Starz
News
Purpose: Updated project and
training information
Audience: Staff in schools subscribing to STARZ
New projects for a new
school year
The Starz team have been busy over the summer break planning lots
of new projects for Starz subscribing schools. Take a look at what is on offer by
logging onto www.starz.org.uk, using your class
account login, and follow the link to the Projects
page.
Register your interest, read the teachers’ notes, look at the
examples. If you still have questions please contact projects@starz.org.uk
Starz has
grown and changed over the past few years, as a result the E-learning team are
providing FREE
after-school sessions
for all schools and teachers that are new to Starz or those who need a
reminder about the Online Learning Platform. The team will be providing an overview
of the platform, together with a brief outline of how to use it for
collaborative work within your school and beyond. Further details of venues and times
can be found on the Starz site (Teachers’ stuff) or via the portal –
Resource ID
4367
Starz Detectives
Starz
Detectives is an online role play activity where pupils become ‘Starz
Detectives’ solving real life problems with the help of experts from outside
agencies. Activities have been
planned for the whole of the forthcoming year, details of which can be found
on the Starz website or from the portal – Resource ID
4368 The first
session is planned for Wednesday 24th September starting at 1.30pm
and will explore the issues around social networking sites such as Bebo,
Myspace and Facebook.
