Friday 03rd October 2008
Young People Film Festival
Purpose: Diary Date
Audience: Head Teachers and ICT
Co-ordinators (all schools)
Don’t miss the opportunity to
get involved in this year’s
Cambridgeshire
Young People’s Film Festival 2009
Following the success of the
first Cambridgeshire Young People’s Film Festival planning for the next film
event has already started. Anyone working with young people in Cambridgeshire
is invited to come along to the launch events and hear about the lead up to
this year’s festival and awards ceremony.
Last year a panel of professional film makers judged 80 submitted films
from pupils with ages ranging from 5 – 19 years. The awards were sponsored and
presented by a range of local and national businesses. The launch events this
year will celebrate the achievements of last year and tell you what you need to
do to get involved in making and submitting films for this year’s awards. The
categories for this year’s films will also be announced. The events will be
held from 4pm – 5pm (refreshments
available from 3.30pm) at the following venues:
Tuesday 21st
October at The Arts PictureHouse, Cambridge
Wednesday 23rd
October at the ICT Service Centre in Godmanchester
Thursday 24th
October at Neale-Wade Community College, March
To book a place email: ict.courses@cambridgeshire.gov.uk or call 01480 376670
For further information go to www.filmstarz.org.uk
Purpose: Recording Early Years
Assessments
Audience: Head Teachers,
Foundation Stage Practitioners and Administrators
Early Years Foundations Stage Profile - eProfile and
eyeProfile.
The new version of eProfile is now called eyeProfile (early
years) as recommended by the DCSF.
We are currently testing version 3 which they are still
updating and we will be making recommendations in the near future for upgrading
in school.
In the meantime if you need eProfile version 2.5 please
follow this link to the ToPP (Tracking of Pupil Progress) homepage for
downloading.
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; 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. Go to: COTS
to access this service now.
ICT Service Blog and Helpline Blog
The information in this briefing is also available through
our blog. This means that you do not have to wait for the fortnightly
distribution; news items go online immediately. Other relevant information
about ICT is posted there too. It is
also possible to use the blog to comment on 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 visit the ICT
Service Helplines Blog by searching for
Resource id: 3750 from the Education Portal or by using this link: ICT Service Helplines Blog. You can subscribe to this blog in exactly the same way.
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).
