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| ICT Newsletter #295 |
2nd July 2007 |
GENERAL
Foundation Stage Postcard Winners
Congratulations to all those who entered the Foundation Stage Postcard Competition which closed last week. The quality (and quantity) of entries was outstanding and the winning entries were:
There were also a very large number of Highly Commended entries. Thank you to all those who submitted entries.
Courses
A general reminder - increasingly our courses give you opportunities to create content that would be very easy for you to save onto a USB memory stick. If you have one, please remember to bring it along to your next course.
The following courses still have places available:
*Last chance to apply* Videoconferencing with the Natural History Museum, London & Rush Common Primary School
If you would like to attend please apply to the Inset section at Cricket Road or online at: http://intranet.oxfordshire.gov.uk/links/intranet/oqsaapply
The pin-me-up sheet for next term is now available in school in the latest copy of Ox-On-Line.
Competitions
There are a number exciting competitions coming up. Look out for the fliers in your school:
· Graftas (back by popular demand) entries due Friday 6th July
· You may already want to register an interest in the Lego league
Competition - Initial Bids to be completed by 14.09.07 If you need further
information please contact your consultant on 01865 428034.
Looking further ahead:
· National Poetry Day Competition (theme DREAM) 17/09/07 - 12/10/07
· Foundation Stage Christmas Card Competition 29/10/07 - 23/11/07
· Maths Challenge - week beginning 12/11/07
eLC Reminder
Do you still have eLC money left to spend? If so please be aware that last year's allocation must be spent by the end of August. We can get you some special deals on many software packages, contact Christine Ruane on 01865 428034 for more details. Please be aware that any orders you plan to make though the ICT team must be made before the end of term.
The Great ICT Junk clearout Give-away
Yet again we have been mining our way through the store room in the ICT room and we have found many items that are surplus to our requirements. To be honest most of it is really rubbish but something might appeal to you…
The list:
· 6x 17" CRX Monitors (Large but working, removed from our suite
27th June)
· 1x Minimo (turn your whiteboard into an IWB!)
· 3x Pressure mats with joystick plugs???
· 2x 12 port Ethernet hubs (not sure if they're working!)
· 1x 24 port Planet Ethernet switch
· 1x HUGE Infocus LCD Projector (working when last used!)
· 6x VERY OLD SERIAL CONNECTORS - Logit Data Meter 1000
· 8x VERY OLD SERIAL CONNECTORS - Logit Live
Drop us an email on ict.sds.education@oxfordshire.gov.uk to express your interest!
PRIMARY
Clicker News
Upgrade to a Clicker 5 30-user and get £150 worth of curriculum resources ABSOLUTELY FREE!
LearningGrids
The Clicker 4 grids which many of our schools are using frequently will continue to be freely available on LearningGrids.com until 1st August when they will be removed from the site leaving only Clicker 5 resources.
There is a special 30 user update offer that includes everything you need to install Clicker 5 on 30 computers at your site or in your teachers' homes. This bundle is priced at just £599.
If you order the bundle before the end of July 2007, Crick are offering you a free site licence version of one of their award-winning Find Out and Write About non-fiction CDs AND a site licence for one of their beautifully illustrated Clicker Books which includes five copies of the printed book alongside on-screen books and activities.
To take advantage of this special offer contact Christine Ruane on 01865 428034, place your order now quoting the code UC5M07.
Espresso Latest Updates
Content Club
Oxfordshire schools which have a subscription to Espresso can now buy access to the Content Club Archive for a one off payment (not a subscription) of £350. As long as you have Espresso, you would have access to the additional 9 modules permanently. See the attached flier for more details.
KS1 Problem solving - NEW!
Problem solving; Town trail has been created to provide opportunities for children to develop key mathematical skills including: calculating, using logic, seeking patterns, making connections and recognising relationships. The different sections of the module have been designed to give children experience of different classes of problems identified by the Primary National Strategy (Problem Solving: CPD pack DfES 2004) including: finding all possibilities; diagram problems; logic problems and finding rules and describing patterns.
Find it: Maths 1 > Problem solving: Town trail
KS2 Learning paths: PSHE
A new learning path index is now available for PSHE.
Find it: PSHE 2 > Learning paths
Know IT All for Parents
The Know IT All for Parents resource which Childnet launched last month (see www.childnet-int.org/kia) has had a phenomenal take-up with over 212,000 copies ordered from schools. In addition to this Childnet have agreed with PC WORLD that they will make a further 200,000 copies available free to the public through their stores from July onwards. With over 400,000 of the initial 1 million stock already distributed, it's important that all schools are aware of this resource and can order their free bulk quantities, especially those schools who can benefit from the non-English language sections on the KIA resource (summary information is in 9 languages including Arabic, Mandarin, Punjabi, Bengali, Urdu, Polish, BSL and Gujarati). A wider communications drive begins this month with adverts in the TES and elsewhere and a special promotional advert is available from http://www.childnet-int.org/kia/about/promote.aspx .
Missed your Myst?
If you missed your free copy of Myst, as you didn't attend the Primary ICT Conference, we can currently offer copies for £5. Contact Christine Ruane on 01865 428034 (or your area consultant) to obtain a copy for yourself.
SECONDARY
Countdown
The June edition of Countdown, the newsletter of the KS3 ICT assessment tasks, is being sent out to schools this week. Please use the link below to view a copy:
http://www.naa.org.uk/downloads/Countdown_June_v09a_RGB.pdf
Please submit any feedback regarding the KS3 ICT pilot or the forthcoming assessment
tasks to Barbara Hitchcox or Tracy Tierney who will pass it on to NAA.
Best wishes,
The ICT Advisory Team
