MLE login page

Dear Colleagues,

 

The fault with www.haringey.lgfl.net has been resolved and it can now be used to access the MLE login page.

 

Dan

MLE web address fault

Dear Colleagues,

 

There is a fault with the www.haringey.lgfl.net address that is temporarily preventing it from displaying the MLE login screen. Whilst the fault is being remedied users can log in to the MLE as usual using www.fronter.com/haringey/login/uso instead.

 

Please could you forward to all teachers that are using the MLE.

 

Thanks

Dan Warner

Haringey LA

MLE Conference 17/9 - CANCELLED

Dear all

It’s come to my attention that people have still been able to book onto this conference scheduled for this Friday 17^th September. I’m afraid that this is not going ahead and, in fact, should have been removed from the booking system before the summer holidays. I apologise if you or other teachers from your schools have been booked on this conference. I will be following this up with the CPD Team.

 

Thanks

 

June

 

June Isik

School Improvement Officer ICT

Haringey Children and Young People's Service

Tel: 020 8489 5058

Fax: 020 8489 5001

Email: june.isik@haringey.gov.uk

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ICT Stuff for the new term

Dear Colleagues,

 

We’ve been doing the equivalent of a MLE spring clean over the holidays. All the school buildings should be looking tidy and ready to start the new term. Let me know if there is anything that you need in order to get up and running again. Do have a look at the guide in the MLE Help room that explains what you need to do to activate the new classrooms etc.

 

8^th October AM and 15^th October AM Leadership of ICT course is taking place. You can find out details about it here: http://www.lgfl.net/lgfl/leas/haringey/homepage/cpd2008/website2010/Index.htm search for ICT and primary

 

12^th October ICT Subject Leaders’ briefing. Again details of the sessions are available here: http://www.lgfl.net/lgfl/leas/haringey/homepage/cpd2008/website2010/Index.htm

 

Some stuff to explore for the new term....

 

With the recent release of lots of government collected data into the public domain arrives Digimaps. This offers the full range of Ordnance Survey maps for Great Britain (but not Northern Ireland) for a annual subscription per school of £69. Given the quality of the maps (they are staggeringly detailed compared to those on Google for example) I think it is a fantastic bargain. http://digimapforschools.edina.ac.uk/login.html

 

If you’re looking at upgrading your computer systems why not save money by using an open source alternative to Microsoft Office. Open Office 4 Kids is aimed at KS2 children though I think with careful use would be suitable for younger children too. It features software for word processing, a spreadsheet and a presentation tool. http://wiki.ooo4kids.org/index.php/Main_Page

 

RoboMind is a logo based control program. Ideal for getting KS2 children started with programming. You write programs to steer a rover around a maze. http://www.robomind.net/en/index.html

 

Teachers’ TV program about using free software in schools. The headteacher featured presented at a creativity conference we ran a couple of years back and has gone on to great things http://www.teachers.tv/videos/ict-fun-for-free

 

Know It All have launched a collection of E-safety videos aimed at children. Could be good as the structure for a series of lessons or as for an assembly http://www.childnet-int.org/kia/primary/smartadventure/default.aspx

 

Muvizu is amazing 3D animation software that is completely free. It takes a bit of practice but the program is really sophisticated and could offer a real challenge for children in years 5 & 6. I should warn though that it require a powerful computer and the installation is a little tricky. http://www.muvizu.com/Error.aspx?aspxerrorpath=/Landing.aspx

 

Moonbase Alpha another completely free piece of software developed in conjunction with Nasa. It is a role play game in which multiple teams of children can compete to be first to fix the oxygen supply for their base. Like Muvizu it needs a beefy machine and installation is involved. It is worth it though and could form the basis of a fantastic topic. http://store.steampowered.com/app/39000/

 

Poisson Rouge or Red Fish if your French is like mine, is the most wonderful online collection of open ended activities I have come across for under 5s. It is staggeringly well put together and encourages children to explore and play in a way that many commercially available software packages fail at dismally. Unless you are feeling generous you can easily click to ignore the donation screen that appears before you access the activities. http://www.poissonrouge.com/

 

Need inspiration for a scheme of work for ICT? Wokingham LA have spent their summer holidays rewriting their scheme you can access it all here: http://www.school-portal.co.uk/GroupHomepage.asp?GroupID=142195

 

It is often difficult to find suitable search sites for KS1 children, here’s one that is worth considering: http://www.parkfieldict.co.uk/infant/

 

Right I think I should stop there. I am half way through my Delicious bookmarks if you want to see the rest you should be able to see them here: http://www.delicious.com/danwarner

 

 

Dan Warner

School Improvement Officer Primary ICT

 

Basic ICT Skills Course for teachers and TAs

Hi everyone

Hope you all had a good break and are ready for the new term!

 

The attached flyer gives details about inset available to teachers and/or teaching assistants who are very unconfident or inexperienced using computers and ICT.

It is a 10 week course run at the PDC, and is accredited by Hull University. This was previously offered as one of the modules of the year-long ‘ICT For Teaching Assistants’ course which I have run in the past. Due to the current uncertain climate, this module is being offered individually in this term, is available to teachers as well as TAs and, unfortunately, whereas in the past we have been able to pay for the cost of the students’ and administration fees, we will now have to charge for the module. The cost for the module is £150 per student.

 

The flyer has also been sent out in the Headteacher Mailings via Educomms.

 

The deadline for applications is Friday 17^th September and will be on a first come first served basis. Places will be limited.

 

If you have any questions about this, please don’t hesitate to ask!

 

Thanks

 

June

 

June Isik

School Improvement Officer ICT

Haringey Children and Young People's Service

Tel: 020 8489 5058

Fax: 020 88815298

Email: june.isik@haringey.gov.uk

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London MLE End and Start of Year Process

Dear Colleagues,

 

Given the challenge of decoding the Fronter End and Start of Year process document I have rewritten the guide and tailored it so that it matches with the set up in Haringey.

 

Key things to remember are the need to archive the classrooms and switch off the Email and See Who’s Online tools over the holidays. As usual these guides and more are also available in the MLE Help room.

 

Happy holidays!!

 

Dan Warner

Moonbase Alpha

Colleagues,

 

Feeling adventurous? Moonbase Alpha has been released, developed in conjunction with NASA it is free and has the aim of encouraging an interest in space exploration in children. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moonbase_Alpha_(video_game) I think children would love competing in teams to solve the problems...

 

Dan

OFSTED ICT Subject Inspections

Dear Colleagues,

 

Click to see the recent guidance from OFSTED on ICT subject inspections:

 

Knowledge is Power!!

 

http://www.ofsted.gov.uk/Ofsted-home/Forms-and-guidance/Browse-all-by/Other/General/Generic-grade-descriptors-and-draft-supplementary-subject-specific-guidance-for-inspectors-on-making-judgements-during-subject-survey-visits-to-schools/(language)/eng-GB

 

Dan

MLE end and start of year process

Dear Colleagues,

 

Find attached London MLE end and start of year process guidance. I recommend that this is followed closely so that you can get everything up and running quickly and painlessly at the beginning of next term.

 

Do get in touch if you need any advice.

 

Dan Warner

Haringey LA

02084895058

Free MLE support!!!

Dear Colleagues,

 

We have some  ½ day sessions of Camilla Wrigley’s time left over that will be lost if not used this term. Camilla is an excellent LGfL Curriculum Consultant that has a primary teaching background and lots of experience of working with schools to establish effective use of the London MLE. If you would like your school to benefit from some of her time that could be used to set template rooms, the end of year process, working with children, school council etc. or training for staff then let me know.

 

The dates that are available are:

14^th PM (TODAY!!)

15^th AM

15^th PM

20^th AM

20^th PM

 

Maximum of 1 per school and allocated on first come basis...

 

Dan

 

Purple Mash

Dear Colleagues,

 

2Simple are offering Purple Mash (formerly 2Simple online tools) to schools on a trial basis for free. It is worth investigating but do bear in mind before committing to a purchase that LGfL is on the verge of a deal to secure free access to these alternative tools for 5 years: http://www.j2e.com/jit

 

Dan

 

 

Safemail

Dear Colleagues,

 

Safemail has landed!

 

Safemail (the facility to provide every child with an email address but restrict who they can send and receive from) has now been activated for schools and seems to be really easy to set up. If you are a Nominated Contact for the school then just login to the support site and click on the email tab and Safemail. You’ll find a range of drop down menu options that let you restrict access for particular year groups.

 

There doesn’t appear to be much in the way of documentation about it at the moment but as soon as there is I will forward it.

 

Do get in touch if you need a hand getting Safemail activated and accessible through the MLE for your school.

 

Dan Warner

Safemail

Dear Colleagues,

 

Safemail has landed!

 

Safemail (the facility to provide every child with an email address but restrict who they can send and receive from) has now been activated for schools and seems to be really easy to set up. If you are a Nominated Contact for the school then just login to the support site and click on the email tab and Safemail. You’ll find a range of drop down menu options that let you restrict access for particular year groups.

 

There doesn’t appear to be much in the way of documentation about it at the moment but as soon as there is I will forward it.

 

Do get in touch if you need a hand getting Safemail activated and accessible through the MLE for your school.

 

Dan Warner

Music Trax

Dear Colleagues,

 

LGfL have just launched Music Trax an complete scheme for teaching singing. It looks really good and children could easily access it from home to practice: http://musictrax.lgfl.org.uk/index.html

 

Dan

Issues for a primary school in Camden and the World Cup

Dear Colleagues,

 

Stunning video uploaded to Video Central by a school in Camden about issues in their neighbourhood. http://videocentral.lgfl.org.uk/Watch.aspx?v=IKnwtWCw5xdjVr Schools can annotate the London plan directly using a USO/MLE login.

 

You might also be interested in these hand picked World Cup learning resources from the excellent Larry Ferlazzo: http://larryferlazzo.edublogs.org/2010/04/27/the-best-sites-for-learning-about-the-world-cup/ Ideal for adding to an MLE room.

 

Dan

 

From: Bob Usher [mailto:bob.usher@lgfl.org.uk]
Sent: 11 June 2010 09:34
To: editor@lists.lgfl.org.uk; debra joyce; Dan Warner
Subject: The London Plan: a case study

 

Dear Editorial Board

 

I was thrilled to receive an example of ‘a schools use of the ‘The London Plan’ this week.

 

Their video uploaded into the interactive map and Video central really is quite extraordinary – and rather shocking in relation to the issues that he children face outside of school in their day to day lives.

 

I have collated the teachers explanation into a ‘case study’ of sorts  (attached) – and although the video is long (12mins) – you may find it a rather compelling watch – particularly when you see some of the footage filmed by the children ?(eg 5 mins in!)

 

The direct video link is at:

 

http://videocentral.lgfl.org.uk/Watch.aspx?v=IKnwtWCw5xdjVr

 

 

Best wishes

 

From

Bob

 

 

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Money Saving

Dear All,

 

Interesting Teachers TV programme on how much money a school can save through investing in electronic  systems for a range of office tasks.

http://www.teachers.tv/videos/e-office-systems

 

Dan

Digitalbrain Email Addresses

Dear Colleagues,

 

Are staff at your school still using Digitalbrain email addresses? These are email addresses that end in lgfl.net (not to be confused with the new addresses that end in lgflmail.net).

 

I have been advised by LGfL that as of 31^st July it will no longer be possible to receive mail from these addresses and there will be no mechanism for forwarding mail to an alternative inbox. The new email system (staffmail) is in place in most schools and provides a standardised professional email system for staff to use. If you need to talk through options then I am happy to help.

 

Dan Warner

 

 

J2E

Dear Colleagues,

 

Find attached instructions on adding J2E to your MLE page. It is a fantastic online tool for creating documents and webpages that can contain text, drawings, images, videos and sound.

 

Dan

ICT News

Dear Colleagues,

 

Following the theft of my laptop (in April!) I’ve finally managed to get my ICT subject leaders mailing list up and running again. If you would rather not receive any emails please let me know and I’ll remove your name from the list. A few things to round up news since then.

 

Goodbye to Becta!

Becta, the government’s ICT agency is to be closed down in November. Essentially BECTA played a critical back of house in developing standards for learning platforms, raising the safety agenda, pushing for universal access and of course establishing the ICT mark and self review framework. Right now we don’t know what will become of the content of the BECTA website, whether the targets for parental reporting that they set still apply. It is possible that the ICT Mark and self review  framework will be taken over by an alternative not for profit organisation but we will have to wait and see.

 

Goodbye to digital brain!!

At the end of July the Digitalbrain system will be switched off for good. It has been around since 2002 and could have been good if only it had been reliable and fast. If you have content stored on the system then now is the time to download it and save it before it goes to the data store in the sky!

 

Fronter

Exit DB and enter London MLE. We now have 46 primary schools up and running and many of the rest are due to start in the autumn term. The system is a huge leap forward from DB in speed, reliability and ease of use and it has been amazing to see its use rocket as more and more children and staff start accessing the system to extend learning beyond the classroom. Perhaps the days of the Factory school really are over?? Have a look at this clip by Ken Robinson http://www.ted.com/talks/lang/eng/sir_ken_robinson_bring_on_the_revolution.html 

 

LGfL

Look out for the arrival of Busy Things on the LGfL (www.lgfl.net ). This fantastic collection of online creative activities aimed at N and R will be available in the next month and is likely to be a big hit with FS teachers. I’ve already road tested it with my 3yo daughter and she loved it too. Also don’t forget about the amazing collection of other stuff that’s up there Iboard is growing and growing and have you seen Magic School? Also coming soon are a set of creative tools for KS1 that look a little similar to the 2Simple Infant video toolkit. Ofcourse because they are online children can access them from home with an MLE login.

 

CLC loans

The new loan library for ICT equipment is up and running. It sits in a little room at the PDC and contains laptops, digital cameras, video cameras, Lego control equipment and Easispeak sound recorders and 2 Magic Planets! There is also support available in the shape of three leading ICT teachers that are able to come to your school and help get your children making films, computer games, radio programmes. To benefit from it contact Paul Easterbrook.

                                                                                          

ActivExpression

LEB (a supplier of Promethean products) are running a pilot project that will provide schools with access to Activexpression handset to use in school for a fixed period at no cost. Activexpression is the world’s first learner response system with advanced sentence and character texting options. Students can express themselves through text, numbers, like scales and more—allowing them to respond to questions in the dynamic way that they think.  It also, supports the self-paced learning, whereby, pupils can respond to answers at their own pace, allowing the teacher to intervene  immediately during the lesson to each child’s needs. If you are interested in trialing a set of Activexpression tablets for a couple of months, together with training on using them, at no cost to your school let me know. For more information on ActivExpression visit the Promethean website.

 

ICT Subject Leaders’ Meeting

We are holding an ICT subject leaders meeting on 15^th June (either 1.30-3.30 or 4.00-5.15) Please do come along. If you haven’t been before you’ll find it a great opportunity to meet other subject leaders, find out about stuff that’s going on around ICT and ask us questions.

 

I think that’s it for now.

 

Dan Warner

 

 

Next ICT Subject Leader Briefing 26th Jan postponed

Dear all

Apologies to everyone but the next Subject Leader Briefing scheduled for the 26th Jan will be postponed. This is due to (a) the very small number of people who have booked to attend and (b) matters arising from the MLE roll out that Dan and I are having to sort out at short notice.

 

The next Subject Leaders Briefing will be on 15th June 1.30 - 3.00pm, repeated 4pm - 5.30pm.

We will also update you regularly via our subject leaders mailing lists.

 

If you have any further questions please dont hesitate to contact either myself or Dan.

 

Thanks

 

June

 

June Isik

School Improvement Officer Primary ICT

Haringey Children and Young People's Service

Tel: 020 8489 5058

Fax: 020 8881 5298

Email: june.isik@haringey.gov.uk

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