March 2017 Deb Lyons & Maria Temel @BoltonSICT Computing Support March 2017 Deb Lyons & Maria Temel @BoltonSICT

Aims of the today’s session Morning sessions: 9.45- 10.15; 10.30-11.00; 11.15-11.45 Afternoon sessions: 1.45- 2.15; 2.30-3.00; 3.15-3.45 What’s new SLA updates CPD updates - Digital leader Pupil Landing pages Britannica Minecraft Online safety

SLA Updates NEW THIS YEAR Trade in time can now be used for: Education Days Trips held at our training centre. The focus for these trips are developing computer science learning, there are range of options including Minecraft, Lego WeDo2 and Mindstorm for upper KS2, Kudo and Animation. For further details, contact the office. Computing After School Clubs A five week block, held at your school for an hour after school with up to 15 children, these after school clubs are a great way to raise computing skill levels in your pupils while engaging them in new and exciting projects. The Computing Curriculum Support SLA, is additional add on that schools can subscribe to at a cost of £650 for 2.5 days of support. This support time runs from April 17 to April 18 and all time must be used during this time.

CPD & Digital leaders As computing confidence grows in schools, how can you offer challenges to your more-able pupils? Why not develop up to 3 of your Year 5 or Year 6 children to become Digital Leaders for your school? Our Digital leaders workshops: Stop frame animation Blogging Scratch2   The aim of these workshops are to develop and embed further in depth skills and knowledge using such programs as scratch2, blogging and animation, which they in turn will be able to share their knowledge alongside the class teacher. Children will need to be accompanied by a Teacher who will take responsibility for the Digital Leaders in school to ensure that they are deployed effectively and have a clear understanding of what their roles and responsibilities are within school. Your new Digital Leaders will be presented with a certificate after they have completed the course.

Pupil Internet landing pages If you are interested in this for your pupils – request via contact@sict.bolton.gov.uk Subject: Pupil Internet landing page request

Britannica for BoltonSICT Schools http://school.eb.co.uk/levels Username- schoolfeb Password- paris246 Aiming to have schools details live after Easter

Minecraft Education in the Classroom As Window 10 machines are going into more schools the option of using Minecraft in the curriculum becomes a more realistic option. Minecraft enables children to work collaboratively towards an exciting common goal developing their team work and thinking skills, linked to their learning. Current licensing costs: £3.11 per user per year – up to 30 pupils collaborating concurrently Schools can book school trips as a taster to see Minecraft in action!

Many schools are starting to have a link on their web / blog site to our Online safety blog area. There are focus sections to support teaching & learning and regularly updated parental links. If you want this on your site email the webs team.

Digital Footprint Activity Possible impact on future job prospects

How well do you know your games? A quick quiz

Answers… PEGI– Green, Orange, Red ESRB (Entertainment Software Rating Board) Black * Even if a game is rated 3 it will always carry a warning regarding online chat - "Online Interactions Not Rated by the ESRB" - Warns those who intend to play the game online about possible exposure to chat.

Children using apps Can you name these popular apps?

So what’s next?