January @ U-Explore
06/01/10
The start of the New Year has brought exciting changes to our U-Explore national school product, with the introduction of some new wall designs and applications including the excellent ‘jobcasts' feature along with new lesson plans and schemes of work which support the Diplomas, GCSEs, Foundation learning and Careers IAG. See the product update in the product section of the site for more information.
As U-Explore reaches an increasing amount of schools through partnerships with over 30 local authorities, it is enabling us to form some very exciting collaborations with some of the biggest business names and brands that recognise the impact they can have by making their business accessible via U-Explore. Business needs to invest in and attract the best talent for the future development of their organisations and the national economy so ultimately it is a win-win for all concerned and for our national U-Explore school network, it provides some amazing content free of charge! This month should see some exciting announcements about the first of these collaborations which will enable young people to explore and involve themselves with some incredible businesses.
January also sees the launch of our Edexcel accredited training programme which will allow teaching professionals to develop their skills and understanding of the use of digital media through the use of our U-Explore platform. Go to the download section on the site to access more information on this exciting development.
We are also pleased to announce an increased investment in the development of our resource to support foundation learning. Uploaded this month into ‘Navigator' (our teaching resource site) are new lesson plans to support the delivery of Careers IAG for learners in foundation learning. January also sees the start of a nine month development and consultation to enable us to create a version of U-Explore with the relevant functionality and content for children with learning difficulties and special educational needs. This month, we also start our first phase of development work with key partners to address the issue of interoperability, single sign on and VLE integration with our U-Explore platform.
And finally... we are very proud to announce that on January 4 we opened the doors to our first Academy as lead sponsor. Maltby Academy is a specialist business and enterprise school in Rotherham with an intake of upwards of 1200 students including sixth form. The new website will be launched on 11.01.2010
click on the link below for info
