by David Pott | Jun 9, 2019 | Advanced, Analysis, Assessment, Demonstration, Intermediate, Performance 8, Power BI, Primary, Progress 8, Secondary
You can’t just throw a few Power BI visuals into a report and expect users to be able to analyse their data more effectively. In this post I try to highlight what I think makes an effective Power BI report. Firstly, I recommend anyone starting to work with data... 
by David Pott | May 29, 2019 | Advanced, Analysis, Assessment, Power BI, Primary, Secondary
Keeping data ‘fresh’ I’ve been thinking about what makes a good Power BI report by trying to understand how best to present the information to the audience. When I’m looking at a dashboard that shows the latest pupil data, or attendance data,... 
by David Pott | Mar 6, 2019 | Assessment, Beginner, Primary, Secondary, Training
It always amazes me how many school jobs require SIMS experience. But if you want a job in a school you need SIMS experience, but to get SIMS experience you need a job in a school! It’s a Catch-22 situation, made all the harder because as a priviate individual,... 
by David Pott | Feb 9, 2019 | Advanced, Analysis, Assessment, Demonstration, Download, KS4 Resources, Performance 8, Primary, Progress 8, Secondary
New analyses with Microsoft Power BI Microsoft Power BI is an analysis tool that allows you to create powerful data visualisations easily and quickly – it’s like Excel on steroids. The BI stands for Business Intelligence and it’s used by many large... 
by David Pott | Sep 4, 2018 | Assessment, Primary, Secondary
If you are a true SIMS geek you’ll love the first of these new features… New feature 1: Add new columns directly above an existing column Previously, new columns always used to add themselves to the bottom of the template. So if you wanted the new column... 
by David Pott | Sep 4, 2018 | Advanced, Performance 8, Progress 8, Secondary
Emma Ing has just published a new article about the techniques certain schools use to enhance their progress 8 score by promoting ‘easy’ subjects in the Open bucket. There’s a good definition of gaming: Gaming happens when the decisions made about... 
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