20th March 2008
RAISEonline Question Level Data Entry Project 2008
Purpose: Invitation to join a project
Audience: Primary Headteachers
Do you want to know where pupils'
strengths and areas for development lie?
Do you want information which will help you decide what curriculum
intervention and provision is needed in your school?
ICT Service are hoping to run a
Question Level Data Entry Project this summer for Primary schools. This will cover all Key Stage 1 and 2
test papers and optional SATs papers for Years 3, 4 and 5.
This will be similar to the project that ISSIS has run for the last two
years but this time the medium for the input and analysis will be RAISEonline
and PAT will no longer be upgraded.
Please click the link to find out a guide price and more about how the
project will run RAISEonline
Question Level Data Entry Project 2008
In order to make the project
viable we need to have 100 schools involved. Schools that are interested in having their data entered by
the ICT Service should indicate this by emailing ict.courses@cambridgeshire.gov.uk no later than 11 April.
Information about the details we
require is also found on the linked document.
If you require further information
please contact Helen Lygo at the ICT Service on 01480 376655
Training Opportunities for April
Purpose: Spaces available on Training Courses
Audience: Headteacher, teachers & support staff
|
Course |
Date & Time |
Venue |
Cost |
|
Sound Recording Workshop |
17th April 1:30 - 4:30 |
ICT Service, Godmanchester |
£50 |
PLACES STILL AVAILABLE for the
exciting and fun Sound Recording Workshop with Andy Gilmore, Musician
and AST (Queen Edith School).
Andy will go through all the basics from setting up a microphone
to using a free sound editor while introducing some new and inspiring ideas for
activities in the classroom and curriculum development.
The course will
provide opportunity to discuss best practice, classroom
management, curriculum potential as well as technical issues
and will include lots of free materials and resources for use across
the school.
Please note we are unable to accept bookings over the phone. You
may call to check course detail and space availability on telephone 01480
376670 or email: ict.courses@cambridgeshire.gov.uk,
unfortunately no places can be provisionally booked.
Starz News
Purpose: Updated information
Audience: All Schools subscribing to Starz
Read It
Again
The Cambridgeshire picture
book award Read It Again is entering its third year and all primary
schools in the county have been encouraged to take part via a letter from Ann
Leeming, Co-ordinator for the National Year of Reading and Richard Young,
Children's Services Manager, Cambridgeshire Libraries.
The Read It Again
prize is awarded to the best debut picture book by a new UK author/illustrator.
Winners so far have been Emily Gravett for Wolves and Tim Hopgood for Our Big
Blue Sofa.
Starz subscribing schools
will have access to additional resources and activities associated with this
event and the opportunity to 'Vote Online' for their favourite book. Please
check the 'Subjects' area, 'English' section for more details.
Email Monitor
An email monitor account
has been set-up in all Starz schools and receives copies of all emails sent by
your pupils. Do you have someone within your school who periodically checks the
children's activities? Would you be able to access this account if you received
a report of inappropriate emails having been received? If not then please send
an email to projects@starz.org.uk we will be pleased to furnish
you with all the information you require.
New ICT Service Blog and Helpline Blog
Purpose: Announcing a new communication
system
Audience: Heads, subject leaders, and other staff using
ICT in Cambridgeshire schools
The
information sent to schools in this briefing is now also available through our
blog. This means that you do not have to wait for the fortnightly distribution;
news items will go online immediately. Other relevant information about ICT
will be posted there too.
It is also
possible to use the blog to comment on any items and to give us feedback.
There is a
link to the blog from our website
or you can
visit it directly at http://educationictservice.blogspot.com/ If you use a newsreader such
as Google Reader, you can subscribe to the blog using the link in the left-hand
column; your news reader will automatically highlight new blog items for you.
If you would like to learn how to do this, contact the Helpline.
For up to
the minute Helpline information, please log onto the new ICT Service Helplines
Blog, which can be accessed by searching for Resource ID : 3750 from the Education Portal at http://ccceducation.net or by using the link below.
ICT Service Helplines Blog. You can subscribe to this blog in exactly the same way.
Cambridgeshire
Online Training Search
Cambridgeshire
Online Training Search
(COTS) is a database of training opportunities provided by the Local
Authority. It can be accessed from
any computer connected to the Internet without the need for a password: go to: COTS to
access this service. Its powerful
search engine will help you to find suitable courses. Eventually, all providers will be using this
database, please check the Providers list for the services currently
represented. You will already find
the complete listing of courses offered by CAS, CREDS, SLS, Education ICT Service,
ISSIS, Cambridgeshire Youth Work and Connexions.
More ICT News on the Portal...
Do
you regularly check the ICT News page on the Portal? It features all the latest
ICT-related news of importance to Cambridgeshire's schools.
To
take a look, simply search for resource ID: 584 from the Portal
front page, or click on 'News' on the ICT Service home page (www.ict.ccceducation.net).