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| ICT Newsletter #289 |
14th May 2007 |
GENERAL
Courses
The following courses still have places available:
Reminder to ICTC's that the termly ICT meetings will take place on the following dates in different areas. The meetings are free and open to all staff.
Apply to the Inset section at Cricket Road or online at: http://intranet.oxfordshire.gov.uk/links/intranet/oqsaapply
Tesco Voucher Competition Reminder
The members of the ICT Advisory Team have been busy collecting Tesco Computers for Schools vouchers and once again will be sponsoring a competition, the prize for which will be our entire stack of vouchers. To enter the competition send a digital photograph which represents "Spring in our School" to competitions@sds.theocn.net by Friday 18 May. Please ensure that your digital photograph has the name of your school either in its title or in the e-mail address used to submit it.
PRIMARY
Primary ICT Conference - June 20th 2007
Please see attached to this week's newsletter the flyer that will soon be arriving in your school's post.
NHM Videoconferencing Dates for Autumn 07
The following dates are being made available by the Natural History Museum to schools that are interested in videoconferencing. If you need more details about these sessions please contact either myself: anna.foreman@oxfordshire.gov.uk or Sarah Hone at the NHM s.hone@nhm.ac.uk
October 3 Dino Dan
October 10 Mary Anning
October 17 Circadian Sam
November 7 Dino Dan
November 14 Mary Anning
November 21 Circadian Sam
November 28 Dino Dan
December 5 Mary Anning
December 12 Circadian Sam
Follow the link for further information: http://www.nhm.ac.uk/education/activities/school-activities/index.html
Teachers TV ICT Clips
Follow the link to the Teachers TV ICT focus section where you can view a range of clips that link with ICT across the curriculum. http://www.teachers.tv/ict/acrossthecurriculum
ICT SOS is a new series that answers some of the most common concerns about using ICT in the classroom. In the ICT SOS Literacy programme, they cover the theme of story-telling in English and feature a master class on using animation software to aid the teaching of poetry. It also features an item on using digital cameras and photo-software in PSHE and, as always, there's a batch of top-tips from teachers.
Espresso Latest Updates
Cutlery design challenge:
Find out about the 2007 Conran Cutlery Design Challenge. Photos and spoken text look at cutlery and introduce the challenge.
Find this week's story: News 1
Polar bear facing extinction:
Recent mild winters and the effects of global warming are having a devastating effect on polar bears in the Arctic.
Find this week's story: News 2
SECONDARY
DiDA
Follow the link for a PowerPoint presentation summarising key information about
the DiDA suite of qualifications: http://alerts.edexcel.org.uk/go.axd/13539
Best wishes,
The ICT Advisory Team
