What is it?

Cardiff EduNet is the local delivery of the Cardiff Education ICT for Learning Strategy as part of the NGfL (National Grid for Learning). It will contribute to schools achieving the NGfL national targets by 2002 and support the raising of standards in school through enhanced teaching and learning using ICT

What are its core purposes?

 To develop ICT as a core skill within the National Curriculum and as a Key skill

 To support the raising of standards of achievement across the curriculum

 The dissemination of best classroom and management practice across Cardiff LEA

 To provide learners with the ability to interact with local and global information

 To support the development of Learning Centres across the city for 'out of hours' learning

 To enable the development of community & home links using schools and Learning Centres

 To develop 'on-line' consultation mechanisms for schools and educational partners

 To develop services for schools including the LEA Intranet and On-line conferencing

 To be an active participant in the NGfL and VTC Cymru

 To support development of ICT skills in the NOF ICT Training for Teachers programme

 To encourage and support the processes of school improvement throughout Cardiff

When does this happen?

Cardiff EduNet is developing in four phases over the duration of the NGfL funding from 1998 - 2002 and involves the provision of hardware, software and networking technologies to 20 secondary schools, 107 primary, junior and infant schools, 6 special schools and xx nursery schools.

Who is involved?

Cardiff EduNet has developed as a result of partnerships between the LEA, schools, South Glamorgan TEC, Coleg Glan Hafren, Research Machines plc, BT, NTL, National Panasonic (Cardiff) and several local network cabling companies. Issues of 'best value', reliability and quality of service are paramount to Cardiff EduNet.

What technology is being used?

 ISDN2 line (School Internet Caller)

 Dual port router serving curriculum and administration functions independently

 Enhanced CAT5 network cabling (2 admin and 5 classroom terminals) + hubs

 Initially RM Internet for Learning Service (4 user licence) and email services

 RM SchoolShare networking plus one RM WindowBox PC

 Access to the LEA Intranet and VPN (Virtual Private Network) & Tertiary Intranet

What support do schools get?

Curriculum support is provided by CASE (Cardiff Advisory Service for Education) - the LEA Advisory team and ACCE (Advisory Centre for Computers in Education) - the LEA IT support team. Cardiff EduNet linked to resources for the NOF ICT Training for Teachers initiative