Dear Colleagues,
Please find attached a link to a very interesting story posted on JANET Collaborate about new videoconferencing educational content from the Houses of Parliament titled: Prison Reform: Parliament’s role then and now.
The UK Houses of Parliament are offering videoconferencing sessions as part of a pilot project running between 12 and 23 May 2008. The sessions will focus on the issue of Prison Reform in order to bring to life the role of Parliament, both historically and in the present time. The Key Stage 3 conferences, offered free to UK schools, include the opportunity to talk with a member of the House of Commons or House of Lords.
See the story and opportunity page on JANET Collaborate to find out more and to sign-up for a session.
http://www.janetcollaborate.ac.uk/news/schools-videoconference-with-the-houses-of-parliament
The number of videoconferencing sessions available in the pilot is limited so I would recommend reserving one quickly.
Thanks,
Tim.
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Tim Boundy
Schools Content Coordinator, JANET(UK)
This month Tenor Alfie Boe returns to his hometown of Fleetwood for a series of open rehearsals, concerts, Video Conferences and Webcasts with an orchestra of home-grown musicians, the Lancashire Sinfonietta.
Alfie Boe is certainly a Tenor with a difference! He has emerged in recent years as one of the UK’s finest classical artists following a colourful few years spent honing his craft in the Royal Opera House and on Broadway.
The Lancashire Sinfonietta will offer a special live Webcast from Alfie’s old school in Fleetwood as part of their aim to help deliver the “Daily Hour of Culture” target for schools.
Pupils and teachers are eager to hear their former pupil’s amazing voice and in addition to the live audience, his rehearsal will be watched by schools all around the UK via Webcast. Students will learn about the processes of preparing for an orchestral concert and an interactive Video Conference afterwards will give students the chance to chat with Alfie and ask questions.
This event launches the Lancashire Sinfonietta’s first series of webcasts and video conferences via CLEO (Cumbria & Lancashire Education Online), part of the NEN (National Education Network), the online broadband service for UK schools.
The concerts, which follow a musical journey down the Danube, feature Boe performing alongside other stunning Lancastrians from the UK’s top orchestras who make up the Lancashire Sinfonietta. The violinist/director Bradley Creswick will also be joined by the virtuoso gypsy cimbalom player, Kálmán Balogh, who is flying in from Budapest specially for the concerts.
The live Webcast will be on Thursday 13th March 2008.
1.30pm Introduction & Rehearsal
2.15pm Q&A with Alfie & students
2.30pm ends
For more information or to watch this webcast go to
http://www.cleo.net.uk/index.php?category_id=101
Alternatively contact Iain Midgley at the CLEO Project Office on 01524 592800 / i.midgley@cleo.net.uk
The pilot is now ready to run - a bit later than anticipated, in May. I attach a flyer with the basic details. Please feel free to share with your contacts so we get booked up! Thanks again for your help in getting us up and running
Regards
Tom
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Tom O'Leary
Head of Education
Houses of Parliament
London
SW1A 2TT
Tel: 020 7219 3480
Mob: 0794 134 2927
olearyt@parliament.uk
www.parliament.uk/education