These are notes taken from our Home Educators' Conference 2009 session addressing the issue of online safety for children and teens with tips, some shocking facts and interesting information.
Open Office Are you struggling to buy Microsoft Office for your students? OpenOffice.org 3
is the leading open-source office software suite for word processing, spreadsheets, presentations, graphics, databases and more. It works on all common computers. It stores all your data in an international open standard format and can also read and write files from other common office software packages. It can be downloaded and used completely free of charge for any purpose.
Future Kids is great for young children to teens. It must be noted it does not support the latest Microsoft Office 2007, Vista or Windows 7 operating system. CEE is currently looking at ways to address this issue. Please contact us about Clait and EDSL options for ICCE.
If you are interested in joining the Future Kids Programme please email Ramin Ghaffari for details.
*Please note... all administration is through FutureKids NOT CEE*
FutureKids office address is: FUTUREKIDS Limited 20th Floor, Wembley Point, 1 Harrow Road, London HA9 6DE
BENEFITS
• Each child progresses at his own pace.
• The work is presented in the form of workbooks much like the PACEs.
• Mastery learning and assessment is incorporated into each module.
• Certificates are presented for each successfully completed level.
• The curriculum is of a high standard and is recommended by Cambridge;University.
• The child can progress to an advanced level involving visual basic;programming and web design.
• There is on-going support for both teachers and pupils.
• With the requirements of the new regulations being a major hurdle for many,Futurekids have a scope and sequence prepared, eliminating that curriculum development requirement for teachers .School inspectors who; have seen Futurekids in operation have found it highly satisfactory. FUTUREKIDS curriculum is designed to meet the requirements of the UK National Curriculum for ICT and is recommended by the University of Cambridge Local Examinations Syndicate. This partnership with Cambridge uniquely facilitates the teaching and assessment of ICT skills.It also recognises the achievement of pupils by issuing a qualification of real value. The Cambridge certificate will boost confidence and provide a platform on which future successes can be built. Information and Communications Technology (ICT) has developed to become an integral part of everyday life. Whether you are at home, school or work, it is likely that you will come into contact with some form of ICT. The FUTUREKIDS ICT curriculum and Cambridge Starter Awards have been designed as an introduction to the world of ICT. The syllabus provides a framework in which ICT skills and knowledge can be acquired and developed, in an environment tailored to particular age groups and surroundings.The scheme of work (lesson plans)concentrates on the development of practical skills in using ICT. It allows pupils to develop the ICT knowledge and skills they require, which may then support learning in a range of subjects. And because it is software independent, students will learn techniques and skills for ICT as a whole, rather than specific a program.
