Maximising the use of The LGFL Portal in Secondary Schools Case Study: The Green School LGFL Conference 3 rd February 2004 Bob Usher – Head of ICT.

Maximising the use of The LGFL Portal

in Secondary Schools

Case Study: The Green School

LGFL Conference3rd February 2004

Bob Usher – Head of ICT

Combination of reasons

• Effective and manageable website

• Access to information regardless of location

• Efficient and flexible information dissemination tools

Why did The Green School adopt the LGFL Portal approach?

•Promotion of Truly Independent learning

•Flexible Learning Resource Delivery

•New opportunities to communication and share ideas

•Flexible tools support wide range of approaches and new teaching methods

•Tools to promote inclusion

Benefits to Teaching and Learning…..

What do our student's think?

Benefits to Teaching and Learning…..

•Change management issues•Get management understanding and support

•Inspire and Support

•Providing a range of training opportunities •Trial with students •Work with other schools

•Tenacity

Making it happen…..

Why don’t all teachers use the LGFL?

These facilities are ‘normal’

It helps us take full responsibility for our own learning

The Future – Students perspectives

The future…..

• The snowball effect

• LGFL adoption throughout the Hounslow borough and across London

• Continuing responsive developments from LGFL and Digital Brain

To conclude….

Are we as open minded and willing to adapt as the students we teach?