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Leading CPD in the School – Using Web 2.0 Tools a seminar lead by Professor Marilyn Leask at Brunel University. It was an invited audience representing DCSF, SSAT MirandaNet, academics and others.

There were a number of presentations including one by Steve Dale who has been a key developer of the IDeA knowledge management community. The IDeA KM platform employs a number of web 2 tools but in a secure environment. Crucially it is capable of finding individuals and communities with specific interests. If only that tool was used by the education service! Yes, web 2 tools are being used but they are scattered and fragile because they largely depend on volunteers or short term funding. I fear for an education service that hopes to innovate using such ad hoc arrangements.

Engaging teachers in a collaborative KM tool is essential and I argued that the examination system holds the key to not only ensuring teachers use ICT but it makes interaction unavoidable.

My presentation focused on CPD achieved by teachers collaborating online. I’ll let the PowerPoint available here tell the story. a

Other reports from Sarah Jones and  Richard Millwood