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| Schools Success StoriesThe selection of our case studies below highlight how schools have enhanced teaching and learning while also improving efficiency, often lowering costs and providing better management and administration solutions.
From children using technology to help them study interactively, to reading how teachers and pupils benefit from sharing classroom materials remotely through the Learning Gateway solution, read on to see how schools across the UK have pushed the boundaries of learning with extremely positive results. On This PageConnected Learning Communities | When Norwich School wanted to provide email accounts for its 120 staff, 800 students and their parents, they implemented Microsoft collaboration tools to increase communication, simplify administration and enable students to access work online. Communication has improved, students are more engaged and administrators are saving hours of time. |
"If you want a manageable, cost-effective and scalable system, Exchange Server 2007, is the best one out there at the moment."
Steve Banyard, Network Manager, Norwich School  | A group of primary schools in Cornwall are using our small business solutions to help them meet government objectives and improve teaching, learning and management of the schools. Students can now access work anytime, anywhere with an internet connection, communication has improved with the new email system, and the system is more secure and reliable meaning less support is required. |
"It is now easier for all staff and pupils to access whatever they want, from any connected computer, at any point in the school. The confidence of my students has increased in leaps and bounds, as has the quality of individual work."
Clare Tenbeth, ICT Coordinator, St Mary's Catholic Primary School  |
The city of Leeds has implemented a city-wide learning network that connects 450 schools, libraries and learning centres and more than 100,000 employees and students. They are saving time and money and operating in a more sustainable manner, with the use of paper drastically reduced now that all information is available online. Students can personalise their individual 'My Sites' and access work online so are more engaged, while teachers are collaborating like never before with more than 100 sites dedicated to sharing resources and ideas. |
"The Leeds Learning Network is already making a huge impact and the benefits to school life are already evident. Students love contributing to the discussion forums, being able to access their work at home, and now have their own personal area that they can contribute to and customise."
Greg Perry, ICT Coordinator, Kippax Greenfield Primary School Anytime Anywhere Learning | Shireland Language College's Learning Gateway means students can access work and complete assignments online at school and at home, indeed anywhere with an internet connection, while teachers can mark work online and post marked assignments directly to the students' My Sites, saving hours of manual marking time. Student motivation is increased through instant results on multiple choice tests and parent engagement is increased with instant access to information on a childs progress. |
"Teachers at secondary schools can view coursework, assessments and comments in marked work by students at primary school to idenitfy learning styles. This helps to ensure better-quality personalised learning continues from primary to secondary school."
Ben Saville, Business Manager, Teksys  | Hunters Hill Technology School supports children with behaviour problems to enable them to return to mainstream education. They have connected the entire school so that students can now access the Learning Gateway safely and securely in their home units, throughout the school and at home. |
"The sheer user-friendliness of the Learning Gateway makes it a great tool for everyone. When you show staff what they can do with it they can all see the potential."
Ken Lewis, Head Teacher, Hunters Hill Technology College  | Broadclyst School is providing a media-rich learning environment that enages students through interactive tools and enables them to share work and ideas and collaborate with pupils from other schools. Immediate access to current events puts educational resources into context and means learning is relevant while anytime, anywhere access to the learning portal motivates students and enables them to progress and develop their skills faster. |
"With Windows Vista now successfully integrated into our learning environment, we have a complete, networked ICT resource that has brought us real educational benefits."
Jonathan Bishop, Deputy Head Teacher, Broadclyst School Dynamic Education Infrastructure | Long Eaton School took advantage of its schools agreement to upgrade to the latest software tools and is using ICT as a key element in its drive to maintain it's 'outstanding' OFSTED rating. Downtime has been reduced, implementation of upgrades is quicker and the whole network is more reliable so teachers can depend on it for use within the classroom. |
"If we are preparing children for the big wide world, we need to replicate that world by providing the latest equipment and software."
Richard Vasey, Head Teacher, Long Eaton School  | Stoke College has revolutionised learning with the latest version of Microsoft Office and students are using the advanced features to create professional presentations and perform sophisticated analysis of the content. Teachers are developing richer classroom experiences with easy inclusion of internet tools such as maps and videos, and are finding the new tab functionality makes the tools much easier to use . |
"In education, it’s hugely important to make it easy for students to format and present their work in the way they want. With the 2007 Office release, they are able to do things that they had struggled to do before."
David Moss, ICT Coordinator, Stoke College  | Ashley Church of England Primary School has transformed energy use with the innovative eco Driver tool, which is also teaching students about the importance of sustainability and changing they way they view the world. The tool has enabled the school to monitor, manage and report on the use of water, electricity, natural gas an other resourses, which then informs conservations plans, classroom activities and student learning. |
"We’re empowering students and staff by giving them the information they need to make the connection between using energy and consuming resources. Ultimately we hope it will lead to sustained behavioral change. Conservation of energy will be in their consciousness."
Richard Dunne, Head Teacher, Ashley Church of England Primary School |
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