Projects

		The XENO project Xeno (providing on-line learning and support for young people and those caring for them) Xeno is a co-operative venture for members of SEGfL and Uniservity. We are building a ‘virtual learning community’ of professionals and young people that enables resources to be jointly developed and encourages co-operative learning. ‘Personalised... more...
		Explore Lino-Printing Discover the world of Lino-Printing through the work of Edward Bawden. The ArtisanCam National Comptetition to design a new poster for Kew Gardens 2008 is open to all school pupils from within the UK. Closing Date 18th July 2008 Click here to Explore Lino-Printing
		Get a Second Life! This year SEGfL is working in partnership with the Open University to investigate the potential for online collaborative learning. In Second Life users create avatars, virtual representations of themselves that interact in real-time within a three-dimensional virtual world. Using Schome Park, an existing island on the teen grid, 13-17 year old... more...
		Making the News Making the News: KS2 KS3 KS4, ICT Across the Curriculum This is an opportunity to share in the excitement of researching, reporting and presenting the news nationally via broadband. This project will give schools access to a leading edge ‘making the News’ platform developed by The Open University. It will make publishing local news stories... more...
		NEN Digital Picture Gallery A huge collection of high quality, safe images, sound and video files that can be repurposed by teachers and students. All materials can be used for educational, not for profit activities. All work has been selected by teachers and made available in a safe environment. more...
		Bird Box 2008 & NatureCam The SEGfL Bird box project is expanding for 2008. The successful broadcasting from nesting sites by more than 20 schools last season and encouragement from colleagues throughout the British Isles via the National Education Network (NEN) has allowed the project to expand. Under the banner of SEGfL - NatureCam the project is providing schools with... more...
		SEGfL E safety site E safety is an important topic for anyone working with young people. Schools have an increasing responsibility in this area. SEGfL has created an extensive microsite containing information on e safety including national and regional issues, guidance documents and links to national organisations such as CEOP and ChildNet.... more...
		Microsites Many of the curriculum projects run by SEGfL have benefited from the ability to utilise publishing areas for teachers and students to share work quickly and easily. Some projects have been concentrated over a very short period, maybe only three weeks. Others have been planned for much longer durations. All have benefited from using a microsite,... more...
		RiverWatch 2007 River Watch 2007 involved children from thirty-five Kent primary schools gathering and publishing information about rivers in the region. An excellent example of how ICT can be used in and outside the classroom to enhance learning, the project also demonstrates, how Web 2.0 applications can be used in schools today to create effective local and... Click here to visit the RiverWatch site...
		Radwaste If the Romans had used nuclear power, we would still be guarding their waste today! The London Grid for Learning launches Radwaste - This is a full and comprehensive resource for the DME (Decision Making Exercise) compulsory paper on GCSE Geography around the topic of 'What should we do with radioactive waste?'. The focus of the LGfL... more...
		Evacuation 2007 Railways played an enourmously important part in war-time Britain and many thousands of young people were transported from our cities to escape the bombing. South East Grid for Learning and the Advisory Service Kent are supporting the Kent and East Sussex Railway in three days of 'Evacuation' activity on 22nd, 23rd and 24th May 2007. Over 600... more...
		Screenonline - the British Film Insititue (BFI) Screenonline - the British Film Institute (BFI) comprehensive online learning resource dedicated to the history of British film and television – is now freely available to every school in the UK through the National Education Network (NEN) No further registration is required for SEGfL schools. Screenonline is “The Definitive Guide to... more...
		ICT Excellence Awards The ICT Excellence Awards aim to identify and reward whole school excellence in ICT. Categories for schools They look for schools across the whole of the UK approaching ICT in outstanding and innovative ways. The categories reflect the elements of the self-review framework and are there to reward excellence in a particular field. ... more...
		Videoconference with the Romans The videoconference session takes up to an hour. All you need are one bedroom sheet between two, lots of interesting questions about Romans that you just can't find the answers to in books and up to 3 modern mystery objects. When you videoconference with RAMM your children will: meet a Roman soldier in full military dress - they had better... more...
		The English Civil Wars: Whose side are you on? A new National Archives videoconference workshop for year 8 pupils, led by historical interpreters, where the students are given the chance to debate the causes of the civil wars based on actual documents from that time. Students will be interviewing Bishop Richard Hyde and the Puritan Adam Wright in order to determine why religion was such an... Click here for the National Archives Civil War material...
		First World War videoconferencing workshops with the National Archives - 2006-07 The National Archives are running the popular videoconferencing World War One workshop again this year. The workshop is called 'All Pals Together: A soldier’s story from the trenches' and is aimed at KS3, year 9 pupils. This is an interactive lesson with an actor playing Private Henry Fairhurst of the 14th York and Lancaster Battalion (Barnsley... more...
		Videoconferencing event for Hearing Impaired units and schools London Grid for Learning is hosting two videoconferencing events for hearing impaired students. Ahmed Mudawi from VeeTV will be hosting the events which take place on the 14th November for Primary students and 12th February 2007 for Secondary students. Schools can join either via videoconference or watch via the internet where the conference will... more...
		Read Around the Planet How To Participate This activity is open to students ages 6-18. To participate schools must be registered with the JANET Videoconferencing Service (JVCS) and have access to two-way interactive video equipment (ISDN H.320 or IP H.323). If you are unsure whether or not you have access to this type of equipment, check with your school's IT... more...
		eTwinning What is eTwinning? It enables schools across Europe to work together using Information and Communication Technology (ICT). As a school or college (working with pupils and students between the ages of 3 and 20)you can register your details, search for partners and engage in online partnerships through ICT. more...
		The Natural History Museum starts videoconferencing The Natural History Museum in London is beginning its first videoconferences to schools this term. There is an exciting programme of activities for KS1 and 2 is based on characters from their onsite schools programme. The sessions are: Circadian Sam (KS1) Dino Dan (KS1) Mary Anning (KS2) Each one will be 30 minutes long commencing at... more...
		New Motivate Maths VC Conferences There are several new Primary and Secondary conferences in the Motivate Maths programme for 2007. To avoid disappointment, please book early. Take ten cards ..., which is aimed at 9-11 year-olds, on 28-02-2007 and 29-03-2007. Astronomy for Beginners, which is aimed at 5-7 year-olds, on 07-02-2007 and 12-03-2007. Babylonian Mathematics, which... more...
		British Pathe ‘Starters for Study’ A series of ‘Starters for Study’ packs prepared by Kent County Council show how the British Pathe Archives materials can be harnessed in a range of different curriculum areas. These fascinating insights into Kent life by Keith Harcourt explain how to search Pathe and other resources, how to download the material and incorporate into classroom... more...
		Victorians Online At the end of June 2006, Primary Schools from the Ashford Cluster in Kent and Primary Schools from East Sussex experienced travel on a Victorian train and explored the Colonel Stephens Railway Museum in Tenterden. They were helped by Travel and Tourism, Media Studies and Drama students from nearby Homewood School. Click here to visit the... more...
		Climate Change Climate change is a major issue in our world today. Will the impact be beneficial or disastrous? What could, or should, we do about it? This portal provides activities and resources that support your teaching and learning and help you to understand the issues. Does your school recognise that climate change is making the future more uncertain... more...
		Imperial War Museum -Videoconferencing workshops Imperial War Museum in London. The Learning department of the Churchill Museum and Cabinet War Rooms offers exciting videoconference sessions about the second world war for schools using objects, images and film. Become a detective with our 'Case for evacuation', a civil servant in 1939 in the 'Civilian War Readiness Committee' or help plan... more...
		Motivate Maths - Long Projects for 2006-2007 Our long projects offer opportunities for students and teachers to explore a topic over a whole school year with input from expert presenters via videoconference. We have six such projects available next year: Cosmology for beginners Discovering Maths and Science Maths and Sport Secret Codes and the Enigma Machine South Africa / UK... more...
		Kent- Meet in School Project This videoconferencing project started on the 5th January 2006 and is open to all schools in Kent on the Kent Community Network full broadband service. Loan equipment is supplied to the schools on half term basis and you are given support via the Kent Digital curriculum officer, Becky Chapman. Schools will form partnerships with other schools in... more...
		Content providers using videoconferencing through JVCS The full list of content providers on JVCS are as follows: Cambridge Motivate, Cambridge University Churchill Museum & Cabinet War Rooms, London Global Leap London Symphony Orchestra, St Luke’s, London Nelson Thornes Distant Learning (previously Moorhouse Black) National Archives, Kew, London National Maritime Museum, Greenwich,... Click here to see the latest list of museums and content providers
		Compare and Contrast Localities via Videoconference
		Digital Storytelling Digital storytelling is a development of the age old art of spinning a yarn. We all love listening to stories, reading them and writing or illustrating our own. The national Digital Storytelling project takes this process a stage further by utilising digital video, digital still images and freely available editing software such as Windows... more...
		Audio Network Audio Network owns the rights to a huge archive of music which it supplies to the international film, television and media markets. SEGfL schools may search online and download these files free of charge. You may well recognise tracks as they are used as backing and mood music in top films, TV and advertisements. Uniquely, the Company cuts... more...
		Victorian Learning Journey A live, interactive, broadband project for KS2. Featuring Nathaniel Key, a Victorian photographer roaming the South East in the late 1870s. This resource will provide opportunities for videoconferencing and linking directly to museums, archives and galleries. The 'Victorian Learning Journey' has been developed with SEMLAC (South East Museums,... more...
		Sebastian Swan This Web site from Kent LEA aims to help young children become confident and competent users of the Internet. It contains interactive books, encourages the use of E-mail and provides opportunities for the children's work to be published on the site, making it available for a worldwide audience! The Web site also encourages children to explore... more...
		British Pathe News Click here for details and help-sheets on using Pathe News...
		InfoMapper Phase II Following a successful conclusion to a one-year pilot of GIS systems for education in 3 LEAs, the SEGfL has agreed to support the development of associated curriculum materials for use by the region's schools. In June 2004, West Sussex LEA was appointed the lead authority to manage a pilot initiative using the broadband package InfoMapper... more...