http://www.openhive.net Just another WordPress weblog Fri, 16 Dec 2011 04:22:10 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en We received some fantastic news from Naace yesterday.  They have recently been advised that they will be given a licence to run the ICT Mark, endorsed by The Department for Education, for the next 12 months.  The ICT Mark helps schools to demonstrate their effective use of technology. Schools that have ... http://www.openhive.net/the-ict-mark-is-set-to-continue?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-ict-mark-is-set-to-continue On Monday I spent time visiting Microsoft in London along with others in the education supplier community. The afternoon started with a keynote from Vanessa Pittard.  Vanessa was one of the directors at Becta and now is responsible for Technology Policy at the DfE.  The Technology Policy Unit is firmly ... http://www.openhive.net/blue-skies-ahead?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=blue-skies-ahead The annual UK wide technology competition for pupils aged 9 to 11 is here again.  Now in its fifth year, the competition has cash prizes for schools.  The challenge is organised by the Parliamentary Information Technology Committee (PITCOM), in partnership with e-skills UK, the Sector Skills Council for Business and ... http://www.openhive.net/make-it-happy-2011?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=make-it-happy-2011 This year at BETT the stand is bigger and better! Complimented by our wider Capita IT Services presence, you can find out more not only about OPENHIVE but also Synetrix and Ramesys Direct.  We've combined the strengths of our family operating under the Capital IT Services umbrella bringing together our ... http://www.openhive.net/walking-the-floor-at-bett2011?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=walking-the-floor-at-bett2011 This event (previously known as Handheld Learning) kicked off on Sunday with a 'free' day.  It was a rather special day, loads of ICT professionals along with children and their teachers and parents. The children stole the show. High quality engaging presentations from youngsters of all ages.  The primary school ... http://www.openhive.net/learning-without-frontiers-roundup?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=learning-without-frontiers-roundup For once I got my timing right; last week was quite busy – the whole week away from home whilst this week is somewhat quieter.  It’s just as well really considering the state of the road through the village.  Plenty of neighbourly good spirit – at one point yesterday most ... http://www.openhive.net/one-week-in-november?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=one-week-in-november There has been a rumour circulating for a couple of weeks that Microsoft are shifting their focus away from Silverlight as a core development tool for cross-browser, cross platform web applications. How did this rumour start? This rumour surfaced during the Microsoft Professional Developers Conference where Bob Muglia (President, Server and ... http://www.openhive.net/silverlight-is-not-dead?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=silverlight-is-not-dead So we’re here and The Comprehensive Spending Review has been announced.  See the full text version of George Osborne’s speech here or watch and listen here.  As we all dig deep and try to understand the true impact of this on Schools and Educational ICT, we thought it might be ... http://www.openhive.net/the-comprehensive-spending-review-oct-2010?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-comprehensive-spending-review-oct-2010 As a team we love to build new features and capabilities; things that make your lives easier, smarter and more fun each and every day.   With OPENHIVE, all our customers receive future product releases as part of their subscription, at no additional cost.  So customers have the excitement of something new every year, ... http://www.openhive.net/openhive-september-2010-release-what-is-new?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=openhive-september-2010-release-what-is-new There’s been a slow start to converting to academy status – so far 32 schools have transferred although there are another 110 with approval that will convert during the year.  Not quite the thousands that the Government had hoped for, according to The Independent ‘A mixture of teaching union pressure, ... http://www.openhive.net/new-government-new-academic-year?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=new-government-new-academic-year