What is the Practical ICT subscription?

This service gives you access to the entire database of articles on the website. Unlike the Computers in Classrooms newsletter  or the free part of the website, this is a paid-for service.

The Practical ICT ejournal comes out 6 times a year. We get lots of great feedback about it, such as the quotes included here.

In addition, the subscription gives you access to all of the articles on the website. (When you click on an article stored in the subscriber-only part of the website, you will be asked for your username and password. This will happen only the first time (or sometimes twice, depending on what browser you are using) in a session. After that, it will "remember" you until you finish using the internet on that occasion.)

The articles on this website:

  • are stored in a searchable database;
  • may be viewed in, and printed from, a printer-friendly format;
  • allow you to easily email the author with your suggestion and comments;
  • are mainly concerned with practical issues relating to the leadership and management of educational technology in schools, and with the teaching and learning of information and communication technology in the classroom.

In addition, the articles in the Leading & Managing Educational Technology section: 

  • deal with very specific issues, eg the recruitment of teachers of educational computing;
  • deal with matters in detail, that is, they are intended to give practical guidance and advice as far as possible...
  • ... although not too much detail: we understand that you are busy!
     
  • are often part of a series, intended to cover particular topics in depth.

The subscription gives you access to all of these articles.

Those are the main features of this service -- now consider the benefits by going to the relevant pages listed on the left-hand side of your screen once you've gone here.

Alternatively, why wait a moment longer when you could sign up now?! The single most important benefit you'll gain from subscribing is saving time, because of our e-briefing. This is an electronic bulletin, never longer than 2 sides, giving information about important new developments, documents or news items.

In compiling the e-briefing, we consult at least 20 educational news sources. Bearing this in mind, it's not hard to see that the time you might save by reading just one e-Briefing could justify the cost of the annual subscription.

"A very useful site which not only offers useful and comprehensive advice, but also offers useful links to further information, saving a lot of precious time." (Cheryl, a trainee teacher who subscribes to the Premium service.)

"Terry, I have thoroughly enjoyed this series." (A teacher trainer, on the series called Characteristics of Boring ICT Lessons)

"Your site is the only place on the internet where the comments and explanations are directly useful to ICT teaching in the real world.  No messing about, no pie in the sky 'classrooms of the future' rubbish.  When I read an article I'm normally either struck by the thought that "yes, that really is the issue we're facing at the moment" or "That's a good idea, we should try this out".  Thus, I find the articles refreshingly direct, honest and useful for ICT teaching, learning and management.  The content is immediately useful for all involved with ICT.

"Having 'read' all my documentation and carefully filed it in my "ICT subject leader development folder" and the like, I find myself reaching the same conclusions that you reach in your articles.  You're focusing on the issues that matter in ICT teaching today.
 
"That's what I like!  ... and I'm annoyed with myself for not visiting the site more often." (Andrew Field, Head of Information & Communication Technology)

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