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Paul Springford ICT Adviser (information & communication technology) Cambridgeshire County Council UK

Paul Springford ICT Adviser (information & communication technology) Cambridgeshire County Council UK. Where is Cambridgeshire?. 50-100 km north of London the region around the famous university city of Cambridge. Cambridgeshire www.cambridgeshire.gov.uk. 300,000 hectares 550,000 people

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Paul Springford ICT Adviser (information & communication technology) Cambridgeshire County Council UK

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  1. Paul Springford ICT Adviser (information & communication technology) Cambridgeshire County Council UK

  2. Where is Cambridgeshire? • 50-100 km north of London • the region around the famous university city of Cambridge

  3. Cambridgeshirewww.cambridgeshire.gov.uk • 300,000 hectares • 550,000 people • 250 schools • 75,000 pupils • 4,000 teachers • 7,000 school computers

  4. Cambridgeshire ICT Service • Technical services • Curriculum support and advice • Training • Consultancy – local and national

  5. The National Curriculum • new terminology: ICT replaces IT • ICT is a subject in its own right • all pupils from 5 to 16 must be taught ICT capability • all subjects are required to contribute to the development of pupils’ ICT capability • all subjects are required to use ICT to support learning for their own purposes • pupils with special needs are entitled to use ICT

  6. ICT: the subject A new way of describing the process: • finding things out • developing ideas and making things happen • exchanging and sharing information • reviewing, modifying and evaluating work as it progresses

  7. Information and Communication Technology The National Grid for Learning in Cambridgeshire

  8. National Grid for Learning Information andCommunicationTechnology using technology to bring resources into school from the world outside • human resources • experts, witnesses, peers • learning resources • topical, personal, professional

  9. National Grid for Learning • What is it? • Information and resources for education as reliable and easily accessible as electricity

  10. National Grid for Learning Information and Resources via the Internet but accessible relevant quality-assured

  11. National Grid for Learning Information and Resources via the Internet for managers teachers learners

  12. National Grid for Learning national and local networks public and commercial networks

  13. National Grid for Learning National Government Targets for 2002 In 1998 the government issued a set of targets to be tackled over a four year period.

  14. National Grid for Learning Government Target for 2002 • connecting all schools, colleges, universities, public libraries and as many community centres as possible to the Grid; • We have done it!

  15. NGfL in Cambridgeshire • A local government approach • school development planning • choice of locally delivered support services • the LEA managed project

  16. NGfL in Cambridgeshire • LEA managed project • internet access • pupil e-mail • web publishing space - private/public • advice, support and training • Sourcerer

  17. NGfL in Cambridgeshire • Sourcerer • an on-line learning environment • not just a list of web pages • participative/interactive • by Cambridgeshire for Cambridgeshire

  18. NGfL Broadband A national government initiative: • from summer 2000 • high-capacity internet connections to schools • a regional consortium • a regional network • local activity

  19. NGfL Broadband Cambridgeshire’s approach: • learning-driven not technology-driven • invite clusters of schools to work together • how could it raise standards? • how could it extend learning opportunities?

  20. NGfL in Cambridgeshire • Back to Sourcerer….. • an on-line learning environment • not just a list of web pages • participative/interactive • by Cambridgeshire for Cambridgeshire

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