Welcome to the March 2011 Newsletter. Please feel free to forward this newsletter to colleagues that you think would be interested in any of the items below. If you have any comments or suggestions on this newsletter, or indeed any special requests for special software offers, please email them to kim.conway3@btinternet.com
News
- SMART are launching their new SMART Exemplary Educator (SEE) program in Europe. SEE recognises teachers whose innovative use of SMART products helps improve educational outcomes and offers them additional opportunities to share their knowledge, experience and resources with others. The UK launch of SEE is taking place in Scotland on 11th March. If you are interested in finding out how you and your school can benefit from being part of it, and what the enrollment criteria is, contact anne.forrest@steljes.co.uk
- BrainPOP UK POPquizzes are now integrated with Promethean Learner Response System. You can get timed quizzes and export class results. The resource pack offers a set of appropriate cross-curricular resources for UK schools that you can use to create your own flipcharts and enhance your web-based lessons. It includes images of Tim & Moby, other fun visuals, graphic organisers and more.
- Kudlian Software have launched I Can Animate version 2
- Penfriend have launched version 4 of Penfriend XL and Penfriend XP
- NAACE website provides schools with access to online journals, resources and special offers on products
- Adobe in conjunction with educational psychologist Kairen Cullen have develop a new quiz to identify the creative strengths of teachers and students
- Encyclopaedia Britannica has launched an online archive bringing together more than 40 libraries from around the world. Free 30 day trial is available
- The Regional Support Centre Scotland North and East winter/spring edition of the e-Quality newsletter to download
- Microsoft's New Agreement for Education - Microsoft's new Subscription Education Agreement for Schools, the Enrollment for Education Solutions ( EES ) which replaces the Schools Agreement can save schools a lot of money. The EES is based on FTE staff, which should be less than the number of PCs in a school. This should be a more cost effective option for schools. The FTE is calculated on the total number of faculty and staff in the institution employed over 200 hours per annum, excluding staff who do not use computers. As the cost is based on FTE, new computers are covered too. The new agreement also gives staff access to use the software at home for work purposes. For further information and costs email enquiries@LTScotland.org.uk
- Millionaire for Schools have introduced new pricing. Pricing can now be calculated either by the number of teachers or number of pupils
Curriculum for Excellence
BrainPOP UK - all BrainPOP UK animated movies and quizzes are mapped to Curriculum for Excellence and using DeepBeep their curriculum matching tool, you can quickly and easily find a movie to suit your needs. This month's spotlight is Digital Citizenship and next month's is Starship BrainPOP Sign up for a free trial
New to the SS4E website
- SS4E Showcase - this month's showcase is on the Teach-It products from Do-Be
- Case Study - How Livingston Primary School, West Lothian used AVerMedia Visualisers in the classroom.
Competition
Primary schools can win a set of notebooks in an art competition. Pupils must submit a drawing of something that makes them happy. Closing date 31st March 2011
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