GENERAL

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 (taken from the 'pin-me-up' sheet circulated in the latest copy of Ox-On-Line) have places available. 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

Tuesday 16 October (morning) Podcasting 21/786

Thursday 18 October (one day) Spreadsheet Modelling for the Terrified 21/788

Tuesday 30 October (morning) OCN Administration NO CODE

Thursday 1 November (one day) Advanced Interactive Whiteboards 21/793 (limited space available)

Monday 5 November (one day) Digital Literacy 21/795

Wednesday 7 November (one day) Using PaintShop Pro v7 for graphics 21/797

Thursday 8 November (one day) Creating content with Digitalbrain 21/798

Tuesday 13 November (9:30-12 ONLY) Video Conferencing for Beginners 21/799

If you are interested in ANY of these courses please book as above or telephone Christine Ruane for further details (01865 428034)

Competitions

There are a number of exciting competitions coming up. Look out for the fliers in your school:

· Foundation Stage Christmas Card Competition 29/10/07 - 23/11/07
· Maths Challenge - week beginning 12/11/07

ICT Area Meetings

Another reminder of the upcoming ICT Area Meetings, please try to ensure that someone is able represent your school at one of these meetings:

o Tuesday 30th October, 16:00-17:30 at Queen's Dyke, Witney

o Wednesday 31st October, 16:00-17:30 at The Cricket Road Centre, Oxford

o Wednesday 31st October, 16:00-17:30 at Fir Tree, Wallingford

o Wednesday 31st October, 16:00-17:30 at Bicester Community College

o Thursday 1st November, 16:00-17:30 at The Grange, Banbury

The area meetings are open to ANY member of staff, they are free to attend and you can choose which meeting you wish to attend. Bookings can be made by phone with Christine Ruane (01865 428034); these bookings are only to ensure we provide enough handouts for the group.

Digital Camera Special Offer!!!

Christine has negotiated a very special starter deal on the Fuji A820 digital camera…

The deal consists of an 8.3 megapixel camera, 1GB memory card, carry case, charger and 4 batteries all for £110.68. More information about the camera can be found at http://www.fujifilm.co.uk/consumer/digital/digital-cameras/fun-and-easy/a820/View or contact Christine Ruane on 01865 428 034 for further details or to order.

CD/DVD Duplication

Are you are looking for something special to sell as Christmas presents to raise money for your school? If you are planning a Christmas production you could record the music and sell it to parents or you could video your Christmas production, record it to DVD and have it duplicated by the ICT team. Prices can include plastic sleeves and full-colour printing on the CD or DVD and start as low as £1 per CD. Further information can be obtained from Christine Ruane on 01865 428034.

CC4G (Computer Club for Girls)

CC4G have indicated that if enough teachers/potential facilitators were interested in attending a training session locally (at Cricket Road) they would come to Oxfordshire to deliver training. If you are interested (some secondary colleagues have already indicated that they would like to attend) please email barbara.hitchcox@oxfordshire.gov.uk

Strategic Leadership of ICT (SLICT)

You may be aware that the SLICT programme is coming to an end in 2008 with the final programmes running in mid-March. In Oxfordshire only 39% of primary schools and 15% of secondary schools have participated. The scheme is heavily subsidised with 80% of the cost already covered making the primary contribution only £350. A major change for the final year is that the programme is being opened up to assistant and deputy heads as well as head teachers. If your headteacher and/or SMT have not taken part in the programme please encourage them to take advantage of this final opportunity. The programme consistently gains rave reviews from those who attend. Details of how to register can be found at http://www.ncsl.org.uk/slict

PRIMARY

ICTOPUS

The latest edition of ICTOPUS' "Sharing Good Practice" online magazine covers the topic of creating animated films (see attached pdf file). You can download this activity and a selection of others once you have registered (free) and logged into http://www.ictopus.org.uk. You will also receive a weekly newsletter once registered.

Espresso News

Handwriting for Foundation and KS1

This resource contains a collection of 26 videos which focus on the formation of lower case letters. In each video children are introduced to the formation of an individual letter, the letter name and letter sound. The formation of the letter is modelled while an audio commentary offers a verbal consolidation of the visual model. The sequence is repeated twice and ends with pictures and words offering opportunities for discussion linked to word level objectives.

Links on each video page to the rest of the alphabet are designed to help teachers move swiftly between letters formed in similar ways. If you have an interactive whiteboard in class, you could also use "whiteboard writing sheet" we've provided for children to practise forming the letters alongside the videos.

Find it: Literacy > Handwriting or English 1 > Handwriting

Best wishes,

The ICT Advisory Team

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