Beatrice Tate School - LONDON
—Caters for students 12-19yrs PMLS & PMLD
—50 staff includes: OT, physio, nurse, music therapist, health care assistant, hearing and sight support, social worker.
—10 classes with 3 staff and 7 students in each
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| Special Education Teacher Lynette Emery from Beatrice Tate School in London using the IWB as part of her daily teaching program |
IWBs at Beatrice Tate School
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7 adjustable.mobile touch screen plasma TVs.
—Have had IWBs for 8 years
—In each class there is also an HP Touchsmart LCD computer
—Staff are supported in their key stages by an IT integrator
—Programs & Websites used: ‘Switch It’ – Hygiene Extra, ‘Big Bang’, ‘Espresso Education’ – extensive library of broadband teaching resourses – free trial
—Due to needs of students lots of movement and sound actvities eg: Yoga, Video DJ, Talking and Listening Activities
Ridgeway School - Warwickshire
102 students
Ages 2-11yrs
Caters for complex needs & profound difficulties
9 classes with 8-12 students supported by approx 4 staff
IWBs at Ridgeway
2 large mounted IWBs
9 large touch screen plasmas
Touch screen plasmas in staffrooms used for teacher sharing & training
Lots of great sofware eg: ‘Choose and Tell’ Nursery rhymes, 2 simple software
Hardware used across the school:
Visualisers,
iFlips
Talking photo albums
Brooke School Profile
RUGBY, U.K
160 students aged 2-19yrs
PMLD
SMLD
EBD
89 staff
IWBs at Brooke School
Brooke School has 19 mounted Smartboards
Brooke School has 19 mounted Smartboards
The school has an IT integrator who who works 2 days a week to collect resources and train staff.
Once a term teachers run their own ICT workshops as well as weekly share and show sessions
The following are 3 programs that are used at Brooke School across the grades:
102 students
Ages 2-11yrs
Caters for complex needs & profound difficulties
9 classes with 8-12 students supported by approx 4 staff
IWBs at Ridgeway 2 large mounted IWBs
9 large touch screen plasmas
Touch screen plasmas in staffrooms used for teacher sharing & training
Lots of great sofware eg: ‘Choose and Tell’ Nursery rhymes, 2 simple software
Hardware used across the school:
Visualisers,
iFlips
Talking photo albums
RUGBY, U.K
160 students aged 2-19yrs
PMLD
SMLD
EBD
89 staff
IWBs at Brooke School
Brooke School has 19 mounted Smartboards
Brooke School has 19 mounted Smartboards
The school has an IT integrator who who works 2 days a week to collect resources and train staff.
Once a term teachers run their own ICT workshops as well as weekly share and show sessions
The following are 3 programs that are used at Brooke School across the grades:
* SEN switcher - Northern Grid for Learning: a suite of programs designed to help teach early ICT skills to people with profound and multiple learning difficulties
* petewells.co.uk - A compiliation of free sensory stories
* Crazy Talk Animation using Realusion Software - uses innivative tools to create animation clips.
www.reallusion.com/crzytalk/
