Simon Brennand, Philip Morant School & College Lewis Isaacs, Microsoft ‘Last year, we talked about potential...’ Office 2007 and the Philip Morant School & College

Personalised learning | 21 st Century skills | Raising standards Office through the ages!

Personalised learning | 21 st Century skills | Raising standards Philip Morant School and College Colchester, North-East Essex students 11-19, fully comprehensive Fifth phase Technology College Leading Edge/ICT Register School SSAT D+R Hub Curriculum Design Lead Practitioner ICT Mark Consecutive Charter Marks (4) for service to stakeholders

Personalised learning | 21 st Century skills | Raising standards Desktop Value – Office 2007 Enhance subject teaching Support structured group learning Extend creativity Enhance productivity Realising more of the software’s potential User perspectives

Personalised learning | 21 st Century skills | Raising standards Richer Classroom materials

Personalised learning | 21 st Century skills | Raising standards Single electronic note pad

Personalised learning | 21 st Century skills | Raising standards Learning beyond the classroom

Personalised learning | 21 st Century skills | Raising standards Group learning

Personalised learning | 21 st Century skills | Raising standards Groove

Personalised learning | 21 st Century skills | Raising standards Greater Creativity

Personalised learning | 21 st Century skills | Raising standards Learning Essentials

Personalised learning | 21 st Century skills | Raising standards

Productivity

Personalised learning | 21 st Century skills | Raising standards

Realise potential

Personalised learning | 21 st Century skills | Raising standards Support deployment and usage Pilot Group/early adopters Range of support 1)Expert advice 2)Champions 3)Peer support and buddies 4)Interaction (blog) Dynamic Process

Personalised learning | 21 st Century skills | Raising standards “Much more user friendly - the toolbars in both Word and Excel are much quicker and easier to use” “SmartArt automatically reflect any text changes, additions or deletions” “Mail merge facilities are much improved and easier to use” “Groove enables really efficient resource sharing and collaboration”

Personalised learning | 21 st Century skills | Raising standards “Easily deployed” “I have a folder for every subject – I used to lose paper notes and don’t now!” “I use many more features of the software now” “This software will be more suitable for the students to navigate as many are visual learners.”

Personalised learning | 21 st Century skills | Raising standards Key Value Functionality unfolds Employ a greater range of the software’s capability Intuitive and user-friendly Impact on learning

Personalised learning | 21 st Century skills | Raising standards In Summary... – System, not standalone – Collaboration and connectivity – Fluent and feature rich – Education evolution Give us 30 minutes, and we’ll save you hours Office online!

Personalised learning | 21 st Century skills | Raising standards Ask the Team About.... BETT 2008 Presentations Thursday 28 th February 3:30 to 4:15pm Give us 30 minutes of your time and we’ll save you hours! Getting the most from your desktops Philip Morant – Office Personalised Learning