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State of Schools
Number of computers in schools had risen to 851,100
70% of teachers "Not Confident" in ICT -
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£230M New Opportunities Fund
Labour launched the New Opportunities Fund using National Lottery funding to provide £230 million until 2002 to be spent on ICT training for teachers -
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£100M Laptop for Teachers Fund
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Interactive whiteboards for Schools
90% of Secondary Schools have 11 or more IWBs -
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eLearning Credits
£280M worth of e-learning credits (eLCs) for schools to purchase software from the curriculum website -
Onscreen marking of exam papers
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First ActiveTeach CD Rom created for Edexcel GCSE Science
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Results Plus Launched
GCSE and A-Level results to be sent out via e-mail The days of pupils crowding around the school noticeboard to get the first glimpse of their A-level and GCSE results are over.
This year, up to one million teenagers, will be able to get their marks via email on results day in August. The ground-breaking service is being launched tomorrow by exam board Edexcel.
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Launch of Bug Club
UK Schools launched Bug Club, a primary Literacy Scheme -
Michael Gove closes BECTA and halves technology for schools budget
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We must teach our children to love books again - Michael Gove
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Introduction of On Screen Tests
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47% of computers in schools tablets / laptops
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ActiveTeach 2.0 Launched
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Two thirds of primary schools under-resourced in Wi-Fi connectivity in 2014. BECTA
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Abacus Launch
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ALP reaches 2 Million Users
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ActiveLearn Digital Service being used in 90+% of UK Secondary Schools
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ActiveTeach usage doubles compared to previous year
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Power Maths Launch
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First AO to provide free online access to marked scripts
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Nick Gibb: 'Teachers will lead the move back to textbooks'
“In England, only 10 per cent of teachers use maths textbooks as the basis for their teaching, compared to 70 per cent in Singapore.The long-term movement away from textbooks is something that might be about to go into reverse…The teacher-led move back to textbooks will be integral to ensuring that the national curriculum is as effective as we’d hoped.”
