Nick BentonMicrosoft, Uncategorized @en_us

MICROSOFT TOOLS: BACK TO SCHOOLS TIPS

Welcome Back To School! To help you get back in to the swing of things, and for a bit of fun, our educators have put together some short ‘top tips’ videos. We hope you find them helpful and we would love to hear your own tips. To keep up to date with all our news a free offers, sign up … Read More

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Employee Spotlight – Philemon Burney

Get to know Mr Aussie365! Philemon Burney is Head of Consultancy & Training at Tablet Academy and leads his team of educational consultants and trainers. Hailing from Australia Phil started his career teaching ICT to primary & secondary students for over 8 years before relocating for a short time to the UK to work as an IT trainer for a medical research charity.  On returning … Read More

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ClassReporter – Tablet Academy’s new Google Sheets Add-on

With Tablet Academy’s new Google Sheets Add-on, ClassReporter, you can collect and sync useful data about Google Classroom usage in your organisation. The data collected through ClassReporter can be displayed in Data Studio and shared with relevant members of staff throughout your organisation, giving visibility of Classroom use by all teachers. Excellent add-on! It works really well and gives lots … Read More

Nick BentonPartner, Partner

BACK TO SCHOOL WITH LENOVO

ARE YOU READY TO DELIVER REMOTE OR BLENDED LEARNING?  Do your staff and students have access to the right technology and skills to participate in remote teaching and learning and demonstrate to Ofsted that you can facilitate remote or blended learning, at short notice?  We have teamed up with Lenovo to offer schools device packages which can save you up to £7,000. Devices are ready to … Read More

Nick BentonPartner

Primary Goal New Digital Champion Programme

Tablet Academy is excited to announce a new Digital Champion training programme, launching this September through our partnership with leading training provider Primary Goal. The 24-month programme is accessible to staff at all levels throughout your school – from teaching assistant to the headteacher. The programme is specifically designed to enable primary and secondary schools to support their teachers better, … Read More

Nick BentonMicrosoft

Skype in the Classroom

Join Skype’s Teacher Tuesday Global PD series to learn how to bring the world into your classroom while remote learning! Skype in the Classroom is a free online community that connects students with experts and classrooms around the world for live virtual learning experiences that take place over video calls. Teacher Tuesday is Hosted by Dyane Smokorowski (@mrs_smoke), a 2019 … Read More

Nick BentonJourney to the Cloud

Microsoft Teams – Supporting Mental Wellbeing​

In March 2020, the Coronavirus pandemic forced schools to close their doors to students. As the enforced closures showed no sign of being lifted, following the Easter break, the school started to explore how teachers could deliver remote learning to students at home. For Year 5, this meant building on the use of Microsoft Teams.​ Outside of the learning, it quickly became apparent that … Read More

Nick BentonMicrosoft 365

Microsoft 365 Tech Events – Free Webinar Recordings

With the conclusion of our Microsoft 365 Technical events, we wanted to say a big thank you to everyone who signed up to our sessions, over 1,000 of you did so! We are now delighted to offer free access to the recording of all our sessions. ACCESS TECH EVENT RECORDINGS HERE Our Virtual Professional Developments Series, tailored for educators supporting … Read More

Nick BentonJourney to the Cloud

Intune for Education and Windows Autopilot

Intune and Autopilot work together to modernise the way your IT Team can deploy and manage devices for staff and students. This new approach saves time and money, reduces the requirements for on-site infrastructure and improves the end-user experience. Intune for Education Intune for Education lets you manage Windows 10, iOS/iPads and android devices  via the cloud.​ With both Intune and Intune for … Read More

Nick BentonPartner

DfE Platform Provisioning Programme

The Department for Education has partnered with Microsoft and Google accredited Partners to support schools and trusts to start using a digital education platform for Remote Learning.  The following funding is available to help your school establish your cloud environment in Google Classroom or Microsoft Teams: – £1,500 for Primary Schools– £2,000 for Secondary Schools– Up to £10,000 for MAT’s … Read More