Information and Communication Technology

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Paul Springford ICT Adviser (information
communication technology) Cambridgeshire County
Council UK
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Where is Cambridgeshire?

• 50-100 km north of London
• the region around the famous university city of
  Cambridge

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Cambridgeshirewww.cambridgeshire.gov.uk

• 300,000 hectares
• 550,000 people
• 250 schools
• 75,000 pupils
• 4,000 teachers
• 7,000 school computers

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Cambridgeshire ICT Service

• Technical services
• Curriculum support and advice
• Training
• Consultancy local and national

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The National Curriculum

• new terminology ICT replaces IT
• ICT is a subject in its own right
• all pupils from 5 to 16 must be taught ICT
  capability
• all subjects are required to contribute to the
  development of pupils ICT capability
• all subjects are required to use ICT to support
  learning for their own purposes
• pupils with special needs are entitled to use ICT

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ICT the subject

• A new way of describing the process
• finding things out
• developing ideas and making things happen
• exchanging and sharing information
• reviewing, modifying and evaluating work as it
  progresses

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Information and Communication Technology
The National Grid for Learning in
Cambridgeshire
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National Grid for Learning
Information and Communication Technology
using technology to bring resources into school
from the world outside

• human resources
• experts, witnesses, peers
• learning resources
• topical, personal, professional

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National Grid for Learning

• What is it?
• Information and resources for education as
  reliable and easily accessible as electricity

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National Grid for Learning
Information and Resources via the
Internet but accessible relevant quality-assured
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National Grid for Learning
Information and Resources via the
Internet for managers teachers learners
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National Grid for Learning

• national and local networks
• public and commercial networks

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National Grid for Learning
National Government Targets for 2002
In 1998 the government issued a set of targets
to be tackled over a four year period.
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National Grid for Learning
Government Target for 2002

• connecting all schools, colleges, universities,
  public libraries and as many community centres as
  possible to the Grid
• We have done it!

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NGfL in Cambridgeshire

• A local government approach
• school development planning
• choice of locally delivered support services
• the LEA managed project

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NGfL in Cambridgeshire

• LEA managed project
• internet access
• pupil e-mail
• web publishing space - private/public
• advice, support and training
• Sourcerer

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NGfL in Cambridgeshire

• Sourcerer
• an on-line learning environment
• not just a list of web pages
• participative/interactive
• by Cambridgeshire for Cambridgeshire

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NGfL Broadband

• A national government initiative
• from summer 2000
• high-capacity internet connections to schools
• a regional consortium
• a regional network
• local activity

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NGfL Broadband

• Cambridgeshires approach
• learning-driven not technology-driven
• invite clusters of schools to work together
• how could it raise standards?
• how could it extend learning opportunities?

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NGfL in Cambridgeshire

• Back to Sourcerer..
• an on-line learning environment
• not just a list of web pages
• participative/interactive
• by Cambridgeshire for Cambridgeshire

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