P.I.G Minutes 20th May 1999

Minutes of the meeting of the Project Implementation Group of the NGfL and SRB projects held on Thursday 20^th May 1999 at the PDC International House.

PRESENT:

Phil Redman	Lambeth Education Department
Ann Potter	Charles Edward Brooke School
Francis Howlett	Lambeth ILS
Nic Mitchell	ITLE
Malcolm Forbes	Brixton On-Line
Peter Robinson	Lambeth Education Department
Lorraine Lawson	Lambeth EBP
Alison Thomas	Research Machines
John Hogarth	Lambeth EBP
Richard Charlton	Lambeth IT - (Minutes)

APOLOGIES FOR ABSENCE

Lyn Seath	Stockwell Infants School
Phyllis Dunipace	Lambeth EBP
Richard Selwyn	BECTa
Gary Stevens	ITLE
Verna-Jean Gervais	ITLE
John Stringer	RM plc
Nathan Turner	RM plc
Neil Harris	MicroSoft
Florence Wilson	St. Judes

WELCOME TO NEW MEMBERS

John Hogarth was welcomed as a member of Lambeth EBP with responsibility for ILS

2. MINUTES OF THE LAST MEETING

PR reported that there was to be an event at International House on 8^th June 1999 sponsored by Educational Computing for all south London schools to demonstrate their provision for schools.

PR reported that the Curriculum Support Group is due to meet at the July IT Co-ordinators conference. Roy Jarrad is also bringing some resources for discussion and consideration as part of the scheme.

3. NGfL DELIVERY PROGRESS REPORT

PRo noted the following progress points:

Snagging issues being addressed with phase I schools
Phase II implementation to take place after ILS installations
Letters inviting schools to bid as part of the Phase II to be sent out after half-term. GM schools will be invited to bid as part of borough initiative unless they have already received funding.
Temporary NGfL technician to be appointed after half-term. Permanent post to be advertised in September.

4. ILS DELIVERY PROGRESS REPORT

FH/LL noted the following progress points:

Training carried out for all Phase I schools and further follow-up training taking place
Significant number of system warranty/maintenance enquiries from schools - RC and JH to meet with Jane Millar of RM Thursday 1st July at 2:00pm, 3rd floor – International House. Specific RM questions to RC or JH.
Tracker balls, headphone splitters and keyboards recommended for special schools and SEN pupils
Phase II letters and contracts sent to 8 schools for training in July ’99. 20 more schools planned for autumn term

5. CLASSROOM CONSULTANTS REPORT

PR briefed the group on the attached NGfL classroom consultants reports on each of the phase I schools

6. INTERNET/INTRANET STRATEGY

RC reported that the new Lambeth intranet/internet website was scheduled to go live in July ’99 and that there should be a direct link from Lambeth Connections front-page as soon as possible thereafter.

Access to the council's intranet for school's would have to be via password security profiles, options to be discussed further at the next intranet/internet strategy meeting (11^th June 1999, 1:00pm Computer Centre). RC to report to next meeting.

6. STIMULATING CONTENT - SCHOOL WEBSITES

PR briefed the group on the attached paper - School websites project.

It was confirmed that NetSetGo would be working with Telferscot school and ITLE working with Holy Trinity school to produce their own school websites. PR to meet with Brixton On-Line to arrange similar project in another NGfL phase I school.

7. EDUCATION EXTRA

PR/RC briefed the group on the recent Education Extra meeting with schools at the Oval re initiatives associated with the specific Lambeth version of Extralink which would be set-up as part of the NGfL activity.

RC briefed the group about the event at the Oval for the opening celebrations for the Cricket World cup and the materials being provided for the website by schools that attended. To be posted on the site in June ’99.

8. SCHOOLS ELECTRONIC MAIL

Email addresses in all phase 1 schools should be set-up. PRo to send out questionnaire to all phase 1 schools to confirm standardisation with DfEE guidelines.

Directory to be published shortly, copy to be sent to Town Hall to form part of corporate directory

9. ESPRESSO PROJECT

PR reported that schools involved in the Espresso project were experiencing significant problems with their use of the systems. It was recommend that PR arrange visits to each of the sites with a representative from Espresso to confirm particular problems and agree a course of action for each school.

Espresso system to be installed in International House in May/June ’99

10. DATE OF NEXT MEETING

9:30am Tuesday 15^th July 1999 at International House, Professional Development Centre, Canterbury Crescent, Brixton SW9 7QE

And

9:30am Wednesday 6^th October 1999 at International House, Professional Development Centre, Canterbury Crescent, Brixton SW9 7QE

Minutes of the meeting of the Project Implementation Group of the NGfL and SRB projects held on Thursday 20th May 1999 at the PDC International House.

Minutes of the meeting of the Project Implementation Group of the NGfL and SRB projects held on Thursday 20^th May 1999 at the PDC International House.