North West City Learning Centre (CLC) is one of six CLCs contributing to Birmingham’s Excellence in Cities (EiC) programme. It is a state-of-the-art ICT Centre providing on-site and anytime-anywhere learning opportunities for schools and the wider community. City Learning Centres are a key element in the Government’s drive to raise standards in major cities.
The Centre works closely with schools and other educational organisations to enhance learning experiences through the sharing of good practice, the development of innovative curriculum programmes and by providing training. Staff at the Centre work with the LEA and community groups to extend learning provision across Birmingham via it’s mobile units and for the local community.
Assisting schools with the development of ICT strategies and policies is becoming an increasingly important role as the Government’s e-learning objectives reach the forefront of the educational agenda.
Contact Information
North West City Learning Centre (Birmingham)
Thornbury Road
Perry Barr
Birmingham
B20 3DE
Tel:0121 250 2508
Fax: 0121 250 2506
Email: enquiry@nwnclc.bham.org.uk
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NW Birmingham CLC
NW Birmingham CLC supported and hosted the BBC School Report day for Saint John Wall School. The BBC News 24 team and presenter Jane Hill used the CLC as a hub to cover the live event.
BBC School Report
Saint John Wall Catholic School
Live on BBC News 24
22nd March 2007
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Written by ray.surridge on May 28th, 2007 with no comments.
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St.John Wall
School Report Practice Day at Birmingham NW City Learning Centre
Reflections
Today at 9am, in our mini van we headed to the City Learning Centre located in Perry Barr. We arrived here at 9:15am and were welcomed into the Centre by Ray Surridge and Anthony Bates. Then the hard working BBC Midlands TV presenter Satnam Rana who was waiting for us, explained to our class what we where going to do.
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Written by ray.surridge on February 21st, 2007 with no comments.
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Pupils from St. John Wall School (Birmingham) prepare for the BBC News School Report on the 22nd March. This will involve the student delivering a live news bulletin that will be posted on the internet at the end of the day. Satnam Rana from the BBC and NW City Learning Centre (Birmingham) are supporting students and staff in this exciting venture.
In preparation for the 22nd, Satnam Rana visited the school to explain the competition and explore the skills and techniques that students will have to use during the day.
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Students brainstorming possible articles for use in their news broadcast.
| As part of their preparation students visited the Midlands Today studios in Birmingham to gain insight in to the making of a live news bulletin. |
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| What is BBC News School Report? |
Students presenting and recording the news.
BBC News School Report gives 12 and 13-year-olds around the UK the chance to make their own news at school and to broadcast it via the internet.
Using lesson plans and materials from the BBC News School Report website, and with support from BBC staff, teachers help students develop their journalistic skills and become School Reporters.
Then on 22 March 2007, 100 schools around the country will take part in BBC School Report News Day - creating news reports and publishing or broadcasting them on their school website. Eventually every secondary school in the country might want to take part but 2006/2007 is a pilot year.
Working to a deadline, students taking part in News Day will use reports they have prepared in advance and reports produced on the day - just like BBC journalists.
They can cover local news stories from their schools and communities as well as national and international stories. Schools can choose to make news on TV, radio or online.
They also had the opportunity to explore some of the techniques and technologies they will be using on the day.
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Written by ray.surridge on February 12th, 2007 with no comments.
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Y7 students from Aston Manor spent a day at the CLC producing a newspaper for the TES Newsday 2007 competition. Like real journalists the students experienced the pressure of produce a daily newspaper in just 24 hours. The experience helps to develop students’ creative writing, ICT and research skills and encourage teamwork.The finished paper (a PDF of which will be linked to this article at a later date) was printed and sent to the competition organisers at the end of the day. If successful the students will travel to the House of Commons to receive their award.
Images from the day
Link to the TES Newsday site.
General information from the site.
Entry is free to all primary, secondary and international schools or colleges up to key stage 5 or equivalent and there are plenty of prizes on offer. We also have a special category for first time entries.
To register your team and download the PDF entry pack visit the Newsday website
Newsday’s generous sponsors this year are Softease and AlphaSmart.
www.newsday.co.uk
Written by ray.surridge on February 9th, 2007 with no comments.
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A Treasure hunt activity involving Kings Rise Junior School (July 2006)
A coordinated effort between a group of students in Sutton Park and a group of students back at the school.
Internet Satellite technology was used to broadcast live pictures back to the classroom.
Video and text communication, forum correspondance and support materials were shared through a Macromedia Breeze Environment.
The Centre’s Moodle (V.L.E.) was also succesfully used to provide, resources and tasks for the activity.
Mini Tablet Pc’s and PDA handhelds were also used in the field to provide maps and GPS location
Written by Wayne Alexander on November 23rd, 2006 with no comments.
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NW City Learning Centre is pioneering the use of technology during school trips in Birmingham schools.
We can help add a new dimension to your trip.
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Written by Wayne Alexander on November 20th, 2006 with no comments.
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Written by Wayne Alexander on November 17th, 2006 with no comments.
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What about making a video diary of "Life at your school"
Heres one school that did just that!
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Written by Wayne Alexander on November 11th, 2006 with no comments.
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