Cambridgeshire Education ICT Service Fortnightly Briefing
 
 Friday  25th September 2009 
 
Strategic Implementation of ICT in Secondary Schools
Purpose:   A date for your diaries 
Audience: Headteachers and / or Senior Leaders in Secondary Schools with responsibility for ICT

Date & Venue:  11th November 2009: 4-6pm at Cromwell Community College, Wenny Road, Chatteris, Cambs, PE16 6UU

We aim to hold regular events to help keep schools informed on strategic ICT developments - Cromwell Community College have kindly agreed to host the next event and will be supplying the all important tea, coffee and cakes!  We would like to invite the Headteacher and/or the member of your Senior Management Team with responsibility for ICT to this session. The agenda will cover a range of important strategic issues with two featured items:

During the meeting there will also be the opportunity to discuss any issues you might have. We will publish the final full agenda approximately one week before the event.

We hope you will be able to attend.  Please book your place by contacting ICT Courses:
Email: ict.courses@cambridgeshire.gov.uk  Tel: 01480 376670 
 
 
Parental Engagement and Online Reporting
 
Purpose:    Becta event opportunity
Audience:  Headteachers
 
Becta has published the Exploiting ICT to improve parental engagement, including online reporting: nominations for advocate schools wanted article on their website.  They are running a primary school event in November. Local Authorities are asked to nominate primary schools they feel would benefit from this event as soon as they can.  Becta need a response by 2nd  October.  Note that Becta are still keen to develop the advocate schools network in secondary, special schools and PRUs.  Further information will follow.
 
Primary Event:
Date: 12 November 2009
Venue: Birmingham Hilton Metropole
Audience: Primary school leaders
Cost: The event is free and travel expenses will be covered.
Agenda: TBC 
 
If you are interested, please contact Matthew Nall – 01480 376657 or email matthew.nall@cambridgeshire.gov.uk 
 
 
LSC Post 16 allocation and revised guidance from DCSF around Census completion 
 
Purpose:  For Information
Audience:  Headteacher | Bursar | Timetabler | Curriculum Manager | Data Manager

Schools will have recently received an e-mail from the Learning Skills Council (LSC) inviting them to a briefing at the LSC in Peterborough to discuss the completion of the Autumn Census and the impact on LSC allocations. An LSC national audit on post 16 provision has identified a national error in the guidance relating to the completion of the Census in October. The LSC is keen to support schools to ensure that the Census is correct and to give guidance around which end date to use for post 16 students. The LSC urges schools to send at least one representative to the briefing. If you have not yet received an invite please contact clare.adams@lsc.gov.uk for further information.
 
Training Opportunities for October
 
Purpose:    Spaces available on Training Courses
Audience:  Headteacher, Teachers and Administrative Staff in Schools
 
 

The OFSTED Report ‘The Importance of ICT’ published in March 2009 stated that ‘Too much emphasis is sometimes placed on pupils using ICT to present their work well, at the expense of developing their skills in handling information, programming and modelling data’

 

The following courses have been designed to help teachers, NQTs and RQTs redress that balance in their school and places are still available.  Click on the course title for more details:

 

Data Handling – Years 2, 3 and 4 – Monday 12th October

Data Handling – Years 5 and 6 – Wednesday 21st October

Moving Models – Thursday 15th October

Digital Discoveries - Tuesday 13th October

 

 

There are also places still available on the following courses:

 

Web Conferencing Made Easy – Wednesday 7th October

Assessing ICT – Wednesday 14th October / Thursday 15th October

Leading the BECTA SRF Process – A course for Headteachers – Tuesday 20th October

E-Safety in the Primary Classroom – Thursday 22nd October

 
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. 
 
 
Annual Impulse Conferences
 
Purpose:  Registration Information
Audience: Headteachers
 
Please note important dates and venues for your diary - 09:30 -15:00 -  2 free places per school - programme details will be available shortly.
 
17th November 2009 - Buckden Millennium Centre
18th November 2009 - Oliver Cromwell, March
25th November 2009 - CPDC
 
Please note we are unable to accept bookings over the phone. You may call to check availability on telephone 01480 376670 or email: ict.courses@cambridgeshire.gov.uk, unfortunately no places can be provisionally booked.
 
 
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). 
 
 
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