19/01/02
Two KS3 spreadsheet lessons added to submissions, plus example assessment
sheet. (Thanks Margaret)
17/01/02
Guest user resources added. Includes free online issue of
the latest journal. (click ICT Resources
before logging in.)
12/01/02
This year's conference details and registration form are available under the
information section. The Yearbook for ICT in Education, produced in
conjunction with BCS, is also available for purchase.
03/01/02
A
Happy New Year to all our members! Teaching ICT - Volume 1 Issue 2 is now
online.
22/12/01
New resources added to submissions.
A
GCSE preparation booklet and 4 courses for KS3/4 covering WP and DTP,
Programming, Data Handling and Spreadsheet Modelling.
(Great stuff Clem.)
17/12/01
Integrate back issue 20 is now online.
14/12/01
Three more presentations from the 2001 conference added to the Association's
Resources section.
17/11/01
Five spreadsheet lessons added to the KS2 submissions including handouts.
Resource event updated.
13/11/01
We have just heard we have a stall confirmed for Resource, so for those of you
travelling to
Doncaster
this Thursday... pop in and say hello.
5/11/01
A reference chart to the ICT opportunities in KS3&4 across the curriculum,
hyperlinked to the appropriate Ngfl entries added
to submissions - (thanks Bob).
27/10/01
Site host changed.
Integrate back issue 19 is
now online. Association Resources section added including SOW for all Key
stages. Information and Events section updated. Exec and constitution updated.
All prior passwords reset to current one advised in newsletter.
20/10/01
Integrate back
issue 18 is now online.
06/10/01
Integrate back
issue 17 is now online.
29/09/01
KS2 Email lessons (QCA unit 3e) added to Resources
27/09/01
Integrate 30 and 31 are now online.
23/09/01
Publications section updated. Integrate 29 now online, plus a real blast from
the past - Computers in Primary Schools issue 3.
16/09/01
Resources section updated. Past Publications added.
"Teaching ICT" issue 1 now online.
12/09/01
Back issues of the Newsletters updated
03/08/01
Users can now all log on using the same username and password. The password is
sent with the weekly newsletter.
11/06/01
The message boards are now up and running on the site. You can have your say
in the community section.