Microsoft Teams chat is great for communicating with students and teachers, but it can also be abused. So, if you need to sanction a student or completely remove the chat feature from them, here’s how you do it. Something to be aware of when banning students from chat No school wants students to use their […]
Safeguarding
How to search student chat conversations in Microsoft Teams
Microsoft Teams has lots of great features which allow teachers and students to communicate, but what happens if something goes wrong? As much as we would like to hope our students are perfect angels, bullying and other inappropriate activity is inevitable. If it happens in the playground, it’s going to happen online as well. So […]
Why have schools suddenly gone crazy for Zoom?
You’ve spent months testing, installing and training up staff to use your current learning platform, then the Coronavirus hits and suddenly everyone wants to use Zoom. So, what’s going on and what are the implications for your school? What is Zoom? Zoom is a “free” video conferencing app which runs on everything from your Granddad’s […]
eSafety is now a top Ofsted priority, does your school make the grade?
eSafety is now a top priority for Ofsted. In this fantastic article, Adam Welch tells you everything you need to know to get your school up to speed with eSafety. When Ofsted released an ‘Inspecting eSafety in Schools’ briefing document in 2012 it became clear that the matter had been recognised by the inspectorate as an important part […]