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Greetings and an early Happy Christmas from all at Independent Education Today. It’s been a frantic but very fulfilling time here. Aside from the usual rough and tumble of magazine and website publishing, I spent a day at Taunton School where I was made extremely welcome and got a real insight into the inner workings of a very modern independent school. Read all about it next issue. Putting this issue together has proved particularly
fascinating, as we’ve focused on all things digital with our Technology Special. I hope you learn as much as I have from it! Talking of digital… the new website
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Page 04 News Three surveys reveal that the risks faced by children on the internet are not being properly addressed; plus the usual potpourri of happenings in the independent sector Page 07 Noticeboard Independent school’s high achievers Page 22 Opinion Hilary Moriarty has seen laptops and on-line marking replace chalk and red ink, but are these technological advances necessarily changes for the bet er? Page 41 Events Facilities Management 2014 Page 46 Photo fi nish King Edward's school on an Italian music tour
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Technology special: latest technological innovations (page 8); Bet Show 2014 previewed (page 10); bet ing on the right MIS (page 12); the virtues of visualisers (page 14); product reviews (page 16); e-safety (page 18); secure data disposal (page 19)
Legal advice
Make staff appraisals eff ective with proper training (page 24) Money
Why some independent schools have changed their status to state-funded academies (page 26); the importance of facilities management (page 28)
Facilities & services
Off -site school construction (page 31); specialist classrooms (page 32)
School life
Extreme reading at Sherborne; digitising St Albans school magazines (page 35)
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Catering & hospitality
Sodexo gets seasonal (page 36); alternative Christmas lunches (page 39)
Keep it green
Green cleaning (page 42); Eco Classroom ups the sustainability stakes (page 43)
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ISSUE 45 DECEMBER 2013 T O D A Y ++ BET T SHOW 2014 ++
SHOCK OF
HOW DIGITAL TECHNOLOGY IS TR ANSFORMING THE WAY WE TEACH
Specialist classrooms Bespoke, fl exible, interactive:
the changing face of the classroom Alternative Xmas
Seasonal food with a twist
Understanding appraisals Why training is a vital part of the process
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