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Supporting Parental Engagement Workshop23 January 2012
Northern Grid delivered an in school support session on Parental Engagement to the staff of Ash Trees School in January 2012.
The aims of the 1 hour session were to:
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Northern Grid Lead Schools Launch Event19 December 2011
Northern Grid has been working with schools to provide broadband connections since 1999. Many people don't realise that when it started there was no technical infrastructure in place and our priority wasn't to provide the regional network but to work with teachers and local authority advisors to look at how the technology could be used to support teaching and learning and make a difference in the classroom. This clearly demonstrates that Northern Grid's two priorities were improving teaching and... Northern Grid Monthly Newsletter - October 201112 October 2011Find out about our latest news, upcoming events, and some of the best educational resources on the web in our Monthly Newsletter. This MonthEnter your school for the Northern Grid Awards Will your eSafety provision deliver an "Outstanding" judgement? Creative Strategies to Support Literacy KS2
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How to Lose Your Job in 7 Minutes30 September 2011or...The Importance of OwnershipA superb eSafety video from Northern Grids' ‘Protecting Adults Who Work With Children’ event.
Also labeled: Bullying, eSafety, Guidance, Head Teachers, Learning Platform, Multimedia, News, Northern Grid Created, Parents/Carers, Presentations, Publications, Support, Teachers, Video Videoconferencing Security & Performance Upgrade19 September 2011 As part of our on-going service improvements the Videoconferencing infrastructure has been upgraded in compliance with the H.460 security protocol. The new service improves security, reliability and performance of video and audio conferencing.
VC Equipment in the following LA’s requires no changes
VC equipment in the following LA’s requires a change to the Gatekeeper IP address
For advice and support please contact your LA or contact Northern Grid on 01914611844 or email mark.vinnicombe@northerngrid.org Northern Grid Newsletter - September 201112 September 2011Benefit from high quality services included in your broadband priceSubscribers 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. View the NewsletterImportant Information about Northern Grid Services12 September 2011
This is a collection of useful information about the services Northern Grid offers and what to do if you want to buy a service from us, or if you want to leave us to go elsewhere. The broadband Northern Grid provides to schools and Local Authorities is currently provided through Easynet. Our contract with Easynet will expire on July 31st 2012 and Northern Grid is going through a procurement process to identify who will provide our connectivity after this date This means that information in the documents on this page is likely to change. To make sure you get the most up to date information heads can complete the Schools are well aware of the need to keep pupils, teachers, data and systems as safe and secure as possible. All schools need to ensure that they have an up to date Acceptable Use Policy (AUP). To support schools in meeting their eSafety requirements Northern Grid has a responsibility to ensure that the whole Regional Broadband Network continues to be safe and secure. This means that all organisations connected to the network need to abide by a common Northern Grid AUP. As technology changes rapidly this Grid AUP is updated regularly. The Northern Grid Acceptable Use Policy has been endorsed and approved by the Northern Grid Directors who are all senior managers within partner Local... Where ICT is used effectively to support learning, attainment and achievement can increase. Outstanding schools are ones where ICT is embedded within all aspects of school life and where management, teaching and support staff and learners exploit technologies. Do you know how ICT is used in your school? ICT and online technologies can support your staff, promote more engaging teaching, motivate pupils and help you engage more effectively with parents. The list below will help you get off to a good start in the new academic year. The pupils were engaged right from the beginning of the session and were keen to investigate how everything worked. The level of interest and skills shown by the pupils was of a very high standard. The... Northern Grid will be hosting its annual awards ceremony on June 23rd with 27 schools being recognised for their excellent use of technology to support teaching and learning. The Northern Grid awards were established in 2004 to celebrate the success of schools in the region. At the ceremony highly commended schools receive certificates and the winners get a prize donated by commercial sponsors. All the schools are given a stand to display their entry. The standard is always impressive and the best part of the morning is getting to walk around the exhibition and listen to these bright, enthusiastic and articulate pupils talking about what they did. 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! |
The focus of the session was how technology can be used to support effective parental engagement.
On November 29th schools from across the Northern Grid region came together at the launch event of the Northern Grid Lead 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 technology.
Northern Grid is always keen to promote and facilitate the use of cutting edge technology in its partner schools. Lights Camera Action is a unique and interactive TV workshop using a portable television studio with the latest 'virtual' computer generated set which gave the pupils and staff at Normanby Primary a rare opportunity to experience life in the high pressure world of broadcast news.