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Access from Home	What is E2BN?	Updated eSafety, Copyright & Consent Issues	New News, Events & Meetings
Video Conferencing & Multiclass	E2BN East of England Broadband Network		Multimedia Includes: E2BN Gallery & Pathe News
Cookit	Making the News	Myths & Legends

What is E2BN?

The East of England Broadband Network (E2BN) is one of 10 Regional Broadband Consortia (RBCs) set up by the Government to help raise standards in teaching and learning by the use of broadband technology. It is a consortium of the local authorities in the east of England – including Hertfordshire.

E2BN aims to use the potential of ICT and broadband connectivity to provide services and resources to support and extend teaching and learning across the East of England region.

These include:

• Hosting of multi-user video conferences
• The E2BN Gallery
• Myths & Legends
• Making the News
• Cookit
• Audio Network
• Freeplaymusic
• British Pathe
• E-safety
• Broadband services and support
• General teaching and learning resources
• Procurement of resources – see main website for current offers

It is well worth exploring the E2BN website and going to their annual conference in the summer.

• www.e2bn.net

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Video Conferencing & Multiclass

The E2BN site has a lot of advice and help with video conferencing. Much of this is on a separate micro site called multiclass (see below).

Multi Conference Unit

They also provide access to a multi conference unit (MCU). This is a piece of hardware that will allow you to set up video conferences with two or more other people.

The multiclass website is a directory and a source of information. Once you start using video-conferencing, it is worth registering with the multiclass directory. This will help you get in touch with other schools with similar interests and capabilities.

• Multiclass

Framework Contract

In 2005, E2BN signed framework contracts with two companies who specialise in videoconferencing equipment. These make it easier and safer for you to buy video-conferencing hardware.

• Video Conferencing

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Access from Home

The East of England Broadband Network (E2BN) is one of 10 Regional Broadband Consortia (RBCs) set up by the Government to help raise standards in teaching and learning by the use of broadband technology. It includes Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire, Essex, Hertfordshire, Luton, Milton Keynes, Norfolk, Peterborough, Southend On Sea, Suffolk, and Thurrock.

E2BN resources are freely accessible through the region.

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Multimedia

Music: Audio Network PLC and Freeplay Music

Audio Network PLC and Freeplay Music offer thousands of music clips which can be downloaded and used for free in schools for educational, non-commercial purposes. Copyright laws prevent you from using most recorded music but with these resources you can access a whole library of music of different styles and lengths for use in podcasting, digital storytelling, video production, presentations etc. This represents a huge saving as on average tracks on the Audio Network cost £60 each. Please note that you must be on a school computer to access the Audio Network PLC. Please read the terms of use for both these resources before using them.
	Access Audio Network
	Access Freeplaymusic

Photos: E2BN Gallery

The E2BN Gallery contains over 7, 000 high quality digital still images as well as film and sound clips contributed by members of the E2BN community.  The resources are all copyright free for use in education. The resources are organised by category but are also searchable. Groups of pictures can be shown directly as a slideshow. Teachers can also register to upload their own images at camera quality and share them with other schools across the National Education Network. 

• Gallery Help
• Access the E2BN Gallery

Film Clips: Pathe News

Through E2BN, Hertfordshire schools can access and download archive clips for free. These are the sort of clip you often see on the news or nostalgia programmes.

British Pathe Archive Download video and stills from 3,500 hours of video and 12 million images covering News, Sport, Social History and entertainment from 1896 to 1970.

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Cookit

A new addition to the E2BN site, Cookit has a good range of activities related to healthy eating.  Pupils can browse recipes on the site, evaluate them and contribute their own ideas.  They can also use the Cookit Creator to design their own recipe to meet the requirements of a healthy meal. 

• Access Cookit
• Access Cookit Creator

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Making the News

A free online publishing system for schools hosted on the National Education Network that enables teachers and pupils to share and promote their learning experiences over the World Wide Web. Within MTN, schools can search and access news produced by pupils across the UK as well as create and share their own news in real time. They can also upload and publish text, images audio and video as well as a variety of files such as Word PowerPoint and Excel. News stories submitted by pupils should be moderated locally by the school, they will also be moderated by E2BN before being published on the national site.

• Making the News Help

• Access Making the News

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Myths and Legends

This site, launched at BETT 2006, allows children to build animated stories using an on-line Flash interface. The aim is to build a repository of myths and legends that have grown up around places in the East of England as well as to support pupil story telling and writing. The site  provides access to some free software which allows the generation of picture frame, recording of narration, adding sound effects and character voices, as well as uploading MP3 files
More help at:

• Access Myths and Legends

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