1 The term "centres" is used generally and as appropriate to the context to refer to all establishments and locations where learning may be delivered: pre-school centres, schools, colleges, and community locations. Pre-school centres include those managed by local authorities, as well as those in the voluntary and private sectors.
2 Information and Communications Technology 5-14 National Guidelines, Learning and Teaching Scotland, 2000, ISBN 1 85955 704 X, http://www.ltscotland.org.uk/5to14/guidelines/ict.asp
3 Early Learning, Forward Thinking: The policy framework for ICT in Early Years, Learning and Teaching Scotland, 2003, ISBN 1 85955 795 3
4 Using ICT in Learning and Teaching, HMIE 2004.
5 Measurement of the Impact of ICT on Children’s Education, SITC, Moray House School of Education, University of Edinburgh, http://www.miice.org.uk/
6 SuperJANET4: a high bandwidth national and regional educational network managed by the UK Educational Research Network Association (UKERNA), http://www.ja.net/
7 A switch is a device that connects elements of a network, for example, computers to servers.
8 Thin client: a computer in a network that relies for most of its processing on a central server. A consequence is that there needs to be fast communication between server and thin client.
9 Open Source Software (OSS) is software where the source code (the language in which the program is written) is freely distributed with the right to modify the code, and on the condition that redistribution is not restricted, and indeed is obtainable for no more than the reasonable cost of reproduction. UK government policy can be found at http://www.govtalk.gov.uk/documents/oss_policy_version2.pdf. Further information may be found at http://www.opensource.org/
* http://callcentre.education.ed.ac.uk/
10 BRITE: Beattie Resources for Inclusion in Technology and Education, an initiative arising from the report Implementing Inclusiveness Realising Potential, September 1999.
11 In 2000, the Scottish Further Education Funding Council, through the JISC regional support centres, provided all Scotland’s FE colleges with a VLE system.
12 All public libraries in Scotland are connected to the People’s Network. The New Opportunities Fund provided infrastructure, equipment and training for library staff, as well as funding the creation of resources and learning materials available through ICT in libraries.
13 Sometimes known as pen drives, memory sticks or USB sticks, these devices typically allow storage of almost all sizes of file likely to be created or used by learners.
14 http://www.japanuklive.org.uk/english.html
15 http://www.wiredshire.org.uk/
16 http://www.stirling.gov.uk/sgfl
19 http://www.ers.north-ayrshire.gov.uk/
20 http://www.ltscotland.org.uk/
21 Modern Foreign Languages Environment: http://www.ltscotland.org.uk/mfle/
23 National Learning Network: a national partnership to promote the uptake of ICT for learning and teaching in the learning and skills sector in England. www.nln.ac.uk/
24 Teaching Scotland’s Children – A Report on Progress in Implementing ‘A Teaching Profession for the 21st Century’, HMIE, January 2007.
25 New Opportunities Fund: ICT training for librarians and teachers funded from the National Lottery between 1999 and 2003. HMIE published an interim report Into the Classroom of Tomorrow on this initiative in 2002 http://www.hmie.gov.uk/documents/publication/itct.htm .
26 Information literacy: defined by the Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals as "Information literacy is knowing when and why you need information, where to find it, and how to evaluate, use and communicate it in an ethical manner."
27 Scottish Credit and Qualifications Framework: All mainstream Scottish qualifications are included in the framework. It brings quality assured qualifications into a single, integrated framework. http://www.scqf.org.uk/
28 Interactive whiteboards generally have a number of applications dedicated to enhancing their use. Among these is a notebook, or simple word processing facility.
29 Scottish Association of Geography Teachers, http://www.sagt.org.uk/
30 Partners in Excellence: http://www.pie.org.uk and http://www.languagezone.org
31 CNC: Computer numerically controlled
32 SCHOLAR: an initiative of Heriot-Watt University, http://scholar.hw.ac.uk/
33 A mind map is a diagram used to represent words, ideas, tasks or other items linked to and arranged radially around a central key word or idea. It is used to generate and visualise ideas and thoughts.
34 Podcast: a media file that is distributed by subscription over the Internet for playback on mobile devices and personal computers.
35 SOLAR: http://www.solarproject.org/
36 COLEG: http://www.coleg.org.uk/
37 A Curriculum for Excellence: A programme to improve the learning, attainment and achievement of children and young people in Scotland. Partners are Scottish Executive Education Department, LT Scotland, HMIE, SQA.
38 Heads Together: an online community of practice for headteachers only, supported by LT Scotland: http://www.ltscotland.org.uk/onlinecommunities/aboutheadstogether.asp
39 Masterclass: http://www.ltscotland.org.uk/onlinecommunities/aboutmasterclass.asp
40 Weblog (blog): a user generated website usually devoted to a particular topic or based on a personal diary. The ability for readers to leave comments in an interactive format is an important feature of many blogs.
41 RSS: Really Simple Syndication (or Rich Site Summary), a service to download information automatically, from selected web sites, as new content is placed on the site, facilitated by an aggregator application running on the user’s computer.
42 Think.com: http://www.think.com/en_gb/
43 Grid Club: http://www.gridclub.com/