Simon Brennand, Philip Morant School & College Lewis Isaacs, Microsoft ‘Last year, we talked...

Simon Brennand, Philip Morant School & CollegeLewis Isaacs, Microsoft

‘Last year, we talked about potential...’

Office 2007 and the Philip Morant School & College

Personalised learning | 21st Century skills | Raising standards

Office through the ages!

Personalised learning | 21st Century skills | Raising standards

Philip Morant School and College

• Colchester, North-East Essex• 1600+ students 11-19, fully comprehensive• Fifth phase Technology College• Leading Edge/ICT Register School• SSAT D+R Hub • Curriculum Design Lead Practitioner• ICT Mark• Consecutive Charter Marks (4) for service to stakeholders

Personalised learning | 21st Century skills | Raising standards

Desktop Value – Office 2007

• Enhance subject teaching• Support structured group learning• Extend creativity• Enhance productivity • Realising more of the software’s potential• User perspectives

Personalised learning | 21st Century skills | Raising standards

Richer Classroom materials

Personalised learning | 21st Century skills | Raising standards

Single electronic note pad

Personalised learning | 21st Century skills | Raising standards

Learning beyond the classroom

Personalised learning | 21st Century skills | Raising standards

Group learning

Personalised learning | 21st Century skills | Raising standards

Groove

Personalised learning | 21st Century skills | Raising standards

Greater Creativity

Personalised learning | 21st Century skills | Raising standards

Learning Essentials

Personalised learning | 21st Century skills | Raising standards

Personalised learning | 21st Century skills | Raising standards

Productivity

Personalised learning | 21st Century skills | Raising standards

Personalised learning | 21st Century skills | Raising standards

Realise potential

Personalised learning | 21st Century skills | Raising standards

Support deployment and usage

• Pilot Group/early adopters• Range of support1) Expert advice2) Champions3) Peer support and buddies4) Interaction (blog)

Dynamic Process

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“Much more user friendly - the toolbars in both Word and Excel are much quicker and easier to use”

“SmartArt automatically reflect any text changes, additions or deletions”

“Mail merge facilities are much improved and easier to use”

“Groove enables really efficient resource sharing and collaboration”

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“Easily deployed”

“I have a folder for every subject – I used to lose paper notes and don’t now!”

“I use many more features of the software now”

“This software will be more suitable for the students to navigate as many are visual learners.”

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Key Value

•Functionality unfolds•Employ a greater range of the software’s capability•Intuitive and user-friendly•Impact on learning

Personalised learning | 21st Century skills | Raising standards

In Summary...

– System, not standalone– Collaboration and connectivity – Fluent and feature rich– Education evolution

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Philip Morant – Office 2007 - Personalised

Learning