The Spring 2000 ICT Conference took place last Tuesday and was attended by over 50 colleagues. Niel McLean's presentation can be viewed by clicking here and Terry Pratt's (CR.ed) by clicking here. Also, see the NGfL page for the latest School Development Plan.
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The NGfL/ILS Project Implementation Group met yesterday. The minutes will be published on our NGfL page shortly.
The main speaker at the Conference on 4th April is Becta's Niell McLean who will be talking about the use of ICT in the Numeracy Hour. There will be a report next week.
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The Spring ICT Conference is on 4th April. If you haven't booked already, bookings can be made online.
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The TES Online published an article about Lambeth SWOP, 'Lambeth Education's One-Stop SWOP', last Friday (10-Mar-2000) and a number of potential sponsors have been contacted. Schools and sponsors can sign up here.
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The competition involving the Lambeth CR.ed and the London Towers Basketball Club is now underway. A flyer has been sent to all schools today. Click here to see an online version. You can read the article about Steve on Lambeth CR.ed and even see a picture of Steve using CR.ed on a laptop computer.
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Our competition involving the Lambeth CR.ed and the London Towers Basketball Club will be underway very shortly. The winners will receive 10 pairs of tickets to a game plus a signed basketball. CR.ed will be running a piece on ex-Lambeth pupil Steve Bucknall, the England captain, and the competition will be based around that.
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We have just learnt that Neil McLean, BECTa Director of Schools, is to be our keynote speaker at the forthcoming Spring ICT Conference on 4th April. His talk will be on the use of ICT in the Literacy hour. Bookings can be made online.
Lambeth CRed will soon be updated with a teacher's resource area. We shall also be running a competition in conjunction with CRed and the London Towers Basketball Club. Watch this space! Lambeth schools who need a password, please get in touch.
Many thanks to Microsoft UK and RM who have agreed to be our first commercial sponsors for SWOP.
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This website has recently won two further awards. Britannica (of Encyclopedia Britannica fame) have rated Lambeth Connections as one of the most valuable and reliable on the Internet, in the company of an elite group of websites. The icon, which also allows users to enter a search query, can be found on our front page.
The second award is from the Schoolzone Search Engine. They say
that our Hotlist page has been awarded a Highly
Commended rating by Schoolzone's panel of 250 expert teachers. It is
included in their searchable database of educational web sites. They say:
"Lambeth Connections bring you their latest educational website links. A
range of topics across the curriculum can be found along with previous links. A
great source of ideas for Teachers."
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All Lambeth schools have been sent a copy of the press release issued by Lambeth on SWOP. Some well known companies have already expressed an interest in the project. Watch this space for an announcement shortly.
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The government announced yesterday that teachers attending, or about to attend, NOF training would be entitled to a grant of up to £500 to purchase approved systems. Visit http://cft.ngfl.gov.uk. for further details.
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Lambeth SWOP (Schools Web Online Project) as mentioned in the last update gets underway this year. Visit the SWOP home page for details.