Action Research
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G5: Home-school computers: one family's experience of supporting a child with learning disabilities
Author: Father of a Year 8 child with special educational needs (SEN), Durham
Date: 2005
P8: The role of animation software in helping to increase boys' creativity in story writing
Author: Charlotte Ashton, Class Teacher, Hartside Primary School, Durham
Date: 2004
P35: Year 3 pupils' changing perceptions about taking laptops home
Author: Charlotte Ashton, Class Teacher, Hartside Primary School, Durham
Date: 2005
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FE36: Evaluating the use of ICT to support delivery of English for Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL) tutorials and to encourage independent learning
Author: Kitt Baguley, Barking College
Date: 2006
FE15: Creating materials for low-level English for Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL) students
Author: Kitt Baguley, Curriculum Team Leader for Skills for Life, Barking College, Barking and Dagenham
Date: 2005
P19: Using the Classroom Performance System (CPS) for spelling tests
Author: Viv Bailey, Class Teacher, Warren junior School, Barking and Dagenham
Date: 2005
P9: An action research study into the use of a daily board
Author: Vivien Bailey, Class Teacher, Warren Junior School, Barking and Dagenham
Date: 2004
FE38: Evaluating student experiences of the Moodle VLE at Barking College.
Author: James Ballard, VLE Administrator
Date: 2006
P50: Aiming to make Furze Infants' School a Centre Of Excellence for
Children With Special Educational Needs with the support of the ICT Test Bed Project.
Author: Jackie Barbet, SENCO/Deputy Head, Furze Infants School
Date: 2006
P23: Using interactive teaching equipment in assemblies
Author: Jackie Barbet, Deputy Head teacher, Furze Infants' School, Barking and Dagenham
Date: 2005
P48: Using the Digital Camera to improve School / Home links
Author: Sarah Barbet-Sawyer, Furze Infants
Date: 2005
P38: An evaluation of the contribution ICT can make to the music curriculum
Author: Julie Bedford, Music Coordinator, Hartside Primary School, Durham
Date: 2005
FE25: Encouraging A level Accounting students' participation in sessions through use of the video playback facility on Interactive Whiteboards
Author: Angela Bhandari Sandwell College
Date: 2005
P36: A collaborative approach to developing software to help Year 2 children in the 'Catch-Up' maths group
Author: Pauline Blade, Learning Support Assistant (LSA), Furze Infants School, Barking and Dagenham
Date: 2005
P37: Evaluating software resources produced as a collaboration between a learning support assistant and a content developer
Author: Pauline Blade, Learning Support Assistant (LSA), Furze Infants School, Barking and Dagenham
Date: 2005
P65: Evaluating the effect of creating a website to improve communication between school and parents
Author: Pauline Blade, Teaching Assistant, Furze Infants School
Date: 2006
FE6: An investigation into the introduction and potential of an interactive voting system to promote learning and achievement within an FE college
Author: Pat Bone, Childcare Tutor, Bishop Auckland College, County Durham
Date: 2005
S2: Using handheld computers to stimulate critical studies in A-Level art
Author: Ellie Burkett, Class Teacher, Warren Comprehensive, Barking and Dagenham
Date: 2005
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FE10: Using ICT to improve plumbing students' experiences
Author: Peter Carden, Plumbing Tutor, Bishop Auckland College, County Durham
Date: 2005
P58: Making a video diary to see if the digital blue camera as a tool for self expression can have an impact on a child with Asperger's Syndrome
Author: Wendy Clark, Teaching Assistant, Furze Infants
Date: 2006
P20: Diary of a support assistant
Author: Wendy Clark, Learning Support Assistant, Furze Infants' School, Barking and Dagenham
Date: 2005
FE22: Evaluation of the effectiveness of a series of digitised video clips as a teaching aid.
Author: Chris Cooper, Sandwell College
Date: 2005
FE40: The HeadStart Maths Program: A Case Study.
Author: Peter Crisp, Sandwell College
Date: 2006
FE37: Establishing Video-Conferencing.
Author: Peter Crisp, Sandwell College
Date: 2006
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P6: Comparing the use of shared stories in the literacy hour, using an interactive whiteboard or a big book with year 2 and 3 children who have special educational needs.
Author: Rachel Dobinson, Class Teacher, Whitworth Special School, Co. Durham
Date: 2005
FE30: Exploring The Use Of The Interactive Whiteboard With A Large Group Of Level 2 Child Care Students.
Author: Susan Duggan, Bishop Auckland College
Date: 2006
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P39: The changing role of the teacher in using the Interactive White Board (IWB)
Author: Victoria Eaton, Class Teacher, Sunnybrow Primary School, Durham
Date: 2005
FE35: Developing a flexible A-Level strategy using ICT
Author: Will Ellis, Sandwell College
Date: 2006
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P33: An evaluation of the impact of ICT on boys' attitudes to literacy in early foundation stage. A focused study on four learners.
Author: Julie Fisher, Class Teacher, St Cuthbert's RC Nursery, Durham
Date: 2005
FE20: Evaluation of new ICT resources in a Community Learning Centre
Author: Joanne Frost, IT Tutor, Crook Community Learning Centre
Date: 2005
P63: Using the digital camera to support the language development of a child with autism
Author: Naomi Frost, Reception Teacher, Furze Infants
Date: 2006
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P54: Video-conferencing opportunities in Year 1: a classroom case study
Author: Kate Gair, Sunnybrow Primary School
Date: 2006
P25: Using Talking Books at home to encourage speaking skills with a class of Year 1 and 2 children.
Author: Kate Gair, Sunnybrow Primary School, County Durham
Date: 2005
G3: An administrator's role in supporting learners in the community
Author: Kathy Glendenning, Centre Administrator, Spennymore Community Learning Centre
Date: 2005
P21: How can I ensure that teachers and pupils understand how to use our new wireless laptops?
Author: Matthew Goodyear, ICT Test Bed Manager, Warren Junior School, Barking and Dagenham
Date: 2005
P10: Integrating art in ICT in the primary classroom
Author: Shearon Gordon, Class Teacher, Ripple Infants' School, Barking and Dagenham
Date: 2005
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P14: To research how Talking Photo Albums could improve children's learning
Author: Jayne Hagar, Nursery Nurse, Hunwick Primary School, Durham
Date: 2005
P32: To research how Action Words could improve children's learning by using an interactive whiteboard
Author: Jayne Hagar, Classroom Assistant, Hunwick Primary School, Durham
Date: 2005
P57: Developing Keyboard Skills in Reception Children
Author: Claire Price and Jayne Hagar, Hunwick Primary School
Date: 2006
FE2: Raising childcare students' self-esteem through the production of an electronic portfolio
Author: Sandra Hall, Childcare Tutor, Bishop Auckland College, County Durham
Date: 2005
FE5: Designing an interactive whiteboard game to encourage childcare students to participate and contribute in class.
Author: Sandra Hall, Childcare Tutor, Bishop Auckland College, County Durham
Date: 2005
P26: Evaluating the contribution which a digital camera and interactive whiteboard can make to improve speaking and listening in the nursery
Author: Elizabeth Hayton, Willington Primary School, County Durham
Date: 2005
P51: Evaluating the effect of ICT on two children with specific learning difficulties
Author: Elizabeth Hayton, Willington Primary School
Date: 2006
P41: Evaluating the contribution of Activote within the classroom
Author: Martin Holt, Hunwick Primary School
Date: 2005
FE1: Developing digital portfolios for students at Bishop Auckland College
Author: Lucy Hutchinson, Web Developer, Bishop Auckland College, County Durham
Date: 2005
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P7: The use of multi-media to help Year 3 and 4 students understand the evaluation and editing of their own work
Author: Lucy Jayes, Class Teacher, The Cape Primary School, Sandwell
Date: 2005
FE41: The Use of Interactive White Boards in the Further Education (FE) Classroom with Entry Level Students (Promethean and Smart Boards).
Author: Claire Jones, Bishop Auckland College
Date: 2006
FE16: Improved communication with employers and partners in the arrangement of work placements for students through the use of ICT (using email)
Author: Claire Jones and Jennifer Williams, Bishop Auckland College, County Durham
Date: 2005
FE13: Widening participation by overcoming barriers to ICT: a case study of Further Education and nursery collaboration
Author: Claire Jones, Bishop Auckland College, County Durham
Date: 2005
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FE29: A Student's Experience of Video-Conferencing
Author: Bal Kaur, A-level Student , Sandwell College
Date: 2006
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P18: Evaluating the effectiveness of the interactive whiteboard in the introduction and teaching of the concept of measure in the reception class
Author: Sam Leonard, Willington C of E Primary School, Durham
Date: 2005
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P59: Evaluating how ICT can help develop confidence in two underachieving Year 3 children.
Author: Sarah Mangle, Hunwick Primary School
Date: 2006
P17: Using digital video to improve children's capacity to evaluate their literacy productions
Author: Sarah Mangle, Class teacher, Hunwick Primary School, Durham
Date: 2005
P40: Researching how digital video helps lower-ability children to develop their vocabulary
Author: Sarah Mangle, Hunwick Primary School
Date: 2005
FE21: Teacher and students' perspectives on Smartboard use in Access and A-Level classes
Author: Tony Martin Sandwell College
Date: 2005
FE7: Exploring IT, including email, to support the learning of childcare students
Author: Elaine Mattinson, Childcare Tutor, Bishop Auckland College, County Durham
Date: 2005
FE17: Evaluating e-mentoring: researching a second cycle of the process
Author: Elaine Mattinson, Childcare Tutor, Bishop Auckland College, County Durham
Date: 2005
FE18: Engaging with non-traditional learners - a collaborative approach
Author: Elaine Mattinson, Childcare Tutor, Bishop Auckland College, County Durham
Date: 2005
FE9: An evaluation of the impact of an e-mentoring scheme introduced to 10 Level 3 childcare and education students within a College of Further Education
Author: Elaine Mattinson, Childcare Tutor, Bishop Auckland College, County Durham
Date: 2005
FE8: Establishing an e-mentor system for diploma in childcare and education level 3 students
Author: Elaine Mattinson, Childcare Tutor, Bishop Auckland College,County Durham
Date: 2005
FE31: Exploring Level 3 Child Care Students' Perceptions of How ICT Contributes to their Learning
Author: Elaine Mattinson, Bishop Auckland College
Date: 2006
FE24: Investigating how using ICT software could help English for Speakers of Other Language (ESOL) students to improve speaking and pronunciation
Author: Clare Mclaughlin Barking College
Date: 2005
FE12: Using a learning platform to support hairdressing students
Author: Geraldine Metcalf, Hairdressing Tutor, Bishop Auckland College, County Durham
Date: 2005
FE39: Investigating Staff Usage Of Email
Author: Sharon Metcalfe, ICT Test Bed Administrator, Bishop Auckland College
Date: 2006
G8: Teacher and Developer Collaboration: Creating e-learning teaching
Author: Tim Morgan Barking College
Date: 2005
FE28: Developing and evaluating effective e-learning resources with FE ESOL teachers
Author: Tim Morgan, Barking College
Date: 2006
G1: Helping teachers create appropriate ICT Learning Resources
Author: Tim Morgan, Content Developer, Barking College
Date: 2005
G2: Supporting digital video: some lessons learnt
Author: Tim Morgan, Barking College
Date: 2005
P52: Learning to Listen: Using ICT to capture pupils' perceptions and help the teacher to respond
Author: Richard R Moult, Sunnyside Primary School
Date: 2006
G4: Collaboration between content developers and teaching staff within a college
Author: Bashir Mulla, Interactive Syllabus and Content Developer, Barking College, Barking and Dagenham
Date: 2005
FE14: Collaboration between content developers and teaching staff within a college
Author: Bashir Mullah, Interactive Syllabus & Content Developer, Barking College, Barking and Dagenham
Date: 2005
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P47: Investigating an ICT-based solution to meet the sentence writing needs of a child with Autism
Author: Eimear O'Flaherty, Class Teacher, Warren Junior School
Date: 2005
P44: Investigating the use of the Local Area Network ( LAN ) in a Primary School
Author: Lesley Oliver, Hunwick Primary School
Date: 2005
P12: Building confidence in primary literacy through ICT support
Author: Lesley Oliver, Classroom Assistant, Hunwick Primary school, Co. Durham
Date: 2005
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P53: Developing programs to assist a Classroom Assistant's support with speech and language acquisition
Author: Elaine Pace, Furze Infants School
Date: 2006
P30: Researching whether the use of ICT in reception motivates and promotes children's learning in numeracy
Author: Caroline Percival, Teaching Assistant, Hartside Primary School, Durham
Date: 2005
P1: Creating innovative learning resources for the interactive whiteboard for use with Year 1 English as an Additional Language (EAL) pupils
Author: Cynthia Pinner, Class Teacher, The Cape Primary School, Sandwell
Date: 2005
P2: Innovative use of the interactive whiteboard with Year 1 English as an Additional Language (EAL) pupils in literacy
Author: Cynthia Pinner, Class Teacher, The Cape Primary School, Sandwell
Date: 2005
P3: Innovative use of the interactive whiteboard with Year 1 English as an Additional Language (EAL) pupils in numeracy
Author: Cynthia Pinner, Class Teacher, The Cape Primary School, Sandwell
Date: 2005
FE4: To what extent do bite-sized ICT courses widen participation opportunities?
Author: Michelle Postma, Newgate Learning Centre, Bishop Auckland College, County Durham
Date: 2005
P16: Improving teaching and learning through the use of microscopes in Years 3 and 4 science
Author: Claire Price, Class teacher, Hunwick Primary School, Durham
Date: 2005
P42: Can digital microscopes promote learning in Literacy lessons?
Author: Claire Price Hunwick Primary School
Date: 2005
P28: How the interactive whiteboard has changed the way I teach
Author: Emma Prior, Willington Primary School, County Durham
Date: 2005
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P24: Using digital video to help the transition from infant to junior school
Author: Lynn Roberts, Furze infants school, Barking and Dagenham
Date: 2005
P55: A Headteacher's reflections on changes in behaviours and practises resulting from the ICT Test Bed Project
Author: Jackie Roberts, Furze Infant School
Date: 2006
P34: How do children use computers in the nursery?
Author: Sandra Rudd, Nursery Nurse, St Cuthbert's RC Nursery, Durham
Date: 2005
P15: Exploring how the Digital Blue camera can improve special needs children's communication and listening skills in Year 1
Author: Judith Russell, Nursery Nurse, Hunwick Primary School, Country Durham
Date: 2005
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P56: Using ICT as a focus for self-assessment in Year 2 English lessons
Author: Sarah Sawyer, Furze Infant School
Date: 2006
P27: Monitoring the impact of using Digital Blue video cameras in whole classes with an emphasis on children of lower ability
Author: Barbara Scott, Willington Primary School, County Durham
Date: 2005
P64: Using ICT to increase parental involvement with their child's learning by encouraging Y1 pupils to take a laptop home
Author: Barbara Scott, Willington Primary School, County Durham
Date: 2006
P5: The impact of ICT on children with autistic spectrum disorder
Author: Yvonne Seymour, Class Teacher, The Cape Primary School, Sandwell
Date: 2005
FE27: Making Learning by Video-Conferencing Interactive
Author: Dr Christopher Skilbeck, (Sandwell College, now based in Los Angeles)
Date: 2006
FE26: Teaching by Video-Conferencing: A Teacher's Log of the Experience
Author: Christopher Skilbeck, Sandwell College
Date: 2006
FE3: Designing small-scale workshops to introduce new technology (digital cameras) in a community learning centre
Author: Alan Skinner, Crook Community Learning Centre, County Durham
Date: 2005
FE19: Using ICT to encourage students with visual impairment to participate in lifelong learning
Author: Alan Skinner Centre Supervisor Crook Community Learning Centre
Date: 2005
FE34: ICT as a contributory factor in changing adult lives
Author: Alan Skinner, Crook Community Learning Centre
Date: 2006
FE23: Evaluating ICT in improving participation and progression with "hard to reach" learners
Author: Alan Skinner Crook Community Learning Centre
Date: 2005
P43: Can interactive programs motivate children to write independently?
Author: Lynn Skinner Hunwick Primary School
Date: 2005
P4: Evaluating the contribution which an interactive whiteboard can make to improving letter formation in the reception class
Author: Lynn Skinner, Class Teacher, Hunwick Primary, Durham
Date: 2005
P60: Reaching Out; A School Leader's Reflections On Comparative Approaches to Involving the Community in ICT Initiatives.
Author: Sue Smith, Headteacher, Hunwick Primary School
Date: 2006
P22: How can technical support in a school help teachers?
Author: Rhodri Stone, ICT Technician, Warren Junior School, Barking and Dagenham
Date: 2005
P49: ICT Test Bed Sustainability: A School Leader's Reflections
Author: Geoff Swinton, Sunnybrow Primary
Date: 2006
P31: Gathering evidence of change in school halfway through the ICT Test Bed project
Author: Geoff Swinton, Classroom teacher, Sunnybrow Primary School, County Durham
Date: 2005
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P13: Using laptop computers to improve children's report writing skills Author: Julie Toothill, Class Teacher, Hartside Primary School, Co. Durham
Author: Julie Toothill, Class Teacher, Hartside Primary School, Co. Durham
Date: 2005
P45: Evaluating the contribution of Activote as a Formative Assessment Tool
Author: Julie Toothill Hartside Primary School
Date: 2005
P29: Evaluating the contribution which ICT art programs (Revelation Natural Art) make to improving art skills
Author: Julie Toothill, Class Teacher, Hartside Primary School, Durham
Date: 2005
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P11: Using ICT to support still life in the art curriculum
Author: Chris Varnom, Class Teacher, Manor Junior School, Barking and Dagenham
Date: 2004
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P46: Evaluating the introduction of digital film making in the Primary School using a digital video camera and an Apple iMac Computer system
Author: John Wearmouth, Willington CE Primary School
Date: 2005
S1: Helping low achievers access Computer-Aided Design / Computer-Aided Manufacture (CAD/ CAM)
Author: Kate Webley, Head of Design and Creative Art, Shireland Language College
Date: 2005
FE32: Designing Electronic ESOL Resources
Author: Rosemary Wright, Barking College
Date: 2006
FE11: Collaboration between schools and college: learning from the content workshop road show
Author: Richard Wright, Barking College
Date: 2005
FE33: Using Digital Video In The Role Play Of An A Level Business Studies Board Of Director's Meeting
Author: Ros Angela Bhandari, Sandwell College
Date: 2006