chrismayoh.com provision brochure 2015-16

Supporting you to maximise the impact oftechnology for learning

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Provision 2015/16

About chrismayoh.comThe newly updated chrismayoh.com is the home of the consultancy services of Chris Mayoh, award-winning

educational technologist, international keynote speaker and independent consultant. Alongside a number of

strategic partners Chris works with schools, colleges and other organisations to inspire students, teachers and

senior leaders to embrace new technologies to revolutionise learning opportunities in and out of the classroom.

As well as providing expert consultancy, curriculum and technical support to schools in the UK and internationally,

Chris also works part time as Computing Leader at Fagley Primary School, Bradford. This allows Chris to ensure

the support he provides to other schools is based upon sound evidence of success in a current education setting;

he is not preaching theories, but spreading excellent practice.

Chris has previously been a Head of ICT and Student Leadership Coordinator at a large international school in

Russia, a Curriculum Innovation consultant for Bradford Local Authority, an ICT Coordinator and E-safety Leader

at primary, secondary and special schools and both a primary and secondary school governor.

This brochure outlines some of the ways chrismayoh.com can support you or your organisation.

To request more information or to make a booking visit: chrismayoh.com/contact

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Core Provision

Core Provision

Digital Strategy Visits

A highly flexible and totally bespoke Digital Strategy Visit is a great way to ensure your school is maximising its

use of new technologies for learning. A Digital Strategy Visit could comprise:

Meetings with Senior Leaders, Curriculum Coordinators and Governors to explore ways of successfully

embedding the use of technology across school, avoiding unnecessary expenditure and ensuring a seamless

execution of the school's Digital Strategy

Coaching sessions with Computing Leaders, other Curriculum Coordinators and teachers to support with the

integration of technology in the classroom and building capacity for sustained improvement, and could involve

joint lesson observations and feedback sessions, strategic planning or curriculum planning

Mobile device project planning and implementation to ensure your school can successfully integrate new and

emerging mobile technologies across the curriculum, from practical management to ideas for day-to-day

classroom use, whether choosing iPads, Android Tablets, Windows Tablets, Chromebooks or other devices

Whole School INSET

All Whole School INSET is totally bespoke and agreed with the school in advance of delivery to ensure maximum

impact. Whole School INSET could comprise:

Practical training on how to deliver the Computing Curriculum in an engaging way

Training sessions about how to use technology as a cross-curricular tool for learning

Workshops to help members of teaching and support staff to understand key e-safety issues such as Digital

Professionalism, Cyberbullying and Online Grooming in the world today

Sessions about successfully embedding a whole school e-safety strategy

Training about how to protect students from the dangers of radicalisation and extremism

Subscriber Discount and Priority Assistance

Schools signing up to a Bronze, Silver or Gold Digital Development Subscription Package automatically

receive a 10% Subscriber Discount on any future purchases (in the same academic year), as well as Priority

Assistance, which guarantees schools a response to all queries within 24 hours via their preferred contact

medium - email, phone or Twitter (during term time).

Available Nationwide (Full Day - 495, Half Day 295)

(plus expenses for schools outside Greater Manchester)

Available Nationwide (Full Day - 495, Half Day 295,

Twilight 225, After School Staff Meeting 195)


E-safety Audits

The issue of e-safety has long been a challenging one for schools and other organisations to tackle, particularlyconsidering that technology develops so rapidly and that children and young people have near universal access

to internet enabled devices.

E-safety Audits provide a great, cost-effective way to ensure primary schools, secondary schools and collegesare doing all they can to protect pupils and members of staff from the risks associated with new technologies,

along with preparing for inspections by Ofsted, HMI or ISI.

E-safety Audits last one full day, take place in school and are conducted by an Auditor who has received aNaace Impact Award for his work in the field of e-safety. "Chris has been formally recognised for revolutionisingopportunities for independent learning and for developing rigorous processes for e-safety training." Naace, 2013.

E-safety Audits include:

- A whole school policy and practice review- An evaluation of the schools e-safety curriculum

- Group interviews with members of teaching, support and administrative staff- One to one and group interviews with pupils

- A review of e-safety and cyberbullying monitoring and reporting procedures- An evaluation of the impact of staff training

- A strategic support meeting with the schools ICT/Computing Coordinator, Safeguarding Officer or SeniorLeadership Team representative

- A full report including recommended actions for improvement

Available Nationwide - 525

To book your E-safety Audit visit: chrismayoh.com/esafety


Digital Development

Subscriptions 2015/16

The most cost effective way to access support to improve a school's use of technology is to sign up for aDigital Development Subscription package.

All support accessed through a Digital Development Subscription is fully bespoke and is negotiated with eachschool or organisation in advance of delivery to ensure maximum impact on pupils and members of staff.

Three different levels of Digital Development Subscription are available:


To book your Bronze Subscription visit: chrismayoh.com/subscriptions

Bronze Subscription

- 1 x Digital Strategy Visit (half day)- 1 x After School INSET- 10% Subscriber Discount on additional support purchased in 2015/16- Priority Assistance via phone, email and Twitter


- Bronze

- Silver

- Gold


To book your Silver Subscription visit: chrismayoh.com/subscriptions

Silver Subscription

- 2 x Digital Strategy Visits (half day each)- 2 x After School INSET- 1 x Full Day INSET- 10% Subscriber Discount on additional support purchased in 2015/16- Priority Assistance via phone, email and Twitter


Gold Subscription

- 3 x Digital Strategy Visits (half day each)- 2 x After School INSET- 2 x Full Day INSET- 1 x E-safety Audit- 10% Subscriber Discount on additional support purchased in 2015/16- Priority Assistance via phone, email and Twitter

Available Nationwide - 2495(plus expenses for schools outside Greater Manchester)

To book your Gold Subscription visit: chrismayoh.com/subscriptions

Technical Support

In addition to offering curriculum and strategic development support, chrismayoh.com now

offers a range of technical support options for schools through a range of partners.

All support is carried out by industry professionals with experience of improving schools'

hardware, software and infrastructure requirements.

Discounted Digital Strategy Visits and Whole School INSET are available for schools choosing

to access technical support through chrismayoh.com

Available in the North West and

Yorkshire and the Humber

To find out more visit: chrismayoh.com/contact

- Annual ICT Support Contracts

- SIMS Support

- Remote Backup

- Networking and Wireless Installation

- Hardware Procurement and Installation

- Server Support

- Software Licensing

- Website and VLE Support

Technical Support Services:


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Impact Projects

Digital Leaders Programme

What is the Digital Leaders Programme?

The Digital Leaders Programme is a world renowned pupil leadership initiative that has a proven impact on pupilsand teachers. Digital Leaders are pupils who are given responsibility for helping adults to improve and embed theuse of technology for learning throughout schools. Through a comprehensive training programme Digital Leaders

quickly become invaluable members of any school community.

What do Digital Leaders do?

- Meet regularly to learn new skills and explore different hardware and software- Support other pupils to use technology in class

- Teach members of staff how to use new technologies effectively in the classroom- Run assemblies, workshops and drop in sessions to raise the profile of technology across school

- Lead sessions for other pupils on important issues such as e-safety- Attend events with other technology leaders to share their ideas and to learn from others

What support is available?

Digital Leaders Programme for Primary SchoolsDigital Leaders Programme for Secondary Schools

Bespoke Digital Leaders Programmes to suit 'all through' schools, local clusters and TSAs

Available Nationwide

To find out more or to book a place on aDigital Leaders Programme visit: chrismayoh.com/digitalleaders

Digital Leaders Programme

for Primary Schools

The Digital Leaders Programme for Primary Schools offers teachers and pupils a great degree of support,

as schools participate as part of a small, local cluster.

Teachers and pupils from the schools within each cluster attend events jointly, allowing many opportunities

for sharing ideas and experiences, presenting information to a real audience and collaborating with people

in the real world.

Term 1

- Initial training and planning meeting for the lead teacher(s) - half day

- Initial training for new pupil Digital Leaders - half day

Term 2

- Follow up training for pupil Digital Leaders - half day

- Off site event for pupil Digital Leaders (working with industry/applying skills in the real world) - full day

Term 3

- KidsMeet 'conference' for pupil Digital Leaders to celebrate and share their successes - full day

Ongoing

- Access to three-weekly Digital Leader Challenges

- Access to a collaborative blog for teachers and pupil Digital Leaders

- Full email, phone and Twitter support for the lead teacher(s)

Available Nationwide - 375 per school

To find out more or to book a place on the Digital Leaders Programme for

Primary Schools visit: chrismayoh.com/digitalleaders


(N.B. a minimum number of four schools per cluster is required for the Programme to run)

Digital Leaders Programmefor Secondary Schools

The Digital Leaders Programme for Secondary Schools allows a great degree of flexible support for both

teachers and students, with the Programme being specifically tailored to the needs of the individual school.

The focus of the Digital Leaders Programme is entirely at the discretion of the school, as all training and

support is bespoke, but could include:

- Supporting the integration of mobile devices (e.g. iPads) across the curriculum;

- Developing the use of the VLE, school website or blogging platforms;

- Supporting the transition to the new Computing curriculum.

Term 1

- Initial training and planning meeting for the lead teacher(s) - half day

- Initial training for new student Digital Leaders - half day

Term 2

- Planning and evaluation meeting with the lead teacher(s) - half day

- Off site event for student Digital Leaders (working with industry/applying skills in the real world) - full day

Term 3

- Planning and evaluation meeting with the lead teacher(s) - half day

- End of year skills sharing and evaluation event for student Digital Leaders - full day

Ongoing

- Access to a collaborative blog for teachers and student Digital Leaders

- Full email, phone and Twitter support for the lead teacher(s)


To find out more or to book a place on the Digital Leaders Programme for

Secondary Schools visit: chrismayoh.com/digitalleaders


Night Zookeeper

To find out more or to set up your FREE trial visit:nightzookeeper.com

Write

The writing tool suggests age appropriate vocabulary for children to include in their stories. It also provides objectives

and helpful tips in order to provide structure to their creative writing.

Assess

All writing produced by your

students appears in your Online

Assessment Toolkit. This tool

allows you to send comments to

your students and assess

against National Curriculum

objectives.

Compete

Students are motivated to raise

their writing levels, as they

compete in exciting Writing

Leagues. You can join multiple

leagues throughout the

year. There is also a full calendar

of exciting competitions.

The World's Number 1 Writing Improvement Tool

- Sir Quentin Blake

"I had a look at the

website and it is a

wonderful piece of

enterprise"

"My students were able to make a

year's worth of progress with their

writing in one term, as a result of

their involvement with and

enthusiasm for Night Zookeeper"

- Emma Cotton, Class Teacher,

Langham Village Primary School

Night Zookeeeper is a beautiful digital platform dedicated

to supporting children to become better, more

creative writers.

Children are encouraged to write at school and at home as

they battle through a series of adventures in the Night Zoo,

collecting Mystical Animals and defeating monsters on their

travels.

Teachers can assign writing challenges or simply allow

children to write freely across a wide range of text types, all

of which are easy to assess against English National

Curriculum objectives with the Online Assessment Toolkit.

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100 Word Challenge

100 Word Challenge is a FREE creative writing challenge for

children, which harnesses the power of the Night Zookeeper

writing platform.

Each week, retired Headteacher Julia Skinner posts an

interesting writing prompt to ignite children's curiosity and to

inspire them to write creative responses. The prompt could be

an image, a sentence or just a few words.

Children are challenged to submit their written responses in

just 100 words.

A group of adults, known as Team 100WC, provide

constructive feedback on their writing each week, so there is

ongoing motivation for them to write for their truly global

audience.

To find out more or to sign up for FREE visit: 100wc.net

Working in partnership with Night Zookeeper

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Courses and Events

TeachMeet The Study @ Manchester Museum is a FREE informal CPD event for all adults interested in

education, regardless of subject specialism or Key Stage; everyone is welcome to attend. Come along to deliver

a 10-minute workshop or presentation on a topic of your choice, or simply attend to be inspired by others ideas.

Make: practical demos - the positive effects of hands on learning

Share: topics that lend themselves to whole school learning

Wonder: moments that make you think

Discover: new ways to capture the imagination of children and young people

As well as a range of presentations on a number of education topics, there will also be FREE food and drink to

keep you going throughout the evening.

Manchester - Thursday 17th September 2015

4.00-8.45pm

To find out more or to book your place visit: chrismayoh.com/TMTheStudy

TeachMeet Rochdale is a FREE informal CPD event for all adults interested in education, regardless of subject

specialism or Key Stage; everyone is welcome to attend. Come along to deliver either a 5 minute or 2 minute

presentation on a topic of your choice, or simply to be inspired by others ideas.

As well as a range of presentations on a number of education topics, there will also be FREE food and drink to

keep you going throughout the evening.

Rochdale - Tuesday 6th October 2015

4.00-7.00pm

To find out more or to book your place visit: chrismayoh.com/TMRochdale

Practical Pedagogies 2015Digital Leaders: Harnessing the power of students and technology

Practical Pedagogies 2015 is a high impact training conference for classroom teachers by classroom teachers. It

takes place over two days and features inspiring keynotes, over 70 workshops covering all curricululm areas and a

number of networking activities.

Featuring workshop

Digital Leaders: Harnessing the power of students and technology

This workshop will support Computing subject leaders and those responsible for student leadership in primary and

secondary schools to better understand how to deploy students in the important role of Digital Leader.

Delegates will learn how to successfully implement a Digital Leaders project, from initial conception, to its launch

and day-to-day running, from a course tutor who has been responsible for introducing over 85 schools to student

Digital Leadership in Key Stages 1 to 5.

Toulouse, France

Thursday 15th October & Friday 16th October 2016

To see the full conference programme and

to book your place visit:

chrismayoh.com/practicalpedagogies

TeachMeet Manchester NFM is a FREE informal CPD event for all adults interested in education, regardless of

subject specialism or Key Stage; everyone is welcome to attend. Come along to deliver either a 7 minute or 3

minute presentation on a topic of your choice, or simply to be inspired by others ideas.

As well as a range of presentations on a number of education topics, there will also be a selection of FREE

alcoholic and non-alcoholic beverages in the venues on site bar from 4.00-8.00pm. Nibbles will also be available

throughout the evening.

N.B. The event is suitable for football fans and non-football fans alike. There will be an optional Penalty Shootout

competition at some point during the evening, with the winner bagging one of the evenings raffle prizes.

Manchester - Wednesday 25th November 2015

4.00-8.00pm

To find out more or to book your place visit: chrismayoh.com/TMManchesterNFM

Media LiteracyImproving reading and writing through innovative use of

film in the primary classroom

This full day CPD event will support senior leaders, English/Literacy Coordinators and primary school class

teachers to improve the reading and writing skills of their pupils by harnessing the power of using film in the

classroom.

Delegates will learn how to best use visual texts to help children to master complex skills such as inference and

deduction to support their understanding of key places, characters and events, by analysing still and moving

images, sound and through exploration of professional film techniques.

The course will provide many hands on opportunities for delegates to engage with sample materials and to take

part in activities to support the teaching of reading and writing, including a specific focus on spelling,

punctuation, grammar and improving childrens vocabulary.

1. Developing imagination, vocabulary and broadening experiences through the use of high quality film

2. Books vs. films comparing and contrasting media and learning how to read films

2. Selecting the right films for your pupils introducing a wide range of resources

3. Cs and Ss understanding and analysing the building blocks of film and visual texts

4. Developing deduction and inference skills the place of books vs. other media

5. Using film to develop spelling, punctuation and grammar

6. Hands on planning how to make it all happen in your classroom

Course content

Manchester - Tuesday 24th November

London - Thursday 3rd December

To book your place visit: chrismayoh.com/medialiteracy

To find out more about the course presenter visit: chrismayoh.com

Pupil Digital LeadersMaximising the Impact of

This course will support Computing subject leaders and those responsible for student leadership in primary and

secondary schools to better understand how to deploy students in the important role of Digital Leader.

Delegates will learn how to successfully implement a Digital Leaders project, from initial conception, to its launch

and day-to-day running, from a course tutor who has been responsible for introducing over 85 schools to student

Digital Leadership in Key Stages 1 to 5.

Course content

1. Understanding the role of a Digital Leader

2. Top tips for recruiting: from launch to appointment

3. How Digital Leaders can support learning in the classroom

4. Practical tips for day-to-day project management

5. Ensuring the sustainability of the project

6. Measuring the impact: research and case studies

7. Question and answer session: what do you still want to know?

Online - Thursday 28th January 2016

4.00-6.00pm

To book your place visit: chrismayoh.com/digitalleaders

To find out more about the course presenter visit: chrismayoh.com

How to Teach Computer Scienceat KS1 and KS2

This is a new twilight online CPD event. The online event will support Computing Leaders and class teachers tounderstand how to better teach the computer science strand of the new Computing curriculum across Key

Stages 1 and 2.

Delegates will learn how to deliver the new National Curriculum in an engaging and exciting way by harnessingthe use of new technologies in all areas of the curriculum using a variety of devices and online tools.

Course content

1. Understanding the expectations in new Computing curriculum2. What is KS1 computer science and how you should teach it?3. What is KS2 computer science and how should you teach it?

4. Resources to support the delivery of computer science5. Computer science and able, gifted and talented pupils

6. Question and answer session: what do you still want to know?

Online - Tuesday 23rd February 2016

4.00-6.00pm

To book your place visit: chrismayoh.com/computerscienceTo find out more about the course presenter visit: chrismayoh.com

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