HighFurlong School
Blackpool
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How does EdTech support your school ethos and vision?
Erica Smith (EdTech & Communication Lead) discusses how EdTech can support a school ethos and School Development planning.
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How do you involve your wider school community in the adoption of new technologies?
Erica Smith (EdTech & Communication Lead) explains how they involve their wider community in the use of technology.
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How do you manage the change required for effective technology use?
Neill Oldham (Headteacher) explains how they managed the change required for greater technology use whilst ensuring it was effective.
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How do you use technology to communicate achievements with parents?
Mark Birtles (Senior Teacher for Technology for Learning & Parental Engagement) explains the use of a piece of software called Seesaw. This is their primary way of engaging parents through picture and video use.
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Why are communities of practice important?
Neill Oldham (Headteacher) discussed the importance of collaboration and learning from others. What people give to communities of practice, they get back tenfold.
Erica Smith (EdTech & Communication Lead) explains how she values the opportunity to discuss technology experiences and the journeys other schools have undertaken as well as sharing her own experiences.
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How has technology helped change the approach and perception of SEND education and raised expectations?
Neill Oldham (Highfurlong) explains that technology works for a wide range of learners. Getting a profile of need of the pupils and really using what they have already have can unlock the learning.
Erica Smith explains how their SEND pupils can be the "boundary breakers" and the challengers of SEND and their voice can properly educate all the professionals who work with pupils with SEND.
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