ICT Register Showcase - Engaging the Community
Tuesday 27 January 2009, Holywell Park, Loughborough
Conference Sponsors and Exhibitors
The objective of the ICT Register showcase is to unite practitioners from across the world, sharing innovative and practical ideas and activities to demonstrate how ICT helps to enrich and personalise learning. The ICT Register Community is grateful for the support of its major Partners Becta and Softease without whose support the ICT Register Showcase would not be able to take place in its current form. Thanks is also due to the sponsors who are supporting individual showcases and the exhibitors who are providing such a lively exhibition. Without all of their support we would not have such an enjoyable and inspiring day.
Major Partners:Becta
Becta leads the national drive to improve learning through technology. We do this by working with industry to ensure we have the right technology for education in place. We also support the education sector to make the best use of technology so that every learner in the UK is able to benefit from its advantages and achieves the best they can. As part of our support for whole school review Becta, along with other national partners have developed the self-review framework. This offers schools a route for assessing and improving their use of ICT. Based on maturity models, the framework allows schools to benchmark against established best practice and helps to create an action plan for improvement. The ICT Mark is a nationally recognised accreditation scheme which gives schools recognition for their achievements in reaching a good standard in their use of technology. Becta are working with SSAT to align the ICT Register to this institutional improvement model ensuring joined up messages on what good ICT provision looks like. Website: www.becta.org.uk |
Softease
Softease is a forward-thinking company that develops innovative and creative software applications designed specifically for education. With a focus on 21st Century skills that can be introduced into any school or home-learning environment, the company strives to provide tools that are child-friendly and easy to use whilst always being in line with the latest technological advancements.
The company’s dedication and passion in continuing to develop new and exciting applications is integral to its forward thinking approach. Softease is always listening to what its customers and to what is most important to the education industry. Its applications foster pupil / teacher creativity whilst never losing sight of the issues that matter most in the classroom.
Softease’s personal and flexible approach has built a wide customer base at many levels and its software instils confidence, motivation and pride in the thousands of students that use it every day across all subjects.
For further information on Softease’s applications or to learn more about ICT best practice in schools, please visit our website: www.softease.com.
Other sponsors:
ICT Networks
ICT Networks have been providing schools, businesses and other organisations with a wide variety of products and services since 1998. Our product portfolio encompasses all IT requirements be they supply of PC’s and Software, Data Cabling, Wireless Networking, Ongoing Support Contracts, Interactive Whiteboard installs or a Complete Network Overhaul. All our engineers have CRB checks carried out on them to give public sector organisations complete peace of mind.
Website: www.ict-networks.co.uk
Frogteacher
Frog's Learning Platform for Secondary Schools changes the way schools work
- it enables ordinary people to do extraordinary things. Designed with teachers, students, parents and governors in mind Frog offers a truly unique solution that embraces the whole school community. The usability of Frog - and the way it can be customised to meet the needs, interests and ethos of the school - empowers the users to take full ownership from the very start.
A simple, intuitive interface enables all users to easily design and build systems and pages including departmental websites, lessons, communication or admin systems with confidence. The exceptional creative control possible in Frog, gives all users ownership of areas within the school's digital environment so they are much more willing to engage, resulting in school improvement.
Website: www.frogtrade.com/
Wireless Edge
Wireless Edge, is a “next generation” telecoms operator that provides technologically advanced data and telecommunications solutions to home users, small businesses, schools, universities, councils and corporate enterprises for homes and businesses. Through their innovative internet services, the company’s aim is to strategically link schools in known areas of deprivation (areas with a high ethos of failure, high unemployment and a reliance on state benefit) as part of The Outreach E-Learning Environment Project.
The project at Churchfields School is based on a main hub, the senior school, and links to local primary schools. From each primary school any community can be linked into the system allowing access across the whole region and giving internet opportunities to young and old alike.
Uniquely, Wireless Edge ensures that through a security product they have developed, all users can be confident of safe browsing of the internet. Their system guarantees to block unwanted sites or those with inappropriate information. This product also allows any laptop taken off the premises that is stolen can be shutdown remotely rendering it useless to anyone but the owner. Each child’s history of search on the laptop is also recorded for their protection.
Wireless Edge is looking at similar innovative solutions for Education in the North East and East of England.
Website: www.wirelessedge.co.uk
Sherston
Sherston publishes an extensive range of CD-ROM and online products for Primary education. Their outstanding new online solutions Crystal - The ICT Channel and Gogglebox - The Humanities Channel will be showcased at the Conference. These cutting-edge learning solutions provide 24/7, online access to outstanding resources, videos, activities, and adventures.
Website: www.sherston.com
Serif
Serif provides a complete creative solution for ICT across the curriculum, with all the graphics software tools and support needed to deliver engaging lessons. Professional yet easy to use, Serif enables all pupils to achieve outstanding work across all subjects, whilst developing design skills for the competitive workplace.
Website: www.serif.com
EducationCity
EducationCity.com – the future of curriculum content. Trusted and used in over 10,000 schools, EducationCity.com is ideal for children aged 3-11 with its highly engaging activities which cover English, Maths, Science and MFL.
Website: educationcity.com
Sanako
SANAKO provide cross-curricular collaborative tools for the teacher which enable seamless integration with existing ICT and learning strategies
Website: www.sanako.com
Brother
Brother is passionate about education – it’s at the heart of everything we do. As a leading technology business, we are always trying new ideas and improving the performance of our printers and multi-function machines – which are used in thousands of educational organisations across the country, across primary, secondary and higher education.
It’s this focus that has made Brother one of the greenest printer brands on the planet. Our environmental initiatives, from recycling to waste reduction, have helped us to secure ISO 14001 accreditation and number one manufacturer ranking in the Ethical Company Organisation’s Good Office Guide. We’re also working closely with the Specialist Schools and Academies Trust and are supporting initiatives such as the recent Futures Vision tour, visiting schools demonstrating outstanding leadership in community projects.
Visit Brother at stand number 17 to learn more about our educational products and environmental initiatives. We’ll be show casing our compact A3 multifunction inkjets, which are ideal for making an impact both in and outside the classroom.
Website: www.brother.co.uk
SMART
Over 20 million students around the world are more engaged in learning because they use SMART products in their classrooms.At SMART, it’s our goal to put learners first. This drives us to create easy-to-use, high-quality products that transform teaching and learning.
Website: www.steljes.co.uk
Alite
Visit Stand 3 in the Lower Bay Area and discover how L2 can help you in your quest to enable all students to become independent, successful learners. Find out more about Parents as Learners – the programme to help parents and carers support learning. Come and see L2 and PaL in action!
Website: www.alite.co.uk
NAACE
Naace is the professional association for those concerned with advancing education through the appropriate use of ICT and has become the key influential professional association for those working in ICT in education.
Naace has an extensive portfolio of members ranging from teachers to local authority advisors, who all share a passion for embedding the effective use of ICT into teaching, learning and school management. We have a passionate community of interest that provides peer to peer support, enables strong networking opportunities and which acts as a catalyst to improve educational benefits for all learners. If you recognise that passion, and are looking for like-minded professionals join Naace to share it with us!
Website: www.naace.org
Fronter
Fronter is the chosen solution of more than 5000 UK schools. It combines a wide range of easy-to-use tools for learning and collaboration online. Fronter is an easy to use, open and professional platform promoting learning together.
Website: webfronter.com
Data Harvest
Data Harvest are specialists in data logging and control. We cover KS2 to A level and have over 40 data logging sensors to choose from. Our comprehensive worksheets for science are now released. Come to our stand and take a look! Or visit our website:
Website: www.data-harvest.co.uk
TASC
With INSIGHT Realtime Access Online, parents can view their child’s progress, attendance and behaviour in school. You as a school decide what you want them to see taking into consideration the safeguarding of students! They also have secure online access to view their children’s data 24 hours a day from any PC, Laptop and some mobile devices with an internet connection and always under the control of the school - ensuring schools meet the DCSF guidelines for parental access by 2010. INSIGHT links to the school’s SIMS.net database giving schools the flexibility to manage their parental engagement, REALTIME, read/writing SIMS data.
Website: www.tascsoftware.co.uk
Rising Stars
Rising Stars, Educational Publisher of the Year 2008, now has a portfolio of over 500 software and book titles that have been created to support teaching and learning. Software includes eBooks for PCs, handhelds, whiteboards and VLEs; new interactive software for Phonics, MFL and Literacy teaching and learning.
Website: www.risingstars-uk.com
Some comments from the delegates:
"Very resourceful and engaging!"
"Very useful and inspiring!"
"Rondevals – excellent!"
"Thank you for a fantastic day!"
