Redcar Community College was the Winner in the Overall Excellence Category of the Northern Grid Awards 2010. This Case study looks at what they achieved and how they accomplished this, giving valuable insight for schools wanting to improve their ICT integration.

You can view the Case Study below or download it as a PDF.

Northern Grid knows that many schools in the region are producing outstanding animations.  Many of these were entered in the Northern Grid Awards.  If you are one of those schools, or if you missed the deadline, why not enter the national competition just launched by Filmstreet?

The Stop Frame Animator competition enables young people to use real film making techniques to create their own short animation, without the need for any expensive equipment using a free, fun, interactive online activity.

Choosing from a range of exciting sets, characters and props, children can add sound effects and capture each movement of their animation with a virtual camera.
www.filmstreet.co.uk/flashapps/stopframeanimator

Two lucky winners will receive Flip HD digital cameras to help them to continue their filmmaking careers.

If you’re not already animating the Filmstreet website http://www.filmstreet.co.uk has lots of video, interactive games and workshops to encourage, inform and support teachers and children to create their own films and animations both in and out of school.

Student Ashleigh Hall was raped and murdered by a man she met on a social networking site. John Steel, lead improvement officer for children's services at Darlington Borough Council, explains the efforts being made to prevent similar incidents. (From PublicService.co.uk).

Read the full article here

The Northern Grid ICT in Education Awards 2010 ceremony was a great success yet again!

We had over 200 pupils attending from over 20 schools, 17 Winners and 20 Highly Commended Entries and prizes were provided by great educational commercial sponsors.

The pupils' exhibition, held at the ceremony, was also a great chance for teachers and pupils to see how other schools around the region are using technology in innovative ways.

Video Highlights from the day

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The Northern Grid for Learning's ICT in Education Awards 2010 was a huge success!

On Thursday 10th June, we had over 200 children and over 130 adults from almost 30 schools around the region turn up to see who had won in our 11 categories.

Congratulations to everyone who entered and especially to those who were highly commended and winners!

We're in the process of finishing our Awards mini-site so keep an eye on www.northerngrid.org for a chance to not only see who won, but to take a closer look at the entries themselves.

Information about the Northern Grid Awards 2010 Ceremony