June 2010Primary ICT Conference E-Learning & Information Management Primary ICT Conference 2010 Somerset Learning Platform Communicating with Everyone

June 2010Primary ICT Conference E-Learning & Information Management ICT Communication Tools Telephone Text Messaging (SIMS) School Website Secure Online Areas Forums / Live Discussion Instant Messaging Video Conferencing

June 2010Primary ICT Conference E-Learning & Information Management Secure Online Areas The website provides anyone in the world access to information about your school. Secure areas such as Staff and Parent/Carer sites in SLP require users to authenticate. Further secure areas can be created in SLP to allow schools to collaborate. HUISH CLP >

June 2010Primary ICT Conference E-Learning & Information Management Sharing Resources Between Schools Through the CYPD site, Somerset Improvement Services provides resources (previously on CD) Street Learning Support Centre is also offering resources for all schools to use (from 28/06/10) CYPD/SIS > SLSC >

June 2010Primary ICT Conference E-Learning & Information Management Creating a New Collaboration Site From the School SLP site, navigate to the Somerset area using the crumb trail (top left of screen). The Collaborate site provides a central area for all schools to share information with any stakeholder. The Apple League is an example of a collaboration. WATERS EDGE SCHOOL > COLLABORATE > APPLE LEAGUE >

June 2010Primary ICT Conference E-Learning & Information Management Using Outlook to Plan Events Where you have a shared calendar in SLP, Outlook can be used to create events and invite participants from any school. If you need to manage events around staff or school availability, Outlook can check for this before the event is created. Outlook Demo >

June 2010Primary ICT Conference E-Learning & Information Management Using SLP to host your school Website Template for easy deployment Information can be updated easily Anyone can update it (through delegation) Skills from using the Staff site are transferrable Calendar events instantly publish Noticeboard events instantly publish DEMO >

June 2010Primary ICT Conference E-Learning & Information Management The website is part of SLP at no extra cost Although the website is available to use straight away the following half-day training should be considered: Introduction to SLP Further Features Website Courses are free until July 2011 through the Harnessing Technology grant TRAINING SITE >

June 2010Primary ICT Conference E-Learning & Information Management Feedback and Communication with Everyone The Primary ICT Blog holds all the presentations shown in the conference today. Let us know what you thought of the conference – please fill in the survey also available on the Primary ICT Blog PRIMARY ICT BLOG >>