Brian Durrant

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Introduction Brian Durrant Chief Executive
London Grid for Learning Trust
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What is LGfL?

• A Consortium
• of all London Local Authorities working
• on behalf of schools

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What is LGfL?

• A Consortium
• of all London Local Authorities on behalf of
  schools
• A Charitable Trust
• incorporated in April 2001
• a corporate procurement vehicle
• to serve London LAs and schools
• initially to aggregate procurement of broadband

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What does LGfL do?

• provides a pan-London broadband infrastructure

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What does LGfL do?

• a pan-London broadband infrastructure
• safe, secure broadband with links to every
  school

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What does LGfL do?

• a pan-London broadband infrastructure
• safe, secure broadband with links to every
  school
• online teaching and learning materials
• Whats on LGfL for Primary Schools?
• Whats on LGfL for Secondary Schools?
• Economies of scale

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What does LGfL do?

• a pan-London broadband infrastructure
• safe, secure broadband with links to every
  school
• online teaching and learning materials
  examples.
• Purchased separately by schools Aggregated
• 2Simple Talking Stories 437,800 32,500
• Collins Virtual Experiments 387,200 45,000
• Pearson - PB Bear 437,800 45,000
• Longmans GCSE Maths 1,498,500 55,000
• Absorb Maths, Phys, Chem 615,000
  120,000
• British Pathe..

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What does LGfL do?

• a pan-London broadband infrastructure
• safe, secure broadband with links to every
  school
• online teaching and learning materials

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KS2 Geography
Use Learn News Desk to read about international
and national geography related issues and primary
related activities.
.Teachers create local geography resources for
use with whiteboards Children then create on-line
polls to inform debate etc.
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What does LGfL do?

• a pan-London broadband infrastructure
• safe, secure broadband with links to every
  school
• online teaching and learning materials
• video conferencing

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What does LGfL do?

• a pan-London broadband infrastructure
• safe, secure broadband with links to every
  school
• online teaching and learning materials
• video conferencing
• making the internet safe
• supporting education pan-London
• L2ICT OLOT
• e-admissions LPSN
• pan-London MLE procurement - matures end 06
• learning platform for every London pupil

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LGfL provides

• Infrastructure

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LGfL provides

• Infrastructure
• Security
• User Authentication
• Learning platform (more to come)

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KS1 RE
1. Use Espresso content to learn from and about
Faiths with a London context..
..Children discuss their ideas in video
conferences or discussions with each other,
teachers and even community members.
Teachers can also showcase pictures from trips,
drama that might be inspired by this as well as
student work
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KS3 Science
Teachers can use skoool content to support ks3
science curriculum teaching with students.
.Science teachers can make these and other
online resources accessible from a school
departmental community and send alerts to pupils
for SATS revision
Students not in school can access resources and
communicate via e-mail so they can complete work
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LGfL provides

• Infrastructure
• Security User Authentication
• Learning platform (more to come)
• Video Conferencing/CCTV/.
• LGfL_at_home
• Content

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KS1-Literacy
2. Children respond to stories or write their
own using learning module template on the portal
1. Use and Talk about Talking Stories
They could even go on to share and feedback on
stories by themselves or those in other schools
using discussion/conferencing
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KS2 ICT
Use Virtual Department to get resources and share
ideas with other LEAs.
..Create curriculum community at lea and school
level to support teachers managed by advisors and
co-ordinators. Use the community calendar to
insert events for ICT co-ordinators or links to
resources.
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KS3 Music
Use Gigajam content with students so they can
learn new instruments in an interactive way at
their own pace with feedback on performance
.Pupil performances can be uploaded and viewed
within the portal. They can feedback on their own
and other performances online. Links can be
maintained in communities between pupils in
different schools for music related live events
or music clubs so they can continue to learn
through collaboration.
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KS4 Maths
Students can use the GCSE Maths Essentials to
help them revise for GCSE at home.
..If a school creates online class structures
within their portal, such resources can be easily
be made accessible from class areas in the links
folder.The teacher can inform their students
about these and their resources, students can
complete work and receive feedback on coursework
and revision via a range of tools.
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KS4 History
Teachers can search British Pathe to find primary
sources for students to analyse and
evaluate. .Teachers can even insert these into
their own webpages and link to related activities
and discussion forums so students can exchange
opinions on the sources and maybe search for them
and incorporate into content/presentations
themselves. These can be shared and built upon
as a bank of resources.
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LGfL provides

• Infrastructure
• Security User Authentication
• Learning platform (more to come)
• Video Conferencing/CCTV/.
• LGfL_at_home
• Content
• effective and engaging e-learning
• Relevant to all year groups and curriculum
  subjects
• Makes teaching more relevant and interactive
• Provides variety of flexible sources and tools
• Allows personalised learning
• Encourages attention and motivation for pupils
• Allows teachers to cater for different learning
  styles
• FREE to all London children
• Accessible ANYTIME, ANYWHERE.

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What is the impact of e- upon learning?
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Roots, fruits shoots
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Using ICT and LGfL Resources to Enhance Teaching
and Learning

• Students can store, create and access work and
  discuss and communicate with peers and teachers
  through LGfL, benefiting anytime, anywhere.
• Teachers can discuss and share content,
  strategies and ideas thus saving time and
  improving performance and collaborate with other
  teachers
• Teachers can access, create and upload resources
  which can be highly interactive and engaging
  content suitable for different learning styles
• SMT Leaders and LEA advisors can disseminate
  information, and discuss and manage certain
  issues using LGfL features

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What is e-learning? ..teacher responses
How we can use technology in education to
improve our ability to successfully educate the
next generation.
Whats that?
e-learning is independent learning by the
student using the computer with access to the
internet which broadens the students information
base and improves their knowledge retrieval
skills.
electronically generated instruction that
can support an individuals learning. It provides
flexibility and supports an individual-driven
approach to learning in that they can do it at a
pace and in a place that suits them.
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Leadership and Management
School managers can use leadership communities,
shared calendars, virtual staff rooms, governors
areas and more to share information, discuss good
practice etc.
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Links with Other Schools
Use the resources to encourage pupil and teacher
collaboration and sharing between schools..