[senit] Strategic plan

Dear Forum

Hi Matt,

John Galloway and others including SENJIT and Becta have been working  
on this in the context of developing advice for Building Schools for  
the Future. Unfortunately I don't have the documents that have come  
out of our meetings here at home, but perhaps John can post them to  
the list?
Meanwhile, I've attached here a document I wrote looking at the  
problems (as I saw them) with the solution Oxfordshire went for a few  
years ago; DigitalBrain. It was too big to post last night and got  
rejected, so I've had to take all the screen shots out - so hope it  
makes sense.

Since then I've been involved in the County's review of their whole  
broadband provision as well as the learning platform, and over the  
next month or so they should be completing the final reflections and  
feedback with a view to making recommendations as to where we go  
next. One SEN option that I've been very impressed by has been  
developed in Swansea, called My People and Places:
http://www.mypeopleandplaces.com/
Although you can't tell much from the opening login page, it is a  
very simple clean interface, uses Widget symbols along with having  
options for audio and video 'notes' or 'messages', and has been  
designed initially for adults with learning disabilities. They are  
actively now developing the product to match schools' needs as a  
component of an overall learning platform, working to standards so  
that everything is 'interoperable'.

Regards,

Sean O'Sullivan
sean.frankwise at easynet.co.uk
Headteacher (acting)
Frank Wise School, Banbury
http://www.frankwise.oxon.sch.uk

http://www.parkroadict.co.uk

On 18 Sep 2007, at 09:19, Matthew Benson wrote:

> Dear Forum
> I work in special needs in Guernsey and am chairing a group looking at
> providing advice to our technical staff who are working on our GILE
> (Guernsey Integrated Learning Environment). We are being given the
> opportunity to participate in the design and content of the GILE  
> and would
> welcome advice from SEN practioneers on any and all of the following:
> Strategic plan/view for sen and ict
> Web based sen software
> access issues for the GILE
> Assessment and monitoring of pupils for ict provision
> Regards
> Matt Benson
> Guernsey