Gateshead CLC - ICT Gateshead http://www.ictgateshead.org/ en Copyright 2008 Wed, 30 Apr 2008 10:40:19 +0000 http://www.sixapart.com/movabletype/?v=4.1 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Winner! - BBC School Report Delivery Partner We're off dahn sarff next month to the BBC Television Centre to pick up an award as a winning Delivery Partner for the recent BBC School Report Day. We understand that the judges were impressed with the range of opportunities we offered to our participating schools and by our interactive and multimedia project website.

Whilst it's nice to pick up gongs, we're more delighted to know that our participating schools had a great day, picking up new skills and information. We're looking forward to next year.

]]> http://www.ictgateshead.org/2008/04/winner_bbc_school_report_deliv.html http://www.ictgateshead.org/2008/04/winner_bbc_school_report_deliv.html News Wed, 30 Apr 2008 10:40:19 +0000 ictGateshead as Movable Type Case Study We're featured as a Case Study on the Movable Type website...Click the link below to find out how we've been using MT in education.

Check out the buzz

]]> http://www.ictgateshead.org/2008/04/ictgateshead_as_movable_type_c.html http://www.ictgateshead.org/2008/04/ictgateshead_as_movable_type_c.html News Mon, 21 Apr 2008 15:13:12 +0000 Teachers' International Development (TIPD) We're following the blog (kudos - Susan Turton of Whickham School) of a group of Gateshead teachers exploring the use of ICT in schools in the Spanish city of Badajoz. It looks like they're having an interesting (professionally and culturally) time to say the least.

Check out the adventure...


www.ictgateshead.org/tipd

]]> http://www.ictgateshead.org/2008/04/teachers_international_develop.html http://www.ictgateshead.org/2008/04/teachers_international_develop.html Interested in Wed, 09 Apr 2008 21:20:21 +0000 Mix Tapes and Gallery added to School Report BBC School Report Day was manic throughout but judging from the comments from the students who survived it, a great success!

We're finalising the site with content from the day - you'll get a good idea of what was going on by having a good shufty around...

www.ictgateshead.org/schoolreport

]]> http://www.ictgateshead.org/2008/03/mix_tapes_and_gallery_added_to.html http://www.ictgateshead.org/2008/03/mix_tapes_and_gallery_added_to.html News Mon, 17 Mar 2008 13:51:10 +0000 It's School Report Day Welcome to Gateshead City Learning Centre.
You can catch up on our School Report Day news by following our School Report website, subscribing to our RSS newsfeed and by listening to our web radio broadcasts at 11.00, 13.00 and 15.00.
Schools taking part today are: Dryden School, Thomas Hepburn School and Whickham School.

ictGateshead School Report Website

]]> http://www.ictgateshead.org/2008/03/its_school_report_day.html http://www.ictgateshead.org/2008/03/its_school_report_day.html News Thu, 13 Mar 2008 07:59:33 +0000 CLC Web Radio - Sample Content By Schools We've just added 3 hours of new programming on our web radio station running in rotation Monday to Friday from 9.00am to 8.00pm. It's a sample of what Gateshead schools are doing with us at the CLC in sessions with Iain Knox, Mike Carter and Peter Bolger. Amongst the mix you'll hear:
Songs from St Alban's Catholic School, Everest Diaries by St Joseph's Gateshead, Witches' Spells from Whickham Parochial, ScienceBox from Thomas Hepburn School and some fab French from the children at Windy Nook. You can check out the work of Arena North, a young people's theatre group who visit us on Thursday evenings and listen to a professional documentary about Robert Westall as a companion piece to our westallswar.org website.

Listen in to Gateshead CLC Web Radio

Get involved...book a web radio session with us on 0191 460 2900

]]> http://www.ictgateshead.org/2008/03/clc_web_radio_sample_content_b.html http://www.ictgateshead.org/2008/03/clc_web_radio_sample_content_b.html News Tue, 11 Mar 2008 16:01:36 +0000 What are you reading.....? It's National Year of Reading....so, I suppose time to celebrate books and the enjoyment/knowledge/learning/know-how that reading brings.

We want new reading ideas from you - I need to get away from a crime fiction rut, for sure - so, why not tell us what book you're reading now, or maybe details of your best ever read?

Good suggestions from local folk may result in invitations to attend some forthcoming NYR events.

]]> http://www.ictgateshead.org/2008/02/what_are_you_reading.html http://www.ictgateshead.org/2008/02/what_are_you_reading.html Interested in Thu, 28 Feb 2008 13:28:48 +0000 Fab French at Windy Nook fabfrench.jpg

We had a fab fab french morning yesterday with Year 6 from Windy Nook school. The children used a range of CLC technologies - podcasting using Audacity and our Web Radio and performance using green screen. We're busy adding the content to their MFL weblog.

www.fabfrench.org

If you'd like us to help out with your MFL initiatives....just call us.

]]> http://www.ictgateshead.org/2008/02/fab_french_at_windy_nook.html http://www.ictgateshead.org/2008/02/fab_french_at_windy_nook.html Doing Wed, 06 Feb 2008 12:20:41 +0000 Sony Acid Xpress/Pro 6 - Example acidpro.jpg We're busy creating some sound files for our web radio station. We come back again to the musictastic experience that is Sony Acid....There's just so much to be had from this impressive looping app, not least the free sound loops and fx.

Here's a sample intro we've been playing with for the past 30 mins

]]> http://www.ictgateshead.org/2008/02/sony_acid_xpresspro_6_example.html http://www.ictgateshead.org/2008/02/sony_acid_xpresspro_6_example.html Doing Wed, 06 Feb 2008 12:11:48 +0000 Glynwood Primary launch new website glyn.jpg

Tons of coverage in the local press with nice piccies. Glynwood organised a website launch for parents and invited some VIPs. Great event and very well attended.

www.glynwoodprimary.org

]]> http://www.ictgateshead.org/2008/02/glynwood_primary_launch_new_we.html http://www.ictgateshead.org/2008/02/glynwood_primary_launch_new_we.html News Sun, 03 Feb 2008 12:27:45 +0000 Science Radio and TV Today we welcome Yr11 students and staff from Thomas Hepburn school. They're here for a Biology and ICT Project Day whose theme is a scientific ethical discussion - "Should a couple be allowed to choose the sex of their baby?"

The students will explore the above by creating a TV Sketch Show and Radio Broadcast.

]]> http://www.ictgateshead.org/2008/01/science_radio_and_tv.html http://www.ictgateshead.org/2008/01/science_radio_and_tv.html Working with Fri, 25 Jan 2008 08:25:52 +0000 CLC School Report featured on BBC Online Dryden school who have been working very hard to get ready for the School Report Day in March are the main feature on the BBC School Report website today. Watch out for their reports about the news in the North East

Click below to follow their work.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/
school_report/7188970.stm

Well done Dryden School!

]]> http://www.ictgateshead.org/2008/01/clc_school_report_featured_on.html http://www.ictgateshead.org/2008/01/clc_school_report_featured_on.html News Tue, 15 Jan 2008 14:28:20 +0000 Survived BETT Show My feet are still aching though after the 2 day march through Olympia. I need to discover an ant-jostle device....a pet wolf should do it.

Still, lots to see including some eye-candy furniture and space design from Isis, Mimio's portable IWB systems, a raft of podcasting "solutions" including Podium, the frankly wow-factor Reactable project from FutureLab and new initiatives from the likes of ESP, creators of ComposeWorld and RhythmMaker.

Nice to see some Library/Archive resources and services being promoted. Top of the heap = 24 Hour Museum, and MICHAEL search of free online resources from museums, libraries and archives.

Check out too the new offering from English Heritage, Heritage Explorer

]]> http://www.ictgateshead.org/2008/01/survived_bett_show.html http://www.ictgateshead.org/2008/01/survived_bett_show.html News Mon, 14 Jan 2008 08:17:02 +0000 Welcome Back... We've rang out the old and rung in the new for 2008 and we're looking forward to working with you all again in the new term. First week back though we'll be at the BETT Show in London checking out what's hot and what's freeeeeeeeeeezing in the world of educational ICT. We'll be asking questions about GIS and handheld learning in particular. If you're going down for the event, let us know and we can meet up for a hideously over-priced cup of coffee....

]]> http://www.ictgateshead.org/2008/01/welcome_back.html http://www.ictgateshead.org/2008/01/welcome_back.html News Thu, 03 Jan 2008 09:30:32 +0000 Server Maintenance - December 27th Our web servers are being relocated by our ISP on Thursday December 27th. There will be some interruption to service with a period of downtime for all of our websites. We apologise for any inconvenience.

]]> http://www.ictgateshead.org/2007/12/server_maintenance_december_27.html http://www.ictgateshead.org/2007/12/server_maintenance_december_27.html News Thu, 20 Dec 2007 09:29:49 +0000 Welcome...St Mary's Whickham This morning we welcome Year 3 and 4 from St Mary's Whickham to the CLC. The children will be performing their Christmas Assembly and we'll be recording and filming it for broadcast from the school website before the weekend. You might need dictionaries...the Assembly is partly delivered in French. Tres Bien!

visit the St Mary's school website

]]> http://www.ictgateshead.org/2007/12/welcomest_marys_whickham.html http://www.ictgateshead.org/2007/12/welcomest_marys_whickham.html Working with Tue, 18 Dec 2007 07:31:37 +0000 Coming Soon...Primary MFL blog for Windy Nook We're about to get the toolbox out to construct a French weblog for our friends at Windy Nook.
More details to follow, but expect adventures in podcasting and vodcasting....

]]> http://www.ictgateshead.org/2007/12/coming_soonprimary_mfl_blog_fo.html http://www.ictgateshead.org/2007/12/coming_soonprimary_mfl_blog_fo.html Working with Thu, 06 Dec 2007 10:11:57 +0000 Hookergate School - website Hookergate School's new website is currently under content loading....you can take a preview at...

Hookergate School website

]]> http://www.ictgateshead.org/2007/11/hookergate_school_website.html http://www.ictgateshead.org/2007/11/hookergate_school_website.html School Weblogs Tue, 27 Nov 2007 10:02:27 +0000 Whickham Parochial - New School Weblog A BIG welcome to Whickham Parochial who join our blogging crowd....

Visit Whickham Parochial school website

]]> http://www.ictgateshead.org/2007/11/whickham_parochial_new_school.html http://www.ictgateshead.org/2007/11/whickham_parochial_new_school.html School Weblogs Tue, 27 Nov 2007 09:43:28 +0000 New Blog - Glynwood Primary Another additon to the blog roster - welcome Glynwood Primary school!

Visit the Glynwood Primary School website

]]> http://www.ictgateshead.org/2007/11/new_blog_glynwood_primary.html http://www.ictgateshead.org/2007/11/new_blog_glynwood_primary.html School Weblogs Mon, 26 Nov 2007 09:54:15 +0000 New Blog - Parkhead Primary Parkhead Primary school have a new blog powered website - good videos too!

Visit the Parkhead Primary website

]]> http://www.ictgateshead.org/2007/11/new_blog_parkhead_primary.html http://www.ictgateshead.org/2007/11/new_blog_parkhead_primary.html School Weblogs Sun, 25 Nov 2007 09:56:32 +0000 e=x=t=e=r=m=i=n=a=t=e Derek the Dalek was in jocular mood on Day One of his return to The Office.

In the presence of The Master (Moira) and various alien species (Mike and Trevor), Derek announced his plans to subjugate The Creche by sending them on a Dreamweaver course. The crazed master-criminal behind the kidnapping is believed to be appearing soon in pantomime locally... for which Derek has tickets. (Oh no he hasn't - ed).

Derek is spending the weekend quietly with his friends, The Cult of Skaro. Flowers, chocolates and Fig Rolls can be sent to him c/o Peter at the usual address.

]]> http://www.ictgateshead.org/2007/11/exterminate.html http://www.ictgateshead.org/2007/11/exterminate.html News Fri, 23 Nov 2007 16:27:18 +0000 STOP PRESS: Derek to be released.... dalikilovekittens.jpg

An email from the kidnappers (currently being traced) suggests that Derek will be released from captivity later today. The message reveals that Derek has been brainwashed by a sect of tree-hugging neo-hippies intent on turning the planet saffron. Apparently, Derek will now pronounce love and peace and will promote the music of James Blunt and Enya as a global panacea.

On release, Derek will be offered trauma counselling and a refresher course on "Global Domination The Dalek Way".

]]> http://www.ictgateshead.org/2007/11/stop_press_derek_to_be_release.html http://www.ictgateshead.org/2007/11/stop_press_derek_to_be_release.html News Thu, 22 Nov 2007 10:33:50 +0000 Derek The Dalek Disappears... CutOutDalekSec.jpg
Derek the Dalek....cuddly, really,


Sadly, we have to report the kidnapping of Derek, our office Dalek.

A local officer of the Judoon, attending the scene at Unit 6, concluded from the barely literate ransom notes that the snatch was committed by a human, probably a female, driven temporarily insane through stuffing thousands of leaflets into envelopes. She may have been assisted in the crime by disaffected members of The Creche, a sinister organisation of alleged web designers and administration workers.

Derek is thirty three and a third and a much-loved member of a superior species. His hobbies include; seeking, locating and exterminating, the colonisation of other planets, performing emergency temporal shifts and the taunting of envelope stuffers. He is of course much misunderstood and he works endlessly for world domination (surely, you mean peace? - ed)

A reward (virtual) is offered for information leading to the safe return of Derek.

Please contact: The Cult of Skaro, c/o Gateshead City Learning Centre. who will be pleased to scan your brain waves for useful data.

]]> http://www.ictgateshead.org/2007/11/derek_the_dalek_disappears.html http://www.ictgateshead.org/2007/11/derek_the_dalek_disappears.html News Tue, 20 Nov 2007 21:22:33 +0000 SoundWords We're pleased to announce our involvement as technical partners and hosts of the SoundWords project - a new name for the North East Libraries Radio Reading Clubs. SoundWords brings libraries and young people together with the aim of creating new audio content (book reviews, interviews with authors, poets and illustrators) for dissemination via webradio and podcasts.

You can keep up to date with SoundWords via their website (currently in beta)

]]> http://www.ictgateshead.org/2007/11/soundwords.html http://www.ictgateshead.org/2007/11/soundwords.html Working with Tue, 13 Nov 2007 10:23:37 +0000 Subject Weblogs - Thomas Hepburn We've been working with Victoria Matthews and colleagues from The Thomas Hepburn School to design and create two new subject specific weblogs. These are ready to be used within school within the next few weeks once core content has been uploaded.

You can take a preview pick or even peek at:
www.kmedices.org (Spanish)
www.luvscience4eva.org (Science)

]]> http://www.ictgateshead.org/2007/11/subject_weblogs_thomas_hepburn.html http://www.ictgateshead.org/2007/11/subject_weblogs_thomas_hepburn.html Working with Mon, 12 Nov 2007 11:48:59 +0000 Christmas Craft Fair Leaflet Feel free to download a colour copy of our Christmas Craft Fair Leaflet....
If you'd like multiple copies to publicise the event locally please email us and we'll get a pile out to you...

Download Flyer (PDF: 208KB)

]]> http://www.ictgateshead.org/2007/11/christmas_craft_fair_leaflet.html http://www.ictgateshead.org/2007/11/christmas_craft_fair_leaflet.html News Mon, 12 Nov 2007 11:30:33 +0000 Gateshead CLC welcomes Whickham Yr12 Students from Whickham School studying ICT visited the CLC today for a one-day session on Dreamweaver. The students learned how to create a basic, multipage website with text, images and hyperlinks. They also discussed elements of web design and good practice.

]]> http://www.ictgateshead.org/2007/11/gateshead_clc_welcomes_whickha.html http://www.ictgateshead.org/2007/11/gateshead_clc_welcomes_whickha.html Courses Wed, 07 Nov 2007 12:23:56 +0000 Westalls War - Radio Documentary We've just added new audio content to the Westall's War website.

Recently, we were approached by a local media student Neil Reynolds, mastering in radio production, who kindly offered us access to a radio documentary he was producing on Robert Westall. Westall was the locally born author of the award-winning The Machine Gunners.

The documentary, Westall's Garmouth is now available on the above site for download as a podcast. It is an excellent piece of work and well worth a listen.

]]> http://www.ictgateshead.org/2007/10/westalls_war_radio_documentary.html http://www.ictgateshead.org/2007/10/westalls_war_radio_documentary.html News Tue, 30 Oct 2007 13:17:24 +0000 Lego Robotics Competition @ Heworth Grange On Friday 19th October, teams from four Gateshead Primary schools took part in the grand final of a Lego Robotics Competition at Heworth Grange City Learning Centre. Under their team names “Rampaging Penguins” (Bill Quay), “Dunston Divas” (Dunston Hill), “Roman Bots” (Roman Road) and “The Geordies” (Glynwood), pupils designed programs to control robots through a series of challenging tasks. The competition had a soccer theme and robots had to weave in and out of defenders, beat the defence and score goals.

All teams performed well on the day. When scores were totalled up it was Roman Road school who emerged as winners. Dean, Lauren, Nathan and Caitlin picked up the top prize, a Logo Nxt Robotics kit while runners up were awarded Robosapiens Robots. All pupils received a gigabyte memory pen as a reward for their hard work.

]]> http://www.ictgateshead.org/2007/10/lego_robotics_competition_hewo.html http://www.ictgateshead.org/2007/10/lego_robotics_competition_hewo.html News Thu, 25 Oct 2007 08:38:54 +0000 Handheld Learning 2007 htc.jpg

This week we're down in London to present at and participate as a practitioner at the Handheld Learning 2007 Conference: October 10-12th 2007.

We'll be there with our strategic partners Maad Ltd and we'll have something nifty and new to introduce...more of which, later this week.

Come and chat with us....

]]> http://www.ictgateshead.org/2007/10/handheld_learning_2007.html http://www.ictgateshead.org/2007/10/handheld_learning_2007.html News Tue, 09 Oct 2007 15:56:20 +0000 Digizen - eSafety digizen

Josie Fraser, one of the key note speakers from our Summer ICT Conference has just launched, on behalf of Childnet International, a new e-safety site called Digizen.

The site is targeted at teachers, parents and carers who are interested in understanding and supporting children and young people's online social participation.

The cyberbullying area houses the UK government's brand new guidance for schools, as well as supporting resources including an overview of the guidance and a short film and teachers pack, designed to be used in class, assemblies or for parents evenings.

Check out Digizen

]]> http://www.ictgateshead.org/2007/09/digizen_esafety.html http://www.ictgateshead.org/2007/09/digizen_esafety.html Interested in Thu, 27 Sep 2007 16:20:43 +0000 Christmas Craft Fair xmas

Supery-doopery Christmas Craft Fair chock-a-block with goodies for you to buy: jewellery, woodcrafts, ethnic objets, textiles....with over 25 stallholders attending.
A must for your diary!

Saturday December 1st and Sunday December 2nd 2007
9.30am - 4.00pm
Gateshead City Learning Centre
Free Entry - Free Parking

Call 0191 460 2900 for more information.
Traders - please call for table rates and availability.

www.ictgateshead.org/craft

]]> http://www.ictgateshead.org/2007/09/christmas_craft_fair.html http://www.ictgateshead.org/2007/09/christmas_craft_fair.html Doing Fri, 21 Sep 2007 10:30:34 +0000 WebRadio Sessions We're now offering local schools half day or full day sessions aimed at creating new content for the CLC webradio station. We're looking for 20-30 minute pieces which combine talk/music/jingles. These contributions could be school documentaries, poetry/story readings, school music, drama, MFL....We help you with the technical ins-and-outs....You get your hands on professional radio kit and software. Fun!
Please contact Mike Carter/Peter Bolger on 0191 460 2900

]]> http://www.ictgateshead.org/2007/09/webradio_sessions.html http://www.ictgateshead.org/2007/09/webradio_sessions.html Courses Wed, 19 Sep 2007 11:08:44 +0000 oSkope Visual Search Take a look at oSkope - a quite stunning visual search engine currently indexing Amazon, eBay, youtube and Flickr. Results can be displayed graphically in a variety of formats. Register and you can save your searches from session to session.

]]> http://www.ictgateshead.org/2007/09/oskope_visual_search.html http://www.ictgateshead.org/2007/09/oskope_visual_search.html Interested in Tue, 18 Sep 2007 09:34:20 +0000