Sustainable ICT, learning with word clouds, peer assessment tips, cash back recycling scheme, and more
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Innovate My School Newsletter
26 April 2012
Expert articles - inspiration from industry experts

How to ensure your school’s ICT is sustainable
Vicki Cole gives tips to ensure your school's ICT is built to last, helping save on finances and electronic waste.
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Learning with word clouds
Danielle Bayes shares her favourite web 2.0 word bank tools to help pupils extend their vocabulary, support their writing and expand their understanding of a subject.
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Show sound design: The Cinderella of the school production
Ian Fletcher discussed the importance of sound in enhancing a production and how its creation is not only fun, but can also teach pupils to be aware of the world around them in whole new ways.
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Teacher blogs - ideas from innovative teachers

Children’s creative writing competitions
Yvonne Keen lists a range of creative writing competitions that your students could enter.
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Peer assessment and metaphorical fish
Lisa Ashes shares advice to help you create good quality summative comments when assessing pupils’ work.
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How to link your school Twitter account to parents who don't have Twitter
Julian Wood gives instructions on how to link your school's Twitter account with parents' mobile phones.
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Hot offers - latest freebies and discounts

Get £200 of free IT equipment
Purchase a Toshiba R850-16H for only £469 ex VAT and get over £200 of free equipment for your school. Offer available while stocks last.
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£150 saving on Primary school or Nursery website design
Content Caretaker are offering a bespoke website for your school for only £670 + VAT (usual price £820 + VAT).
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Competitions - win prizes for your school

Win £25 WHSmith vouchers + year's subscription to Bully-Watch
Tweezy Online Ltd are asking teachers, especially art or design teachers, to have their classes design promotional posters for their Bully-Watch scheme.
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Supplier news - updates from the education marketplace

Accessibility on the move comes one step closer with MyDocStore
Iansyst's new MyDocStore service allows students and staff to use mobile and cloud based technology to access documents anywhere.
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New Epson recycling scheme: Go green in 2012
Epson will be offering schools £36 Inc. VAT cash back for recycling your old IT hardware.
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Parental engagement in careers exploration
U-Explore visited a pro-active academy in the North East of England to investigate how parents are being involved in their child's careers exploration.
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Events - worth visiting

3rd May - Becoming an Academy seminar
Tollers are pleased to invite you to a free seminar covering the following aspects of becoming an Academy: legal, accounting, banking, premises. If you would like to attend, please contact Lynnette Bruynius at lynnette.bruynius@tollers.co.uk or tel 01908 306945.
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17th May - Further Education, Higher Education & Skills
This event will be attended by delegates from across the academic, public, private and third sectors involved in creating world class Further & Higher Education sectors in the UK to deliver the skills needed for economic growth.
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