I am learning

I am Learning is a games based homework and revision system which motivates learners in homework, independent study, revision, assessments and exam practice. I am learning identifies weaknesses, monitors progress and improves learning outcomes.  

Michael Wilkinson, Managing Director at I am Learning will be presenting at the forum discussing Raising Attainment Through Games-Based Learning.

It was Plato who said "Do not, my friend, keep children to their studies by compulsion, but by play." Game based education has always had the potential to motivate and engage a new generation of learners. Aligning the fun of gaming with testing and assessment offers students the opportunity to learn in an environment they are not only comfortable with but would seek out given the choice. This workshop will show how I am learning has been used together with the itslearning platform as a whole school, key improvement strategy.

Groupcall

Groupcall provides communication and data solutions to the education, public and private sectors and is one of the market leaders with its parental communication system, Groupcall Messenger, used in more than 2,500 schools Nationwide. Groupcall's product portfolio comprises of Messenger, Xporter, Alert and Emerge - the intuitive App enabling schools to have an up-to-the-minute copy of their MIS data instantly and securely in the palm of their hand for access anytime, anywhere.

Just2easy

Just2easy is a company with vast technical knowledge and experience.Our software designers have been creating educational software since 1994 and are responsible for some of the UK's most popular educational software, winning 3 BETT awards, including j2Webby in 2012. j2e and JIT are also BETT award finalists. We produce flexible software tools that allow children to be truly creative whilst they learn. Our software is designed to enable teachers to focus on teaching and learning and work independently or within your learning platform. All Just2easy products make anytime anywhere learning a reality. FREE home access is given as part of a school licence, giving teachers the ability to set homework for children online. The team at Just2easy are friendly and knowledgeable. We pride ourselves on the excellent relationships we have with our schools. It is great to hear fromteachers using our products in the classroom. Our designers often incorporate teachers' ideas to improve our software and we greatly value this input. Just2easy will be sponsoring our early bird workshop breakfast session, get there early for free breakfast rolls and pastries!

Naace

Naace (www.naace.co.uk) is the ICT association – and we are a community of educators, technologists and policy makers who share a vision for the role of technology in advancing education. Our members include teachers, school leaders, advisors and consultants working within and across all phases of UK education.

Come and see us at itslearning's user forum to hear about what we have to offer – including:

· New Naace Self-review Framework tool including extra functionalities
· ICT Mark accreditation
· New 3rd Millennium Learning Award
· Naace ICT Curriculum Framework
· New Primary ICT Subject Leaders course
· Towards Outstanding Teaching and Learning (TOTAL) programme - and much more!

All delegates visiting our stand will receive a promotional code enabling them to join Naace at a discounted rate – 20% off the standard price.

Microsoft

Microsoft is committed to education and passionate about the use of technology to enable anytime, anywhere learning for all. Microsoft has a number of technology solutions exclusive to education, but also a number of programs, such as Partners in Learning which helps teachers come together as a community and share best practices around the use of technology in the classroom.

Education City

Trusted and used in over 15,500 schools, EducationCity.com is the leading teaching, learning and assessment resource. Ideal for children aged between 3-12 years old and SEN of all ages. EducationCity.com’s highly engaging and interactive activities are an inspiration to learning in the classroom.

Modules include English, Maths, Science, MFL, EAL and Primary Britannica. They are curriculum mapped and versatile in that they can be used on interactive whiteboards or on individual computers.

To take a free 21 day trial please contact us.

Tel: 0844 225 3060

2Simple

Purple Mash is 2Simple’s award winning online compilation of creative tools, apps, projects, content and games. Ideal for primary aged learners, www.purplemash.com can be accessed through itslearning anytime for use at school and at home.

Paint, write (in lots of different ways), make 3D models, create animations, design and interrogate databases, author your own 3D games and so much more. The curriculum themes can save teachers hours of planning and preparation time each week and the search bar makes it easy to find relevant activities. You can try it out at your school for a month. It’s a must see!

 E2BN

E2BN produces exciting, interactive online learning and teaching resources for 5 – 16 year olds and also provides a high quality Web Filtering service, E2BN Protex, to over 600,000 users.

E2BN learning and teaching resources encourage students to be creators of content; sharing their work with a worldwide audience whilst ensuring that teachers are the final arbiters of what is actually published.

E2BN's Protex offers a flexible filtering system that puts schools (or the Education Authority) in control of what pupils and staff can access on the Internet. Staff and pupils can be assigned to different filtering profiles according to the schools own policies.

 MB Learning Solutions

MB Learning enables schools to offer, resource and teach GCSE and A Level groups for less than £4,000 a year. We have 21 subjects available to extend choices pre and post 16 and help retain students. We teach groups of students in schools around the UK and internationally via video conference link. We provide all course materials and a full student support package at a very cost effective price. We have more than twenty years’ experience with a highly qualified and experienced staff who achieve results as good as and sometimes better than traditional delivery.

 South West Grid for Learning Trust

 The South West Grid for Learning Trust is a not for profit charitable trust providing over 2500 schools and other establishments with safe, secure reliable connectivity and services, learning technologies to improve outcomes, and the toolkit for being safer online. The 360 degree safe online tool provides a user friendly and interactive means for schools to review their E-safety provision; and to develop an action plan to bring about improvements. The tool is currently free of charge to schools on completion of a simple registration process. Schools that meet the required benchmarks can apply for the 360 degree safe E-Safety Mark. www.360safe.org.uk

 SIF Association UK

The SIF Association UK is a unique, non-profit collaboration composed of schools, local authorities, regional broadband consortia, Government agencies and software suppliers who collectively develop an open standard (known as the SIF Specification) for data transfer between disparate educational systems. Frequently the software applications available for educational establishments are either closed systems, or systems that allow customer access only through proprietary interfaces that need to be developed or purchased as an addition to existing systems. The SIF Specification is a freely available, open standard developed by a community of professionals who are passionate about improving education. For further information, visit http://www.sifassociation.org/uk.