Space Centre Emission

This is a reminder post about the June Space Centre Video Conference or Emission

My Records show the following schools and their designated places for week commencing 30th of June


If your school is featured and you have not booked a place on the pre Emission training afternoon, please do so as soon as possible.
(see redbridgepdc for details)

Monday 30th June am Alison Seagrave Parkhill Junior

Monday 30th June pm Gill Webb Chadwell

Tuesday 1st July am Mike Lane Woodlands Junior

Tuesday 1st July pm Nicholas Hughes Nightingale Primary

Wednesday 2nd July am Wendy Mears CoppicePrimary

Wednesday 2nd July pm Nicky Palmer FairlopPrimary School

Thursday 3rd July am vacant

Thursday 3rd July pm David Roca-Mas St Augustines

Friday 4th July am Cassim Bana Aldersbrook

Friday 4th July pm Nadine Weiderman Barley Lane

If I have messed up your time slot or missed you out altogether- please let me know.

Conference Animoto

Conference Aftermath

Thank you to all of you who came along to the conference. we hope to have a podcast of Ewan's speech and Karl's powerpoint posted here too. In the meantime, check out our write up in the Ilford Recorder, released today

Click on the image for the full story (opens as PDF)

Notebook 10 is now out of BETA and available for download. To legally get the software and drivers you will need to have the serial number of just one board in your establishment. Though pure Promethean schools can buy a license in order to get over this issue. If you can not gain access to your serial number, then the download comes as a 30 day trial. You will remember that Fiona from Steljes showed us some of the great features of 10 when she visited back in February. If you are have forgotten these or want reminding, then click here for a list and demos or visit these videos on YouTube. Aside from the great features of 10 such as Magic Pen, the download also comes with Lesson Activity toolkit.

Please note I would take advice from your IT support company before upgrading to Notebook 10, or as in all good schools, begin with a single machine. Upgrading across the board may throw up technical issues, but it may also flummox some of your less confident staff.

Redbridge ICT Conference

Redbridge ICT Conference 08

21st Century Learning

Date: Monday 19th May 2008
Time: 8:45am – 2:45pm
Venue: The Redbridge Teachers’ Centre
Course Providers: Redbridge ICT Team

We are pleased to welcome two prestigious speakers to our conference this year. This popular event is always an inspiration for Headteachers, ICT Coordinators and anyone with an interest in ICT.

Our Two speakers on the day are:

Ewan McIntosh

Ewan helps people understand how emerging technologies such as social media, mobile ubiquitous computers and gaming can help them learn better, work better and live better.

He is the National Adviser on Learning and Technology Futures for Learning and Teaching, Scotland, the education agency responsible for curriculum development, and a member of the Channel 4 Media Advisory Board.
Ewan also consults for organisations including the BBC, the Open University, the British Council, the General Teaching Council of Scotland and teacher unions, RM and Scottish Enterprise, advising on how social media can be harnessed to improve learning in the fields of organisation, leadership & communication.

Karl Hopwood

Karl was head teacher of Semley Primary School until December 2007 and has been a Head teacher for 8 years. He has been involved with internet safety projects with Becta for a number of years now and worked on the initial pilot of the internet proficiency pack. E-safety had a high priority in the school and Karl has run a number of successful workshops for parents and children on this subject. He works with the local authority in Wiltshire to develop guidance materials relating to school and home Internet safety. Karl is now an independent e-safety consultant and is currently supporting Childnet International as one of their trustees. His work involves creating best practice and policy about developing e-safety guidance, and he has given presentations at a number of national and international events including the Innovative Teacher’s Forum and more recently at the Young People in the Internet and Mobile Age conference in Cairo. Karl is working for a number of different organisations now including Becta, CEOP and The South West Grid for Learning.

During the afternoon, delegates will have the opportunity to view examples of good practice In ICT from our Schools

PLEASE COULD YOU PARK AT LEY STREET CAR PARK AND COLLECT A VOUCHER AT RECEPTION DUE TO LIMITED PARKING AT THE REDBRIDGE TEACHERS’ CENTRE

To register please log onto: http://www.redbridgepdc.org.uk/

Any queries about this event please email anthony.evans@redbridge.gov.uk

Get this page as a printable flyer for your staffrom, click here

Teachmeet 08 East North East London

It's now official Teachmeet 08 is live. If you don't know what this is then read on and have a look at the video below for a taste of what Teachmeet 08 at Bett was like.

The basic idea behind this 'unconference' is that anyone from education can speak about what they are doing in their classrooms. All the presentations are a maximum of 7 minutes (a micro presentation) or 2 minutes (a nano presentation).

This is open to anyone who is in the area on the 19th May. To register either as a speaker, or a lurker (someone who is just watching) click on the link above and follow the instructions. As of this post there are already 7 speakers and 2 lurkers.

So start thinking and start contributing to this exciting and engaging event.

See you all there on the 19th May :o)

Leading ICT Teachers Go Blogging

Today we investigated and evaluated the numerous blogging tools available to schools.

We discussed and explored applications across the curriculum. During the morning we investigated how to embed content, such as google maps, BBC Interactive Activities and video to enhance children's learning by making it more purposeful.

After great debate and evaluation for fitness for purpose, we recommend that Blogger provide the best functionality and intuitive interface. However we recommend that you read the help sheets before attempting to blog.

We have produced guidance on How to Blog and Why you should blog in the first place.

Follow the links below for the finished blog - which is ideal for INSET use. It includes easy to use help sheets.

How to... by Leading Teachers




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Pupils to start day with Nintendo Brain Training - Telegraph

Thanks to Nicholas for posting on Games and learning. It seems this is a very pertinent issue right now and as a result the media are picking it up. Gary passed on an article he read in the Telegraph below:

Pupils to start day with Nintendo Brain Training - Telegraph

I also caught the following in the Times

After assembly, switch on your Nintendo - Times Online