OPENHIVE Community Newsletter
Welcome to our OPENHIVE community newsletter. Released to you quarterly, OPENHIVE news promotes and shares best practice within the education community. If you’re experimenting or advancing your ICT send us your story and we’ll share it with our readers.
Issue 6 – Read Now
In this newsletter we have our usual selection of sector & OPENHIVE news. We’ve had a very busy year with now over 300,000 pupils & staff able to use OPENHIVE. We have been developing OPENHIVE over the last few months to accommodate an ever growing variety of learning scenarios.
We are also very excited about the upcoming BETT 2012 event in January where we will be exhibiting with our SIMS colleagues, read this issue to find out more:
* Our First Annual User Group Events
* OPENHIVE is now an approved supplier on the E2BN Learning Platform, VLE & MIS Framework
* What our schools say
* ICT for Education event
* Raising standards and increasing efficiencies with Naace
* BETT 2012 – 11th-14th January, Olympia London
* OPENHIVE Webinars
Issue 5 – Read Now
In this newsletter we have our usual selection of sector & OPENHIVE news. We’ve had a great start to year with now over 200,000 pupils & staff able to use OPENHIVE. Don’t miss the Microsoft Learning Suite – lots of exciting and free apps for education. It’s a 3mb pdf but well worth a download.
In this issue:* Microsoft Learning Suite – all free add on products in one brochure
* Innovative ICT essential for schools
* Naace Annual Strategic Conference 2011
* Lincolnshire County Council partners with Capita to transform teaching and learning across 367 schools
* Synetrix opens up connectivity and ISP services for schools
* Integrating the MLS library management system with OPENHIVE
* Highlights from the Microsoft Global Education Partner Summit
* Meet the team
* E2BN Annual Conference, 28th & 29th June 2011.
Issue 4 – Read now
As we prepare for the end of 2010 and look forward to 2011, this newsletter features some highlights from the OPENHIVE community and focuses on the benefits of Cloud based services for schools.
In this issue:
* Silver linings: Schools and Cloud computing
* Meet the parents: Schools scrap parent evenings for student review days
* E-ACT consults parents on plans for Free Schools
* OPENHIVE Cloud gains momentum in times of austerity
* Take a small step into the Cloud with OPENHIVElive
* Capita gains Approved Supplier status from Becta
* OPENHIVE Autumn release: What’s new?
* Meet the team: Kim Welsh OPENHIVE Administrator
* Visit us at BETT2011 on Stand K43.
Issue 3 – Read now
This month we’ve all been busy trying to interpret the full impact of Gove’s recent announcements. Funding cuts, BSF ending, Becta & QCDA closure, Academies and the Free Schools Programme, what does it all mean for your school?
In this issue:
* NCSL Leadership Models
* Latest resources: On BSF
* Useful resources: On Academies & Free Schools
* An update on Harnessing Technology Grant
* Welcoming Richard Rose Federation to OPENHIVE
* OPENHIVE integrates with MoodleDo
* Corngreaves Primary accelerates learning with OPENHIVE
* Meet the Team – Dan Humpherson our User Interface Developer
* Leadership Forum presentations now online.
With less than a week to go, the second issue of OPENHIVE news is all about Education and the 2010 Election.
In this issue:
* Brown, Cameron or Clegg? Useful resources for your vote
* Parental engagement, how we can all benefit
* ICT fares well in BSF review
* St John Bosco Primary advances learning with OPENHIVE
* OPENHIVE becomes first choice for many
* OPENHIVE integrates with MoodleDo
* Meet the team – Patrick Kirk our Educational Business Consultant
* Join us for our Leadership Forums, 11th & 15th June 2010.
The theme of this newsletter is ‘engagement’ and what makes for effective engagement?
In this issue:
* The new parent guarantee, have your say
* Hawes Side Primary school kids engage parents
* 6 more BSF projects given the green light
* Using Twitter in and out of the classroom
* Notre Dame chooses OPENHIVEinsight for parental reporting
* Leeds Learning Network delivers parental reporting to schools
* OPENHIVE bringing Live@edu services to you
* Meet the team – Julie Durrant our Account Manager
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