Presentation of the achievements of the Setanta project
In this presentation some of the acheivements of the Setanta project are outlined to a gathering of the Dutch Inspectorate of Education and members of the Comenius project.
There have been five training courses to date |
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| Course | Date | Participants |
| Basic computer skills | May 1999 | 12 teachers |
| Presenting with PowerPoint | January 2000 | 5 teachers |
| Setup and use of data projector and laptop |
January 2000 | 10 teachers |
| Computer Applications | February 2000 | 21 teachers |
| Web design | April 2000 | 14 students, 4 teachers |
| Setup and use of data projector and laptop |
October 2000 | 7 teachers |
| Presenting with Powerpoint and Web design with FrontPage | November 2000 | 16 teachers |
| Web page design with FrontPage | November 2000 | 48 students |
Infrastructural development |
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| The first two stages of hardware and software upgrades and reconfiguration has been completed.Dates have been fixed for the next phase of development. | ||
| Phase 1 | Cost | Sponsor |
| Re-cable existing network | October 1999 Complete | |
| Upgrade network server | October 1999 Complete | |
| Reconfigure network to provide robust, secure access |
October 1999 Complete | £13000 St Aidans |
| Provide email/internet access to computer room, staff room and main office |
October 1999 Complete | |
| Two computers in the staff room | September 1999 Complete | £3200 St Aidans |
| Data projectors (2) | January 2000 Complete | £6400 SIP |
| Laptop (to use with data projectors) | January 2000 Complete | £1800 SIP |
| Digital video camera | January 2000 Complete | £1600 SIP |
| Digital still camera | September 1999 Complete | £1100 LCA grant |
| Computer for Careers office | September 1999 Complete | £1400 TESCO |
| Computer for careers room | March 2000 complete | £1500 NCTECareers grant |
| Phase II | ||
| Cable every classroom in the school to provide access to the school network, Intranet, Internet and email | April 2000 Complete | £8500 St Aidans |
| Install courseware, videoconferencing software and hardware for use across internet | February 2000 Complete | £2500 St Aidans |
| Computers to two science rooms | October 2000 Complete | £2700 DES science grant |
Computer for Music room |
September 2000 | Complete £1200 Tesco |
| Provide second computer room December 2000 | In
progress |
£14000 St Aidans |
| Provide computers to 12 classrooms | December 2000 In progress |
£14,000 SIP |
Content development - St Aidans |
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| Development of web site by students | 25 students | complete |
| Science site | 1 teacher, 3 students | In development |
| Geography site | 1 teacher, 3 students | In development |
| Religious studies site | 1 teacher | In development |
| History site | 2 teachers | In development |
Content development - School of Computer Applications |
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| Development of virtual art gallery | 2 staff, 2 students | Complete |
