Learning Everywhere Expands‘Learning Everywhere’ expanded recently with Balby Carr CLC and two Doncaster schools, Armthorpe and Balby Carr joining the project.
Richard Gunson helped Lorrayne Hall launch the new projects to students, parents and staff and hopes to promote joint working between the new schools and existing members of Learning Everywhere.
The opportunities presented by the Learning Everywhere project have been enthusiastically welcomed by students and staff alike and a programme of educational software development is well underway by both Carlton Bolling and Balby Carr CLC’s.
Support For SchoolsThe City Learning Centre is currently helping schools with the design and printing of school newsletters and magazines. We are currently designing the Carlton Bolling School Magazine. All previous designs will be available for download in the near future.
Science Theme DayYear 6 students from Feversham Primary school spent the day at the CLC working on science based activities which would motivate and challenge them. We intent to follow up the day with work in the school and in the CLC.
Collaborative LearningThe City Learning Centre is to install Microsoft’s ‘Learning Gateway’ on its brand new servers. This will enable collaborative projects to take place between schools and colleges across the city, region, country and worldwide. Keep checking our website for further details.
Improved FacilitiesThe CLC has reopened to students and community after it’s refurbishment of the ground floor facilities. New equipment and a much brighter more welcoming environment are proving to be an immediate success with all users.
Learning EverywhereAfter a successful year at the forefront of using mobile technologies both in and out of the classroom the City Learning Centre was asked to present at the National Handheld Learning Conference in London.
Amongst top educationalists from across the globe and representatives of the government, the CLC gave an overview of how it’s ‘Learning Everywhere Project’ is using mobile computing devices in mainstream education as ways of enhancing ICT access, closing the digital divide and building a more personalised approach to learning.
The CLC has been contacted by schools and authorities across the country for help in setting up similar projects.
Further details of how to take part in ‘Learning Everywhere’ and a podcast of the event can be downloaded from www.learningeverywhere.co.uk
International LinksThe CLC recently ran a very successful project with Rhodesway School, enabling students taking part in a United Nations conference in Bratislava to publish their activities on a ‘weblog’.Equipment and systems were put in place by the CLC to facilitate this ‘state of the art’ way of collaborative working and the results can be viewed at www.clc-project1.blogspot.com
The centre is looking for other schools, groups or individuals to partner with on similar projects.
Please contact the CLC for further details.
Construction CentreThe CLC helped support the local Construction Centre @ Carlton bolling offering consultancy, designing , and publicity of the new centre for it official launch in November 2006
Collabarative Activies Parents And ChildrenParents and students from Barkerend Primary visited the CLC for collabrative activities morning. The day was organised my the CLC Learning Mentor Shabana Younus, parents and children spent the morning engaging in activities ranging from digital microscope, using the radio station and animation packages to make their own short animation. The morning was a success and enjoyed by all.
Josh Claman visits CLCJosh Clayman – Head man of Dell Computers in Europe, paid a visit to the CLC to find out about recent projects and new approaches to learning being developed.Josh met a number of students from Carlton Bolling College and Laisterdyke Business and Enterprise College and was so impressed by the work taking place in the CLC looking at alternative ways of delivering the curriculum that he donated a top spec gaming PC to be used in the centre.
CLC Manager Travels to AmericaCLC Manager Richard Gunson travelled to America by special invitation to investigate handheld computers. He met many important people in the computing world including James A. Gerry a senior officer of Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy. James is co-ordinating a project across the state where sixth-form students are writing computer software. He is very keen to involve sixth form students from this country and we are hoping to follow up this important opportunity.
A new friend of the CLC is Pablo Isunza who lives and attends school in Mexico. Just like many students in Carlton Bolling College, Pablo uses a PDA to complete his school work. He especially likes to write a lesson summary at the end of every session. A future project is to video conference with Pablo and his school friends to share experiences
CLC Cisco SuccessThe first group of trainee ICT technicians recently completed the first year of the course in the City Learning Centre. The course was assessed by leading networking company Cisco which is based in the United States. Every student passed with flying colours and all paid tribute to their tutor Nagina Khan.
Shabana's CoursesParents and community members have just completed the Share programme. This course encourages parents to become more involved with their children´s work at school. The parents completed ICT work and a programme involving living a healthy life.
Shabana also hosted a open day for parents of Barkerend pupils who attended with their sons and daughters. They took part in a range of activities including using the CLiC radio studio, digital microscopes and computer based animation.
Moonwalk ImmanuelLearning Everywhere along with Education Bradford's Alan Beecham took students to the moon in a virtual landscape project.
The project ran over three lessons in which the students familiarised themselves with the equipment before starting their navigation around the 'moon', which was infact their own playing field. Students had to interact with images, sounds and videos via their Pocket PC, to successfully complete tasks. All participants thoroughly enjoyed themselves.
Learning Everywhere Launch"Learning Everywhere" a new and exciting cutting edge project developed by The City Learning Centre @ Carlton Bolling had it´s official launch in late November. Thirty students from Buttershaw and sixteen from Carlton Bolling were the very first to take up the offer of the extended loan and use of a personal mobile computer sometimes referred to as a PDA. The students are able to use this device whilst in lessons to take notes, complete homework tasks, keep a diary/calendar, review resources on school networks, send and receive e-mail, research the Internet for subject specific information and access revision content. There are also more "social" functions which the device will perform such as storing music and digital photographs, playing games and accessing email. The pilot so far has gone very well with staff and students finding the pocket sized computers very useful in lesson time and for homework too.