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Karen Robertson

Monday 29 May 2006

Had an office day today. Elizabeth Cowan, Fiona Cunningham and I had our team meeting. Much of it was taken up with what we could achieve in the few weeks before Fiona leaves to go to Pupil support. I'd like to thank Fiona for the support she has given the Education IT team for the past 5 years and wish her all the best in her new post.

I had an interesting meeting with the IT department to consider the priorities for the IT spend in schools this financial year. Much of the budget is being set aside for the Schools Wide Area Network (WAN) which will improve the speed and robustness of our networks. This is well worth the investment and will improve the service for everyone, especially as more content is delivered through the internet and the revolution that is Web 2.0 technology.

The rest of the afternoon was spent corresponding with schools for various projects. One of the key communications was to the PT music staff. Music and the technology available to work creatively in music has developed significantly in recent years. I suggested that we meet to look at current and potential requirements of the music curriculum in terms of technology and consider new software/hardware available. It would be ideal if the music departments could reach a consensus of requirements in the modern music department to faciltate the sharing of resources and training. I have set up a wiki for comments, questions and ideas for our meeting (hopefully) on 9th June.

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