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SEGfL Buying Association- SBA

by Heather Hadfield on Wed, April 03, 2013

The SBA is a new service being offered to all schools within the South East Grid for Learning, specifically designed to save your school money.
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How to bring the curriculum alive through the use of chroma key technology

by chrisp11 on Thu, January 17, 2013

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Comodo announces new ‘callback’ validation process for Organisation Validated certificates

by Heather Hadfield on Thu, January 17, 2013

Janet today announced a change to the way in which Organisation Validated (OV) certificates will be issued from 1 February 2013.
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Virtually University

by Heather Hadfield on Mon, November 26, 2012

VU is a videoconferencing outreach initiative set up in 2004 by Beford School with the University of Sheffield and the Sutton Trust.
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VC and the Global Workforce of the Future

by Heather Hadfield on Tue, November 20, 2012

This set of workshops will enable you to hear experiences and views from a variety of guest speakers and schools, on how to use VC in schools to enrich the curriculum and prepare students to be part of the global workforce.


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Raspberry Pi – What is it and how can it be used to support learning in an educational context?

by chrisp11 on Wed, November 07, 2012

Raspberry Pi - an article on how to get started with Raspberry Pi and its potential for use in schools.
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Learning Platforms In Infant Schools - A Summary of Research

by Emma Goto on Wed, October 31, 2012

This is a summary of case study research carried out into the use of learning platforms in infant schools as part of an MAed at the University of Winchester. The research was particularly focused around what impact the use of this technology could have on young children's learning. It also explored how the technology was being used and how it was implemented.
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Video Conferencing on a Shoestring

by Emma Goto on Wed, October 31, 2012

I have been keen to explore video conferencing for some time now but have always seen it as something that is expensive. I know of a few schools that have rooms set up for video conferencing. These are sometimes high tech set ups that have cost thousands. I have always worried about value for money and felt we may not get enough use to make it worth the out lay. However at Hampshire's ICT conference last year I was lucky enough to hear Heather Hadfield from the SEGFL talk about video conferencing. She drew my attention to a much cheaper alter native called JVCS desktop. JVCS desktop allows users within schools to video conference using the JANET facilities with nothing more than a webcam and a microphone. To use JVCS desktop you need to download and install a free application called ConferenceMe. Heather also drew our attention to the many video conferencing opportunities free to schools. Several museums run sessions. For example the National Archives run a number of free sessions aimed ay KS1-KS3.
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Computer Science - Resources?

by Jeff Howson on Mon, September 24, 2012

This is an update about the work done by Next Generation Skills and other campaigners who want to improve computer programming skills in education.
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NEW JVCS Content providers website

by Heather Hadfield on Wed, August 22, 2012

JANET are delighted to announce the launch of our new VC Content Directory website.
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