simon brennand, philip morant school & college lewis isaacs, microsoft ‘last year, we talked...
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Simon Brennand, Philip Morant School & CollegeLewis Isaacs, Microsoft
‘Last year, we talked about potential...’
Office 2007 and the Philip Morant School & College
Personalised learning | 21st Century skills | Raising standards
Office through the ages!
Personalised learning | 21st Century skills | Raising standards
Philip Morant School and College
• Colchester, North-East Essex• 1600+ 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 | 21st 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 | 21st Century skills | Raising standards
Richer Classroom materials
Personalised learning | 21st Century skills | Raising standards
Single electronic note pad
Personalised learning | 21st Century skills | Raising standards
Learning beyond the classroom
Personalised learning | 21st Century skills | Raising standards
Group learning
Personalised learning | 21st Century skills | Raising standards
Groove
Personalised learning | 21st Century skills | Raising standards
Greater Creativity
Personalised learning | 21st Century skills | Raising standards
Learning Essentials
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Personalised learning | 21st Century skills | Raising standards
Productivity
Personalised learning | 21st Century skills | Raising standards
Personalised learning | 21st Century skills | Raising standards
Realise potential
Personalised learning | 21st Century skills | Raising standards
Support deployment and usage
• Pilot Group/early adopters• Range of support1) Expert advice2) Champions3) Peer support and buddies4) Interaction (blog)
Dynamic Process
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“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”
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“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 | 21st 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 | 21st Century skills | Raising standards
In Summary...
– System, not standalone– Collaboration and connectivity – Fluent and feature rich– Education evolution
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Ask the Team About.... BETT 2008
Presentations
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Thursday 28th February
3:30 to 4:15pm
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from your desktops
Philip Morant – Office 2007 - Personalised
Learning