 ICT Summer Sizzler Offer
This summer the ICT Team in Hertfordshire are launching a new service offering reduced cost consultancy during school holiday periods (26 July - 31 August 2010).
This is intended to reduce training overheads (such as supply) and enable staff to access support, guidance, challenge and inspiration for the year ahead. As we know every penny counts, we hope the new offer will enable more individuals, groups or clusters to access quality training which is tailored specifically to their need. We will be offering all of our training, advice and consultancy at half the usual cost.
Please see the flyer for further information and details of how you can take advantage of this offer.
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 ICT Week on Teachers TV - June 7th
A week of programmes which focussed on ICT in the classroom. To view videos please visit:
Hard to Teach – Secondary Modern Foreign Languages Using ICT
Innovative ICT applications which support the teaching of MFL are investigated, including web applications that encourage boys to speak, and ways of using the internet to keep students interested.
Hard to Teach – Secondary Geography Using ICT
Three examples of using ICT to support traditionally hard to teach geography topics, including using data loggers, a virtual field trip, and using readily available geographic information systems (GIS).
New School, New Technology – Part 1 – The Vision
The first episode in a series following the creation of a primary new school and the headteacher's plans to integrate ICT across all areas of the school. |
Spring 2010 Primary ICT Update
Happy New Year Escaping from all of those mince pies and turkey leftovers? We can’t offer you sunnier climbs – but we can spread our own little bit of ICT sunshine! More... |
Press Release 7 January 2010
New Treatment for Hyperactivity in Children
"Games For Life" a local not-for-profit company have been working with Hertfordshire University and children with Attention Deficit from our schools, to evaluate the effectiveness of a system they've developed called "Play Attention." More... |
National Recognition for Howe Dell
Whilst recently achieving DCSF Sustainable School at the 2009 Teaching Awards for East of England and much prized Eco Schools’ Green Flag Award for its environmental education for the second time, Howe Dell has further reasons to celebrate this week. More...
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Home Access Grant
Home Access is a £300m government programme to enable more families to use computers and the internet at home for learning. From January 2010, grants will become available specifically targeted at families on low incomes who will be able to choose a computer and internet package designed to support learning at home. More...
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Use of Skype
Teachers who use it successfully from home for personal calls immediately see the potential for such a service in schools and are understandably perplexed when they find that the service is not allowed through the HGfL (Hertfordshire Grid for Learning). There have been two principal reasons why we have denied access to this service. The first relates to concerns over eSafety and the second to the technical nature of Skype and its impact on the HGfL service as a whole. More... |
ICT Acceptable Use Policy
Creating a safe ICT learning environment must include effective policies and procedures. Acceptable Use Policies are documents explaining the ways in which ICT can and cannot be used by all members of the school community. More Primary and more Secondary... |
Laptop Computer Charging Trolleys Safety Alert
Alert from the HSE regarding the electrical safety of laptop computer charging trolleys under the Health and Safety Section. |
Secondary ICT Subject Leaders Interest Space
The Secondary ICT team have developed a ‘Secondary ICT interest space ‘to collaborate and communicate ICT information quickly with schools. More... |
KS3, KS4 & KS5
KS3 Resources
Subject Leader Development
Cross Curricular ICT
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 IWB and Literacy Project 2009
A collaborative project supported by the Primary Strategy and ICT teams and involving teachers from five Hertfordshire school.
The aim was to use ICT technology around sound and interactive whiteboard software to build new approaches to learning in literacy linked to specific literacy units. More... |
 eSafety Competition
2010 - Safe in Cyberspace
For a chance of winning a prize at the 2010 ICT Conference, we are looking for schools to creatively use ICT to design a project to promote the Safe in Cyberspace message.
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1st prize Genee Vision 8100 visualiser (NTL Business Services) *
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2nd prize Windows Asus Eee mini laptop (SAM Learning) *
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3rd prize Crazy Talk 6 software with 5 licences for your school (Tag Learning)
*Prizes may differ but will be of equivelant specification and value. More... |
 Vote for Wilbury Junior School to Win International Award
Wilbury Junior School Year 6 teacher Amanda Burrett has been selected as a finalist in the international Handheld Learning Awards 2009, in the Primary Practitioner category. Wilbury Junior took part in the Hertfordshire Handheld Learning pilot and Amanda led the way in the use of the mobile handheld computers. She developed the pupils' use of digital animation in Maths and Science, the extensive use of eBooks and she guided the pupils towards becoming more independent in their learning through the use of the digital voice recorders and other multimedia tools on the devices. Everyone in year 6 (2008-2009) at Wilbury Junior worked really hard on this pilot and they all really deserve the recognition and celebration this award would bring.
Please vote by 28th September 2009 by texting BURRETT to 07786 205 637.
For more information visit
SMS charges vary according to operator but this is a non-premium rate service so your contract may include free SMS. If you are unsure check with your provider.
SMS messages can be also be sent via Skype.
Only 1 vote per finalist per originating number will be counted.
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 Hertfordshire Handheld Learning Pilot Project
From September 2008 to July 2009 Wilbury Junior School in Letchworth Garden City has been running a pilot in Year Six, involving the use of one-to-one personal digital assistants (PDAs.)
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 ‘ICT Week’ on Teachers TV - w/c 14 September 2009
14th September is the beginning of ‘ICT Week’ on Teachers TV and Monks Walk School took part in the programme KS3/4 Music - Teaching Copyright. This programme involved musicians and pupils discussing the impact of illegal downloading of music in relation to artistic and intellectual property rights. Some of the other programmes look at eSafety topics such as cyberbullying, eSafety rules and on-line communities.
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 Herts Travel Green
Media Challenge 2009
This competition provides an opportunity for pupils to create a short digital film or a soundcast designed to persuade others to “Travel Green”.
Prizes of cameras and software are being donated by Hertfordshire County Council Health and Safety Team and Tag Learning Pupils can use any devices for this work. More...
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Free Software to Use in Schools
New items have been added to this page including; Graphics & Animation, Learning Games and Productivity. More... |
Secondary ICT Subject Leaders Newsletter - Summer Term 2009
Includes information on APP in ICT, New Criteria for GCSE, eSafety, Ofsted & eSafety, ICT & Innovation and more... |
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Taking Learning into the Future Conference
On 31st March 2009, more than 150 delegates descended on Robertson House in Stevenage to be inspired, challenged and motivated by the use of ICT in education. The conference focussed on the ability of ICT to add power, audience and creativity to all subjects. John Davitt, the renowned ICT educationalist, opened the conference by a hypnotic display of the use of ICT to improve and extend understanding. More...
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 Summer 2009 Primary ICT Update
A newsletter for leaders and developers of ICT in Hertfordshire primary schools from the Primary ICT Team.
Includes eSafety Competion Winners, Learning Platform Update, Home Access Grant, ICT Clusters and ICT Headteacher Conferences and More... |
Easymail Administrators Course : 1st July 2009
This is a course aimed at anyone involved in managing the email system within their school. Book on-line now... |
Clicker 5 in Your Classroom:
FREE Presentation & Hands-on Session
On Friday 5th June 2009 Crick Software are running a FREE presentation and hands-on session for Primary, Secondary and Special schools. They'll demonstrate the program so that you can see how it can enhance the learning of all your pupils. You will also take part in a practical session to illustrate how easy to use Clicker 5 is and how it can support teaching in any subject. More... |
Exclusive offer for Hertfordshire Schools
 Commotion Group has provided 50 Exclusive Hertfordshire Schools Offer Leaflets which can be used to purchase the following resources at a reduced price until Friday 29th May 2009:
The offer flyers will be handed out on a first-come first-served basis, so anyone interested should contact Brenda as soon as possible.
Interested schools should contact Brenda Goldstone:
Email: brenda.goldstone@.hertscc.gov.uk
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Herts Short Film
Challenge Winners
Pupils were invited to create a ‘3 minute wonder’ around the theme of walking or cycling to school and the entries, which drew in themes from across the curriculum, from geography and PSHE, to literacy music and drama, came from all phases of Herts schools. It provided a wonderful opportunity for young filmmakers in Hertfordshire school to show what they can do! More...
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 Knutsford School Case Study
Softease ‘Honeycomb’ Pilot
Honeycomb is an integrated set of online creativity and collaboration tools. It incorporates Web 2.0 functionality such as blogs and wikis, as well as a simple drag and drop webpage creation tool. Pupils’ work can be shared online with a closed group, who can comment on the published work, leave virtual stickers and collaborate with the creator... More... |
