The ICT for Education Conference 2009 Exhibitors

Link2ICT is the division of Service Birmingham responsible for learning and knowledge across Birmingham.  Our services extend right across the board, supporting and providing IT solutions for Schools, Adult and Youth, Libraries, Museums and Arts.  Through our work on the Aston Pride Project we are also a community access point, harnessing the opportunities of technology to engage citizens and extend delivery to homes, community locations and groups.  Based on a clear understanding of our customer’s needs Link2ICT ensure the delivery of appropriate technology solutions that meet not just today’s needs but assist ICT planning into the future. 

WebAnywhere provide cutting edge school web design and multimedia technology to over 2000 schools in the UK. 

Our portfolio of products and services has grown over the years putting WebAnywhere in a strong position to support all your school's website and ICT requirements.

We pride ourselves on the excellent service that we provide to all our customers. We understand all schools have different needs and we strive to provide an entirely personal service and solution to every education provider that we work with.

Our most popular products include:

School Jotter is a web design, CMS and hosting service from WebAnywhere.

School Jotter provides a large collection of tools, templates and functions which allow your website to be suited to your exact needs. 

Moodle is an Open Source Virtual Learning Environment.  We can offer consultation, theme design services, installation, hosting, training, support & eLearning content creation for your Moodle.

Tel: 0800 862 0492

Look What You Can Do with OKI Printing Solutions



OKI Printing Solutions has become a regular fixture in the public sector across the UK. Working with a number of partners, OKI has delivered high-quality solutions that have empowered education, central and local government to bring printing in-house, cutting costs, raising the standard of printed materials and ensuring confidence with every print.

Following a recent study by cebr a financial equivalent of 2.2 million primary school dinners and 5,476 new graduate teacher salaries are wasted through inefficient printing.

From network ready, full capacity, multi functional products to the smallest personal desktop printers, OKI’s product range covers all areas. The newly introduced MC560 and MC860 MFP’s contain OKI's award winning technology and include a scanner allowing you to copy documents and an integrated fax machine.  If you want to save costs on space and capital expenditure, or optimise the management and quality of communications, look no further than these all in one product.

Why OKI? 

• Three year on-site warranty 

• On-site maintenance, warranty and service 

• UK based call centres 

• Free technical help lines

• National network of partners that are approved by purchasing buying consortia.

Dataspire Solutions Ltd are leading providers of innovative education ICT services and solutions. Specialising in the delivery of cost-effective, reliable and environmentally responsible infrastructure, Dataspire provide primary, secondary and higher education with state-of-the-art ICT solutions that meet and exceed the demands of modern-day education. From reducing log on times to providing high-level Building Schools for the Future (BSF) consultancy, Dataspire offer exceptional levels of service and support. 

Dataspire Solutions are also demonstrating Dashboard(tm), a unique and innovative web-based information and resource portal. 

• Windows Server (Migrations, upgrades)  • Active Directory (Migrations, upgrades)

• Exchange (Migrations, upgrades) • Thin-client (Dataspire Advantage(tm) solution)

• Apple Mac (Windows/AD integration) • Existing network optimisation 

• Whole-School ICT strategy development 

• Laptop solutions • Mobile device integration • Application hosting

• Antivirus and threat management • Web Content filtering

• Network Control • Backup (Dataspire Archive(tm) solution

• Access from home (Dataspire Access™ solution) • Advanced wireless networking

• Collaboration technologies.

www.dataspire.co.uk

Data Management specialists Redstor are best known for RBUSS - Redstor Backup Service for Schools. Currently protecting around 10,000 schools in 66 UK authorities today, RBUSS automatically protects both Admin and Curriculum systems.

In addition to this, Redstor will be launching Redstor Protector. The Redstor Protector service is designed to offer a simple, low cost way for users to secure the data that resides across all of their personal storage and computing devices by combining award winning backup, encryption, data synchronisation and secure data destruction into an easy to use service.

www.redstor.com/

Konica Minolta Business Solutions (UK) Ltd is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Konica Minolta Holdings Inc. The IT Channel division distributes products through a network of e-commerce, reseller, retail and distribution partners.

Konica Minolta Business Solutions is an innovative developer, manufacturer, and supplier of document printing solutions. The product line includes both colour and monochrome laser printers and also a range of multi function devices with associated supplies and accessories suitable for general office, electronic publishing, graphic design, advanced imaging, and home office applications.

ClickView software allows teachers to utilise video in the classroom without worrying about booking DVDs, televisions and other dated hardware by delivering video to every computer in the school.

The user-friendly ClickView Player software is installed on every computer in the school for access to all the videos which we supply as part of the ClickView Digital Video Library.

Teachers and students can watch videos as they need.

The ClickView Library software enables librarians and IT Managers to control and grow the ClickView video library.

SISRA Online provides a clear indication of attainment with the emphasis on “soon enough to make a difference”.  Sourced from the school’s own data and delivering meaningful examination results analysis, SISRA Online gives school leaders the key information they need, as they strive to lead school improvement. At the touch of a button, instant analyses are available for exams, mocks and targets including trends, grade performance and residuals at subject, class and student level; filterable by categories such as gender, ethnicity, SEN code and many more.

Senior Leadership Teams have found that the SISRA Online service captivates and engages staff at all levels. Where used it has led to increased understanding, meaning examination analysis can be done faster, more clearly and in much more detail. This gives the opportunity for strengths and weaknesses to be instantly identified and the appropriate action taken in time to make a difference. 

In summary, SISRA Online is a powerful, versatile and simple to use web based results analysis service allowing for the reports to be available immediately and displayed in a very interesting and informative way. 

“It's brilliant! A printed spreadsheet just doesn't have the same impact."

Find out more, visit www.sisraonline.com

Every week IT Managers within education are challenged to find IT infrastructure that represents exceptional value for money but also provides class leading technical ability. Schools Wireless Networks are no exception.

Net-Ctrl often receives calls from schools, colleges and universities wanting to know what they can acquire for their limited budgets. Our answer is Ruckus Wireless because with it we can deliver exceptional connectivity with around half the usual number of traditional access points at roughly 30% of the cost of big brand names.

 

Net-Ctrl also work closely with its customers, to consult carefully within other areas of internet security and connectivity identifying where problems and inefficiencies lie. We then recommend products that not only fit and solve the problem but also offer value for money.  

 

Our portfolio of products addresses the needs of any sized organisation wishing to protect themselves from the multitude of threats prevalent when accessing the Internet.

Nortek Educational Furniture & Equipment Limited are the sponsors of the ICT furniture area at the 2009 ICT for Education Conference.

The Company is the UK's foremost designer and manufacturer of ICT and other technical furniture specifically for Educational applications. They have an enviable reputation for their innovative design solutions and excellent service built over the last twenty years.

Their Educational ICT furniture range is arguably the best available in the UK offering a range of different product designs which provide the best choice of ICT room configurations.

Nortek also provides a free-of-charge room survey and CAD planning service to produce illustrations and costs for the various options to achieve the most affective space planning and room layouts to suit that a given specific application.

At this years exhibition they are showing the stars of their ICT furniture range the foremost of which is their new and revolutionary VISTA dual application ICT workstation which is designed to allow for both book based  work and ICT.

www.nortekgroup.co.uk

Schools can save up to 75% on a wide range of trusted online subscription resources through the Becta-funded JISC Collections for Schools initiative (www.jcs.nen.gov.uk).   Find out more about JISC Collections for Schools at www.jcs.nen.gov.uk.

Place Group is proud to hold a position on the Becta framework for ICT consultancy services. To achieve this we took part in a rigorous selection process, which involved an evaluation of our prior track record, our current capability and our ability to sustain a quality service that measures impact and outcomes. Please visit the Place ICT website at www.Place-ICT.com for further information and we look forward to meeting you at the conference.

LG Electronics, a global leader and technology innovator in consumer electronics, mobile communications and home appliances; employs more than 84,000 people working in 115 operations including 84 subsidiaries around the world. LG is comprised of five core product groups; Home Entertainment, Mobile Communications, Home Appliances, Air Conditioning and Business Solutions. For more information, please visit www.lge.co.uk.

Matrix Display Systems is a leading supplier of innovative audiovisual technology. Our Education Division has first hand experience of the classroom which means we provide the ideal tailored solution for your presentation and teaching needs.  www.matrixdisplay.com

Adaptive Learning activities for Science and Maths

yTeach believes our teaching and learning resources will excite your students ... and they will also respond dynamically to the learner’s progress. That’s what we mean by ‘Adaptive Learning’.

 

yTeach delivers 1000s of curriculum-mapped resources to help students get to grips with Science and Maths concepts ... then check they've really understood ... and help them if they're struggling ... or stretch them if they're on target.

 

Take a look at the many different activities in this example (click here then click arrow button). There are videos and animations to help enrich lessons, followed by reinforcement tests with extra hints or additional learning as appropriate.

 

yTeach is totally flexible. Every lesson can be assigned as homework in just a few clicks. Lessons also come in ‘Presentation mode’ for you to use in class. There is no need for a classroom internet connection, and all our resources will play in your Learning Platform.

 

Additionally, yTeach provides free tools for creating your own superb interactive resources. Designed with teachers in mind, the templates are easy to use and offer the freedom to tailor resources to every student’s needs.

www.teachers2parents.co.uk - Text Messaging and Email for Schools

www.behaviourwatch.co.uk - The World's Most Advanced Behaviour Management Tool for Schools.

 

Teachers2Parents' online service helps schools to contact parents cheaply and quickly saving time in the school office. Small or large groups of parents and/or staff can be contacted quickly and easily, via text and e-mail. Visit the stand to claim a limited FREE 1 MONTH TRIAL

BehaviourWatch - Online incident reporting and behaviour management tool; take the paperwork out of incident reporting. Monitor, track and manage behaviour with this innovative leading-edge web-based tool.

Special Agent Ltd is a unique education recruitment consultancy and mis training company, part of the Randstad Education Group, providing permanent, interim and temp candidates for non-teaching roles.

 

The company is split into two main industry teams. The public sector team supplies primarily Finance, MIS, Exams, ICT and Administration staff either on a contract or permanent basis to schools and colleges, academies, FE and HE, local authority teams and private sector companies involved in education service contracts

 

The private sector team supplies educational professionals (project managers, educationalists etc) and Sales, Bid and Marketing Staff within the BSF, PFI, Publishing, Software (schools networks, mis, vle etc) and Hardware suppliers market.

 

Special Agent also has a timetable construction and support service and are able to train schools staff on most schools MIS systems

 

Special Agent has 8 years experience in this sector which means they not only understand the key trends and movements in the sector but also have developed a large network of contacts.

 

Special Agent clears candidates through the CRB, are corporate members of the Recruitment and Employment Confederation and are the only agency members of BESA.

www.specialagent.co.uk

Trusted and used in over 11,000 schools, EducationCity.com is the leading teaching, learning and assessment resource with its award-winning activities and innovative tracking and testing features. Ideal for children aged between 3 and 12 years old and children with special educational needs of all ages, EducationCity.com’s highly engaging and interactive activities are an inspiration to learning in the classroom.  

EducationCity.com’s activities cover Literacy, Maths, Science, French, German and Spanish modules. All activities are curriculum-mapped and versatile in that they can be used on interactive whiteboards or on individual computers. 

Improving children’s results nationwide, EducationCity.com boasts a ground-breaking ‘TESTS’ module, a revolutionary e-Assessment for Learning tool.

"60% of our Key Stage pupils improved their SATs grades, thanks to EducationCity.com" Mike Painter, Deputy Head, St. George's Catholic Primary School, Worcestershire.

With module prices starting from as little as £60, the resource is easy to use and complements teachers’ preparation and tracking methods. Take a FREE 21 day trial today - simply visit www.EducationCity.com and select ‘Free Trial’ to register.

As a leading mobile technology provider, PageOne have become one of the UK’s most trusted messaging specialists, offering resilient and innovative messaging solutions.

With the support of JANET(UK), PageOne are able to extend their in-depth experience and incomparable infrastructure into the education arena, to form JANET txt, the UK’s only approved text messaging service for the education community.

JANET txt offers simple, secure and intuitive SMS technology. With no set-up costs and preferential rates, the service has already proved its value by connecting staff, students and parents in areas diverse as appointment reminders, EMA/AGL notifications, library returns and marketing campaigns.

www.pageonejanettxt.com/