 Fronter have announced that their UK Conference will take place in Yorkshire!
And they are offering a special deal to North Yorkshire schools - if 150 or more delegates from North Yorkshire schools register for conference places then the price for all North Yorkshire delegates will be reduced from £75 to £60.
Registration: fill in the online form here (registration closes 16th April)
Taken from the Fronter website -
Not to be missed, the National Conference is heading north to York this year.We look forward to a day filled with the latest innovations and experiences from our users, product updates from the Fronter team, and an exciting group of Key note and inspirational speakers including:
- Bob Harrison - ‘What’s Learning Got to do with it?’
- Roger Larsen, Fronter Founder - ‘Next Generation Learning’
- Online Reporting Targets 2010
Full program to follow shortly (and will be posted on this blog).
When: 23 April 2010
Where: York Race Course
Time: 10:00 – 16:00
Cost: £75 (£90 for non-Fronter users) - £60 for North Yorkshire schools if more than 150 register!
Registration: fill in the online form here (registration closes 16th April)
If you have any questions or need any more information, please don’t hesitate to contact Fronter Events on ukevents@fronter.com
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Taken from the YHGfL Blog -
February 10th, 2010 by admin2
Vital, the programme of part online/part facilitated CPD which is just rolling out in the region, has asked YHGfL to organise some roadshows during March. The events will explain the CPD and other opportunities which are on offer for a range of adults who work with children in schools.
YHGfL is therefore looking for schools to host twilight events during March – one per school: there will be a booking fee which can either go towards school funds or be used to reduce the costs of Vital CPD for staff at the host school. We anticipate the events will start at about 4/4.30 on a Tuesday, Wednesday or Thursday and last for about an hour and a half.
If you would like to offer your school as a potential venue (or if you have any questions), please contact Debbie at Debbie.addinall@yhgfl.net by email, giving the name and address of your school, a contact name and contact details and the name of your local authority. If you have a preferred date, please include that as well.
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Becta have launched a new section of their Next Generation Learning website - Safeguarding Learners.
This is well worth a look and contains lots of guidance and resources. http://www.nextgenerationlearning.org.uk/safeguarding
Remember to also take a look at the National Quiz - http://www.nextgenerationlearning.org.uk/AboutUs/Partners/The-Next-Generation-Learning-National-School-Quiz-is-coming/
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January 2010
Futurelab have just released a new video which looks at ideas developed under the Beyond Current Horizons programme, which considers the future of education in the light of social and technological change over the next two decades. The video aims to inspire education leaders to think differently about the future of education and to consider the challenges and possibilities for 21st century schools.
More about Beyond Current Horizons…
To see the video click HERE
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CEOP and Microsoft have joined forces to improve the safety of young people online. On Safer Internet Day this year they released a Report Abuse button which can be downloaded anywhere and added to your Microsoft Internet Explorer 8 toolbars.
It has only been released to work with IE8, so if you are using older versions you can update for free from the Microsoft site before installing the CEOP button from here.
Finally, CEOP have updated their video library with a new cartoon, aimed to promote internet safety with primary age students.
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Last term Fronter ran a podcasting competition. Although no North Yorkshire schools won, SESSAY C of E PRIMARY SCHOOL received a very special mention!
See page 8 of the Fronter Times for more info.
And also on the Fronter blog - http://fronteruk.wordpress.com/
You can also read about the Connecting Classrooms project between North Yorkshire and Morocco on page 6 of the Fronter Times.
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YHGfL have produced a really useful document regarding Facebook. Click here to download the document.
From the YHGfL website:
“We know that many staff enjoy using Facebook but may find it difficult to know what settings they should choose to help keep themselves safe. YHGfL have produced a handy guide to help them out. This guide takes you through some of the risks and shows you the settings you can change to help protect yourself.”
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Posted by: dwilson in Parents, Primary, Secondary, Website, e-learning, e-safety, tags: CEOP, e-safety, Safer Internet Day, SID 2010, Think U Know
 What are you doing for Safer Internet Day?
Visit the CEOP Think U Know site for ideas! There are online videos, activities, lesson plans, assemblies, information for parents and much more. If you are planning something - whether it’s an assembly or a bigger event - why don’t you post it on the site?
Click here to visit the Think U Know SID 2010 website.
Remember to check out the brand new Foundation and Key Stage 1 resources - Kim and Lee’s Adventure!
Click here to post your event.
 Click here to get a ‘we’re taking part’ logo for your school website and Learning Platform!
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A message from YHGfL
Teachers - Learn to Love Your Learning Platform!
Thursday 25th March
9.30 – 3.30pm
The Holiday Inn Barnsley
(Brooklands Hotel)
Barnsley Road Dodworth Barnsley South Yorkshire S75 3JT
This conference is all about celebrating, sharing, motivating and networking. Love them or hate them, learning platforms are here to stay but have they lived up to their promise?
Come along and see firsthand how schools in and around our region are making the most of the technology to make teaching and learning more fun and less work.
This conference is not about which learning platform you should have, or which is best, it’s about seeing the opportunities, opening up the possibilities and hopefully inspiring you to get the most out of your learning platform.
You will be able to select from a choice of sessions throughout the day. A range of school practitioners will be leading workshops in both primary and secondary education across a variety of subjects using diverse technology. There will also be sessions focussing on national agendas such as parental engagement and online reporting.
The outline for the day is as follows:
Keynote speaker Diana Johnson, Minister of State for Schools for ICT, Digital Curriculum, Teachers’ TV and the e-Strategy The Regional Picture, introducing the updated Virtually There: Learning Platforms research from Cleveratom
A choice of workshops, all of which will be every practical, full of advice and delivered by teachers who completely understand the school environment.
Lunch, networking and exhibitors. All exhibitors have been carefully chosen for the quality of their product, tools, content or resources. There will be no learning platform providers. A choice of workshops around broader issues of how the learning platforms impact on parental engagement, social cohesion, and tracking and assessment.
The final session will be from the inspirational Ollie Bray - National Adviser for Learning and Technology Futures, Scotland. Over the years Ollie has won numerous awards for innovative classroom practice & project development
A detailed agenda will be available soon and to those who apply.
To book your free place complete the booking form (click here) and return to events@yhgfl.net
Don’t forget to tell us which workshops you want to book!! Places are strictly first come, first served.
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From the YHGfL web news feed:
Have you got a hard drive stuffed full of your own smart notebook files, powerpoints, lesson plans or worksheets? Would you like to win £200 worth of vouchers to spend on educational resources of your choice?
Send us an original resource created and owned by you and you might be one of five lucky winners who will be drawn at random. Your resource will then be uploaded to the NEW National Digital Resource Bank to be shared with teachers everywhere.
Closing date: March 26th 2010
Email: Contact@yhgfl.net
YHGfL Foundation, Normanby Gateway, Normanby Enterprise Park, Lysaghts Way, Scunthorpe, North Lincolnshire, DN15 9YG
Alll resources must be materials licensed under creative commons which do not infringe other’s copyright.
More info at: http://www.yhgfl.net/Competitions
Let us know if you win anything so we can celebrate your success with everyone here!
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