UPDATED: 13th May 2011

One of our eSafety experts, Simon Finch, was interviewed whilst at Plymouth e-Learning Conference 2011 about several subjects within the areas of eSafety and eSecurity.

View the 4 videos below or go to our YouTube Channel. If you need guidance and resources in dealing with these areas visit the eSafety area of our website.

Leave some comments below or on the YouTube Channel with your feedback! Thanks!

eSecurity in Schools - New Teacher Behaviours

Northern Grid will soon be looking into developing interactive education apps for Apple's iPod Touch/iPhone/iPad.

In the meantime, we thought we'd collect together some useful information about using and developing for them.

Mobile phones and the internet have made a huge difference to our lives. But, like everything, they can be used for good or bad purposes. It all depends on what you do with them.

This resource by phone company Orange highlights some of the dangers of the mobile and online world and provides guidance. Focused on parents.

Check it out

Have you got what it takes to be Next Generation Learning LIVE! Reporter?

PLEASE NOTE THAT THIS COMPETITION IS NOW CLOSED.

5-7 Oct 09. Barbican London

Report by Simon Finch, Northern Grid

Keynote Videos

• Graham Brown-Martin
• James Paul Gee
• Yvonne Roberts
• Zenna Atkins
• Malcolm McLaren

The Handheld Learning Conference was unlike any other conference I have attended in recent years. For those who bought tickets early, they received a ‘free’ Ipod Touch. The Touch is a web enabled handheld device, is easy to use and enables users to communicate with the wider world, wherever there is a wifi signal. The conference venue was well served by wifi with many delegates commenting on its quality and indicating in some cases that it was the best internet connectivity they had experienced at any conference.

   Also labeled: Handheld Learning Conference, Mobile, News, Northern Grid Created, Reviews, Teachers, Tools

Northern Grid School Beats International Competition!

In June of this year Normanby Primary School, in Redcar and Cleveland LA, received the Northern Grid for Learning’s prestigious “Overall Excellence’ award - and this week the school was once again celebrating at the Handheld Learning conference at the Barbican Centre in London.

 

The Y Factor

On Monday afternoon Normanby learners participated in the Y Factor competition. The Learners Y Factor is ‘an opportunity to showcase the innovation and ingenuity being demonstrated amongst young learners using mobile, gaming, social media or other popular technologies in their learning’. There was great excitement and lots of smiles when the judges announced that Normanby pupils were the winners and had been chosen to present to the conference delegates on the Wednesday afternoon.

 

 

 

 

There are two awards in the Primary category; Practitioner and Innovation. Normanby won them both! Carl Faulkner, headteacher was awarded Primary Practitioner of the year and the school also won the Innovation award for their outstanding PDAs to Support Learning Initiative - beating schools as far afield as Australia!

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   Also labeled: Head Teachers, Innovation, KS2, News, Students, Teachers, Handheld Learning Conference, Mobile, Awards 2009

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Geeneus - How to do a Similar Project

  06 August 2007

NG Developing Student GeneeUs

A recent project at Huntcliff School funded by Northern Grid was to develop learning materials for use with interactive handheld devices. This summary aims to distil some of the lessons learned so that others approaching similar projects do not need to reinvent the wheel. The project was based around producing resources for use in the History and Geography Departments, but many of the lessons learned are also applicable to other areas.

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   Also labeled: Case Studies, Case Study - School Content Bid Evaluations , Mobile

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