digital technology at featherstone high school

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Event Date:	Event Title:	Event Description:
08/27/2003	Remote Access	The shared drives can now be accessed from home via remote access set up by The Network team. Staff coud also access e-mail. This was the very first use of the internetenabling us us to accees work and e-mail outside school.
01/31/2005	15 IWB	Evaluation of London Challenge initiative. Most London Schools are equipped with 15 Interactive whiteboards. provided by the London Challenge initiative. We choose Promeathean and put an IWB in every Maths Classroom. This was followed up with a rolling program which concluded in 2007 with all classrooms having boards.
02/28/2005	SAM Learning introduced.	Ealing KS3 Vaue Added table for 2007 SAM learning (self assessmenr method) is introduced to support students taking KS3 SATS tests and GCSE Exams. Before our most succesful SATS results in 2007 ( top school in Ealing for KS2-3 Value added) year 9s achieved an average of 10hrs recorded on SAM learning.
03/31/2005	My Maths provided to all students	Website Mymaths which has proved hugely popular in the UK was purchased by the school in 2005. Key stage 3 results improved 6 years in a row from 2002-2007 reaching a high of 102.8. mymaths was used extensively in class and at home.
11/06/2005	Our first VLE Granda Learn-Wise	A team of staff visit Redbridge school for boys to view a VLE made by Granda Learning called learn-wise. The decision is made to purchase and early in 2006 students are able to access materials used in lessons such as power-points and word documents via Learn-Wise.
01/05/2006	DFE performance table 2005	Performance tables for 2005
10/30/2006	SIMS Reporting system set up	How SIMS was used in 2008 We take immediate advantage of the much improved SIMS.NET and set up a reporting tracking and analysis systems. 6 years later these are still considered highly innovative and underpin the set up of our intervention groups.
01/10/2007	School gets outstanding in Ofsted Inspection	Ofsted Report The school is judged to be outstanding by Ofsted
01/31/2007	Marksheets in SIMS generate reports successfully	Interactive marksheets created in SIMS by Mr Bradford and set up by Data Manager Mr Dawson. You enter the grade and the marksheet automatically calculates the progess made and provides an appropriate comment.
02/28/2007	performance analysis used for the first time	SIMS at FHS 2008 "SIMS Assessment Manager is the most strategically important component of most schools' MIS - and one which most schools don't make the most of." We later become a Capita Partner School and Leading Edge because of our use of this software. Mr Bradford Deputy Head Supports up to 5 schools a year
08/28/2007	All teaching rooms equipped with IWB	Board Works Following the success of the first phase of IWBs all teaching rooms are equipped with IWBs and most departments are supported with the Boardworks power-point suite.
01/05/2008	2007 Performance tables	DFE Performance tables 2007 School improves by 10% 5+A*-C% including English and Maths
01/20/2008	Wireless net work set up	ICT services set up set up a wireless net work which now supports over 1000 mobile devices.
01/27/2008	VLE changed to FRONTER	We move to the new London VLE Fronter full of hope that this will enable us to put our curriculum on line. We invest a lot of CPD time and most departments make a good start at providing a wider variety of content that was prerviously
09/03/2008	SIMS Behaviour Achievement Set up	We decide to use the free of charge SIMS Behaviour and Achievement Modules and drop Sleuth. Decision taken to support all info about each child in one place. This also makes our move the SIMS Learning Gateway easier.
09/03/2008	Featherstone Sixth form Starts	The 6th form opens enabled by a staggered day with the 6th formers starting at 12:00pm. Kimberjit Kooner who started with 140 others, went onto achieve 4A*s.
11/15/2008	Autology purchased	Autology To support the use of laptops in the classroom we purchase Autology an e-learning tool which enables students to search for purely educational content relevant to their stage of learning.
01/31/2009	Manga High for year 9 students	Manga High Maths and Gaming technology combine to produce addictive maths games that prove very popular with students and support improving results in the Maths Dept
06/27/2009	ICT Mark	What is the ICT Mark ? The school is awarded the prestigous ICT mark : the first secondary school in Ealing to do so
09/03/2009	Mr Wadwa Joins FHS	Mr Wadwa Mr Wadwa talks to prospective parents on the school promotional Video.
09/09/2009	SIMS LEARNING GATEWAY	BETT Show presentation on SLG SIMS Learning Gateway is introduced to Year 10 students at our target setting days in September. We are able to report attendance, behaviour and assessment data as this is already held in SIMS. For more information see Mr Bradford's recent presentation at the 2012 Bett show by clicking the link above
09/28/2009	New 6th Form Building Opens	The new £10 million Sixth form building is ready for use in September 2009.
10/05/2009	Clipbank	Clipbank We purchase clipbank to provide staff with a rich source of educational video for most subject.
12/25/2009	Netbook to every sixth former	Each sixth former is provided with a netbook that is their own for use anytime in the school.
01/10/2010	School gets highest ever value added 1050 (ncva) for 2009	School Performance 2009
03/12/2010	Presentation to 70 schools at Staffordshire LEA	Slide share power-point on schools use of SIMS These are the slides used by Mr Bradford at staffordshire LEA which have attracted almost 1000 views.
05/01/2010	Web 2	Maths Jings Staff are introcuded to a range of web 2 tools including Prezi, Jing, Wordle, Voice Thread and Survey Monkey to name but a few. Survey Monkey is used extensively. Jing is used by many staff to provide students high quality resources that can be used on PCs and lap tops in and outside the classroom. Perhaps the most effective Jings have been the 300 maths videos supporting GCSE revision.
09/04/2010	Danny Rose wonder goal	Danny Rose wonder goal for Spurs against Arsenal
11/09/2010	Survey Monkey used for 6th Form Options	6th Form Options Our example shows how we use Survey Monkey for 6th Form Options. allowing instant calculation of choice Data. Survey monkey is now used extensively for reviews student voice and parental feedback.
03/01/2011	Bradford Maths on Facebook	Bradford Maths Students taught by Mr Bradford ask hime to produce a facebook page with links to Maths resources. Bradford Maths is created. 12 from 14 pass their exam. Over half the class entered the school with a level 3 from Primary School and make 4 levels of progress.
03/01/2011	QWIKI discovered	Black History Month explained on Qwiki We came across thsi brilliant web tool using Twitter. Explore 3,000,000 topics in a format perfect for the iPad: learn about what's near you, across the world - and everything in between. Labeled "a seed that will blossom into an Internet wonder" by the NY Times, Qwiki combines thousands of sources to present concise, interactive summaries of millions of people, places and things in an experience.
04/01/2011	Digital Learning Group established	DLG membership requirements A digital learning group was set up with its core purpose to use new technolgies to support learning in and out of the classroom. There are 20 members who have all been just been provided with an ipad2 and are recieving training from the Deputy head.
04/01/2011	Weebly website creator recommended	Weebly We discover Weebly a Web 2 web-site creation tool. Two sites are initially set up, infofhs to support internal communications and fhsmaths revise aimed at supporting GCSE Maths revision. Info gets between 500 and 900 hits daily while fhsmathsrevise had over 6000 hits the week before the 2011 November early entry exams. We have 20+ sites accessible from the main school web-site with no login required.
05/02/2011	Twitter	Twitter Staff INSET on use of twitter backed up with how to use hashtags page on infofhs. twitter has been voted the top tool for learning for 3 years running and is often the source for so much new and current content
05/03/2011	Google Chrome our default browser	Google Chrome Review Internet speed and performance greatly improved after we add the Google Chrome Browser to our Net-Work
06/03/2011	SIMS Discover	Discover We install and start using SiMS Discover. Excellent tool providing fast visuals on students in a whole variety of groups.
09/01/2011	ipods for the whole class	ipods in Education Mr Mutton wins a grant for 4 ipods, The school adds another 20 so we have our first class set. We also purchase a £800 docking station which charges and downloads apps to all 24 pods simultaneously. James reports considerably faster access to the internet and great enthusiasm from the students.
09/15/2011	Google DOCS	Student work with teacher feedback in google docs Google Docs allows the teacher to view the document live and provide ongoing comments as the work is progressed. As well as reviewing ongoing student work we also use Google Docs for development plans, iNSET choices, room booking, duty rotas and next year UCAS statements Google Docs used in a variety of ways.
09/20/2011	My Big Campus	My Big Campus . My Big Campus; superb tool doing just about everything: btilliant for communication; resource sharing and finding. A kind of Educational Twitter Facebook and you tube with extras. Brilliant.
01/05/2012	DFE performance table for 2011	2011 DFE Performance table
01/15/2012	Students make instructional videos on ipad 2	Student Videos Year 7 students using an ipad2 in Mr Kochar's Maths lessons make videos to improve their understanding of topics and to help others.
01/16/2012	fhs web video launch	Video promoting the new Weebly Web-sites Following 3 1hr INSET sessions fhsweb is launched at the year 10 curriculum evening. This Weebly site hosts 20 individually constructed weebly sites created by teachers for students. The History site has over 2000 hits in the week leading up to controlled assessments. Maths has 6000 hits in the week leading up to the early entry Nov exams.
01/24/2012	i book	i book author We download the i book author app and make some sample books. These i books can be projected on to the IWBs and exported to other ipads. This many believe is the future of the text book.
02/01/2012	More help from twitter.	Best of As we continue to devlop this should come in handy. Source twitter.
06/01/2012	What next?	i book author review All departments to convert to weebly. Make greater use of Cloud technology.. Expand our use of ipad across the whole teaching staff. Trial use of personal devices in the classroom starting with the 6th form. Purchase sets of ipads for class use. Refresh existing PCs with ipads. Develop our own ibooks.
Timespan Dates:	Timespan Title:	Timespan Description:
02/01/2004 to 09/01/2012	FHS technological Journey