Leadership and Management
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Interactive Whiteboard Expansion Project
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Updated Interactive Whiteboard Network
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A the BETT show 2004 Charles Clarke announced an additional £25 million for
purchases of Interactive Whiteboards.
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South Gloucestershire have been given £172,000 of this funding to spend
on providing interactive whiteboards to primary and secondary
schools. DfES guidance states that 60% of this funding must be
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A letter will be sent out to schools shortly detailing how your school can
be involved.
The main aims of the initiative (taken from DfES guidance) are:
- To increase the provision of whiteboards nationally
- To ensure all LEAs have benefited from funding to provide
whiteboards
- Support the Primary and Secondary National Strategies in raising
standards through improved learning and teaching
- Encourage the development of a professional community, to develop,
collate, share, improve and disseminate the best practice more widely
- Ensure that schools are aware that they can use devolved formula
capital budgets on ICT infrastructure (including whiteboards)
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The following sections are of particular relevance to schools:
- Primary focus
- Requirements and considerations - primary
- Pedagogical training - primary
- Secondary focus
- Requirements and considerations - secondary
- Pedagogical training - secondary
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Schools wishing to benefit from the funding should ensure
they read the relevant sections prior to completing the expression of
interest form. |
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Interactive Whiteboard Network
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The Primary Strategy have launched an Interactive Whiteboard Network in
which representatives from the LEA are being provided with training and
resources and also working with other LEAs to develop and share
resources. All schools receiving whiteboards under the above
initiative will be required to attend training sessions in order to
benefit from the information disseminating from the Interactive Whiteboard
Network.
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Whiteboard resources can also be accessed on the ICT website at:
http://www.southglos.gov.uk/ed/advisory/LTI/
project/resources/interactivewhiteboards/index.htm
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