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Horbury School's original intranet project outline dated December 2004 is shown below. The full project report from June 2005 is also available to download.

Horbury School Intranet Report (99k)

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Original Project Outline

Staff	Create online bank of resources Get staff to access online resources Train and encourage staff to generate and upload resources
Pupils	Focus on KS3 Year 7 - 7 Delahunt Pilot 1 unit: Green 4 - The Restless Earth Pupils to be able to access resources for this unit both in and out of class via intranet All homework for this unit to be accessed via intranet
Content	Existing resources which are electronically based - some converted to web pages Explore multiple intelligence approach to teaching some of the concepts - PW to review resources and suggest strategies to SC
Interface	Moodle and/or Macromedia Contribute 3 at school and home
Technical Support	www.moodle.org forum www.macromedia.com forum LEA technical support – Steve Hall at EDIT to assist enabling access to www.horbury.wakefield.sch.uk from within school Philip Waud to solve any technical issues GA Intranet Development group – via Yahoo group
Evaluation	Staff (1), pupil (3) and parents (3) questionnaires End of unit assessment - control group complete assessment without access to these resources taught in traditional fashion (7 Gillard) and compare results with Moodle group
Time Scale	Initial pilot to be completed at GA Conference 30 March 2005 Case study to be completed by July 2005
School Support	0.5 day required for kick starting project for SC and PW
Additional Activity	SC to explore use of Open Mind and Mediator as a means of pulling learning plans into a visual web-based environment for both Staff and Ofsted. These products will allow pupils to Mindmap, Brainstorm, etc and also create Flash animations such as models of the Water Cycle, Ecosystems, etc. SC to liaise with JM and PW and decide if products worth purchasing

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