Category: News Articles

Heron Cross get Animated

By pgregory, April 22, 2010 13:42
Animation to assist Literacy

Longton High City Learning Centre helped students from Heron Cross Primary School in years 5 and 6 successfully complete Animation sessions to assist their literacy projects. Year 5 students wanted to create a short scene from the "Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe. The students built their models using plastacine and existing toys.  They also build their ...

Home Internet Access for families

By pgregory, March 10, 2010 14:27
Home Internet Access for Low income Families

Home Access is a government drive to help ensure more children in low income families have access to a computer and the internet at home to support their learning. If you’re a low income family you could get a grant for: • a computer • one year’s internet access • service, safety features and support. There are no hidden catches and no ...

Podblast – Now Live

By pgregory, March 4, 2010 11:37
Podblast - Showcast your Podcasts

Stoke on Trent City learning Centres have been working on a "front end" Website to house all the podcasts made by the city's schools.  Podblast is now live and schools who have activated their Podium license can register for free to upload their work. The CLC has purchased Podium Podcasting software for use in all schools ...

CPD Opportunity – Apple Teacher Institute 2010

By pgregory, January 19, 2010 12:43
ATI @ Cheltenham College

Download this flyer What you will learn - “ In the age of digital literacy and creativity, educators need to seek out best practice in the use of the tools available. Now is your opportunity to develop the ideas you have already had about digital creativity, to see how others are using these new tools with great benefits ...

Y8 English Green Screen Project

By M Bunyan, December 23, 2009 13:00
Greenscreen

To launch our new green screen facilities here at Stoke CLC's we have  been working with Year 8 at Haywood Engineering College. The CLC's media technologist has been working closely with the class to conceptualise, storyboard, script and film this alternative telling of 'A Christmas Carol'. This remaking of a famous Dickens classic in a ...

BECTA SRF/ICT Mark – STOKE CLC’s Support 2009/10

By yrussell, December 17, 2009 15:50
visualisers

A number of teachers from schools across Stoke attended various training events  to promote the use of ActivExpression, ActivInspire, FlipVideo and Elmo L-1ex: Haywood CLC - FlipVideo Demo/Training - 5 November Belgrave Primary School -  ActivClassroom Workshop on 12 November Longton CLC -  ActivClassroom Roadshow on 30 November Longton CLC - Elmo L-1ex Visualiser Training on 9 December Schools who attended the ...

STAR Centre Injection Moulding Project

By memanuel, December 17, 2009 13:29
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Injection Moulding at Haywood CLC... ... At the Haywood CLC STAR Centre we are currently developing an exciting injection moulding project for St Margret Wards Sixth Formers.  Watch this space for more information! **Update**  We have now designed and tested a custom mould to manufacture wrist bands.  Just Few tweaks now and we will update you with ...

Digital Sound Resources

By staff, December 3, 2009 14:56
speaker

Over the years we have collected a great array of digital sound resources for teachers to use in their classrooms.   Sometimes it can be hard for teachers together the sound files that they need all from one source so we thought we'd give you a helping hand. Right Click the links to download the files. To ...