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Northern Grid Leading 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 Annual Report 201008 October 2010.
 The Northern Grid Annual Report 2010 gives an overview of the services Northern Grid provides to schools and Local Authorities. It includes reports from the chair of the board, the Northern Grid manager and the learning manager. A summary of achievements in 2010 and priorites for 2011 are also included. Learning Platform Network05 October 2010
The Learning Platform Network is an ambitious initiative to connect and support schools in their use of learning platforms.Schools improve when they effectively use their learning platform to support leadership, innovative and appropriate teaching and learning, assessment, data management and communication with all members of the learning community. The Becta Learning Platform Model was developed by a national group who represent schools, LAs and RBCs and the members are Sally Elding – Cambridgeshire Senior Adviser for ICT (Primary), Stephen Schwartz – Croydon ICT Strategy Manager Department for Children, Young People and Learners, Ian Usher – Buckinghamshire eLearning Co-ordinator, School Improvement Service,... 
Also labeled: Becta, Case Studies, Case Study - Curriculum Policy & Practice, Documentation, Governors, Guidance, Head Teachers, ICT, Innovation, Learning Platform, News, NG Services, Publications, Teachers NAACE - Annual Strategic Conference 2010 Report13 April 2010
By far the most hotly debated topics post NAACE were the response to David Anstead’s OFSTED session, Global problems and the use of the ‘Twitterfall’. Two of these aspects are looked at in more detail towards the end of this report. If you want to skip the blurb you could go straight to the Useful References / Blogs etc at the end of this document or the links included throughout. |
Teaching & Learning |
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 technology.
The following is an overview of the Keynote and breakout sessions attended at 
