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TeachersNorthern Grid - Broadband Update #211 May 2012
Northern Grid Awards 2012 Shortlist Announced25 April 2012
After several weeks of reviewing the award entries the judging is complete and the shortlisted schools have been invited to the awards ceremony on June 21st. Before the ceremony the schools will take part in an exhibition to showcase their entries. Book your free place now to attend the event; find out more about what these innovative teachers and creative... Northern Grid - Broadband Update #119 March 2012
Northern Grid - BT New Service Provider29 February 2012
We look forward to working with BT to maintain and further develop our broadband and services. For more detailed information download the Press... Building Our First Mobile App14 February 2012For winning one of our Teacher Awards last year, Stephen Ainsley from Harton Technology College in South Shields asked for us to develop a mobile app (specifically an iOS app originally) for the school. Stephen wanted an app version of their school planner – in other words, a digital version of a homework tracker, timetable viewer and school information database. This article is intended to briefly cover the route we... Northern Grid Leading Schools Launch Event19 December 2011
Using ICT Effectively and Saving You Money14 November 2011A guide for ICT Team LeadersCloud Storage - is it safe to use?Cloud based storage and online synchronisation offers individuals many benefits, one of which is removing the need to carry flash pens and portable disks around. The question that needs to be asked is what issues are raised by this increasingly popular and free service. Google Apps and Live@Edu have storage space available as part of their email offering. An increasingly popular trend is... Online Safety and Time Travel24 October 2011International Collaboration on EsafetyOn Friday 21 October 2011 at 15.45 I Skyped with TeachMeet Kentucky at the National Corvette Museum where around 300 delegates had assembled to share and learn from each other.
TED is owned by The Sapling Foundation, a private nonprofit foundation devoted to Ideas Worth Spreading. It started out (in 1984) as a conference bringing together people from three worlds: Technology, Entertainment, Design. Since then its scope has become ever broader and there are thousands of videos to inspire, motivate... Yesterday I delivered an after school esafety session for the staff at Southridge First School in North Tyneside. Their thoughtful and perceptive contributions showed that they understand the importance of this area of safeguarding and are ready to work together to develop policies to support all elements of teaching and... A superb eSafety video from Northern Grids' ‘Protecting Adults Who Work With Children’ event. TED is owned by The Sapling Foundation, a private nonprofit foundation devoted to Ideas Worth Spreading. It started out (in 1984) as a conference bringing together people from three worlds: Technology, Entertainment, Design. Since then its scope has become ever broader and there are thousands of videos to inspire, motivate and... Subscribers to our newsletter were told about all of the benefits you can get from Northern Grid and the exciting upcoming opportunities throughout the region and beyond. |
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Northern Grid has signed a 5 year contract with BT and will be providing new, fast, affordable and robust broadband connections to schools across the North East of England. The update reports are intended to keep you informed about what to expect during the installation process and the services that will...
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Northern Grid signed a contract yesterday (14th February 2012) with BT to provide broadband to Northern Grid schools for the next five years.
On November 29th schools from across the Northern Grid region came together at the launch event of the Northern Grid Leading Schools Network. Only 14 schools had been invited to participate in this network to work with schools which, like them, were doing exciting and innovative things with educational...
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