OCN (Oxfordshire County Network) will not be providing broadband or other services to schools from July 2013.
The good news is that Oxfordshire schools will then be supported by the South East Grid for Learning (SEGfL).
We are very pleased to be able to offer two further videoconference dates from Barclays, introducing their award winning Retail Development Programme. These are ideal for students considering alternative routes to a degree and are open to all schools and colleges free of charge. These are likely to be the last two sessions prior to the closing date for applications for September's intake.
These sessions will take place on:
A case study about Shrewsbury Sixth Form College's use of videoconferencing has been published at this link:
https://www.ja.net/sites/default/files/SSFCcasestudy_FINAL_0.pdf
Read more about their participation in the Barclays Retail Development Program arranged by Virtually University, one of Janet's Content Providers.
Find out also about how videoconferenicng with a school in France led to a class visit to France for Remembrance Day in 2012.
The children from Redbridge Primary school in the London Borough of Redbridge would like to invite all year 2 classes to take part in their Tamil culture VC below on 14 June.
October is Black History Month and Janet Videoconferencing will be promoting Content Provider sessions that are relevant to the African Diaspora.
So far, these Content Providers have confirmed that they will be involved:
Museum of London videoconferencing sessions 2013-2014
We are now taking videoconferencing bookings for the 2013-2014 academic year.
We offer videoconferencing sessions for Key Stage 1 and 2 pupils. Each session allows pupils to interact with characters or educators from the Museum of London and investigate objects from our collection via a television screen or interactive whiteboard.
IOCOM has launched Visimeet Mobile, a videoconferencing tool that enables face to face meetings from iPads and iPhones. Now you can connect with other mobile users and those on laptops, desktops, and in HD telepresence conference rooms. Instant message can be sent to your conference participants and you can send images from your mobile camera.
The free product is available from the app store.
Using Janet Desktop videoconferencing, St John's College Southsea have been taking part in the Natural History Museum's sessions with scientists in Borneo.
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With Virtually University's objective of informing and inspiring students' wider choices and alternatives to the conventional university route to a degree, we are delighted to offer an interactive videoconference from Barclays introducing their award winning Retail Development Programme. This will take place on Thursday 22nd November between 2.00pm and 3.00pm.
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One of VU's themes this term is the brain and the nervous system and so we are delighted to offer our first session with University College London on Neuroscience. This will take place on 5th December at 11.30 am and will seek to promote the idea that the sciences are accessible to people of all backgrounds.
