Alderley Edge School for Girls(AESG) are amongst fourteen schools in Greater Manchester to have installed a new online learning environment called Frog to allow teaching and learning to continue outside the school classroom.
AESG have installed this technology to enhance anytime anywhere learning. It allows students and teachers to access all school information, including homework, diaries, email, resource-booking, daily bulletins, school hard drives and timetables, from one online location.
According to recent research from the British Educational Suppliers Agency , only 67 per cent of secondary schools are using a learning platform. The Government has set schools the target of offering parents real-time access to their child’s learning on a timely and frequent basis – at least once per term by September 2010. Having implemented Frog, AESG is set to meet this target in advance.
Mrs Goff, Headmistress at Alderley Edge School for Girls, commented: "Frog is a reliable resource which provides our girls with quick and easy access to class presentations and revision materials. Years 10 to 13 are already using Frog and we will be launching the system to Years 7, 8 and 9 in the coming weeks.
As with all systems implemented at the school, safety is paramount, so much so that we recently held an internet safety talk for parents and pupils to highlight the dangers of social networking sites which proved to be very successful."
Visit the Frog website for further information.
