Gigajam across the National Educational Network
Gigajam’s award winning Essential Skills Course is now available in more schools
than ever before with agreements that make Gigajam available in over 100 of the
UK’s Local Authorities.
The UKs Regional Broadband Consortia lead the way in implementing the aims of
the government’s strategy for ‘Harnessing Technology’. Six of the 13 UK RBCs,
which make up the National Education Network, now provide all of their schools
with access to a significant taster of Gigajam content.
Gigajam’s vision is to make learning a musical instrument available to All
pupils and students, free at the point of access. We have a lot of hard work to
do in enabling all students to be able have access to musical instrument
lessons, whether they are at school, or at home, but we continue to make
significant progress in support of the aims of our government’s Music Manifesto.
Personalisation, Independent Learning and Assessment for Learning are just some
of the ways in which Gigajam ‘Harnesses Technology’ to create genuinely
affordable, sustainable and progressive opportunities to support music making in
and out of the class room.
How to access Gigajam through your RBC
The first five lessons can be accessed at school from the participating RBCs
listed below.
Glow -
http://www.ltscotland.org.uk/gigajam/
The first five lessons are available to every teacher and pupil in Scotland, at
school and at home through their Glow Login. Gigajam provides access to all
700,000 pupils across 2700 Scottish schools in each of the 32 Scottish Local
Authorities:
Aberdeen City
Council,
Aberdeenshire
Council,
Angus Council,
Argyll and
Bute Council,
Clackmannanshire Council,
Dumfries and
Galloway Council,
Dundee City
Council,
East Ayrshire
Council,
East
Dunbartonshire Council,
East Lothian
Council,
East
Renfrewshire Council,
Edinburgh
City Council,
Falkirk
Council,
Fife Council,
Glasgow City
Council,
Highland
Council,
Inverclyde
Council,
Midlothian
Council,
Moray Council,
North
Ayrshire Council, North
Lanarkshire Council,
Orkney
Islands Council,
Perth and
Kinross Council,
Renfrewshire
Council,
Scottish
Borders Council, Shetland
Islands Council, South Ayrshire
Council, South
Lanarkshire Council,
Stirling
Council,
West
Dunbartonshire Council,
West Lothian
Council, Western Isles Council.
London Grid for Learning -
http://gigajam.lgfl.org.uk/
The first five lessons are available to every teacher and student at school and
at home in each of the 33 London Boroughs of:
Barking And Dagenham, Barnet Bexley, Brent, Bromley,
Camden, City Of London, Croydon, Ealing, Enfield, Greenwich, Hackney
Hammersmith & Fulham, Haringey, Harrow, Havering, Hillingdon, Hounslow,
Islington, Kensington & Chelsea, Kingston Upon Thames, Lambeth, Lewisham,
Merton, Newham, Redbridge, Richmond Upon Thames, Southwark, Sutton, Tower
Hamlets, Waltham Forest, Wandsworth , Westminster.
Northern Grid -
http://www.northerngrid.org/index.php/component/content/article/59-music-resources/228-gigajam-essential-skills
The first five lessons are available to every teacher and student in the
Northern Grid region:
Darlington LA, Hartlepool LA, Middlesbrough LA, North Tyneside LA, Redcar and
Cleveland LA, South Tyneside LA, Stockton On Tees LA.
E2BN - http://gigajam.e2bn.org/
The first five lessons are available to every teacher and student in the E2BN
region:
Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire, Essex, Hertfordshire, Milton Keynes, Norfolk,
Peterborough, Suffolk, Southend-on-Sea.
South West Grid for Learning -
http://gigajam.swgfl.org.uk/
The first five lessons are available to every teacher and student in the South
West Grid for Learning region:
Bath and NE Somerset, Bournemouth Borough Council, Cornwall, Dorset, North
Somerset Council, Somerset County Council, Wiltshire County Council.
WMnet -
http://www.wmnet.org.uk/wmnet/index.cfm?p=35,index&zz=20080708165547963
The first five lessons are available to every teacher and student in the WMnet
region:
Birmingham City Council, Coventry City Council, Dudley MBC, Herefordshire County
Council, Sandwell MBC, Shropshire County Council, Solihull MBC, Staffordshire
County Council
More from Gigajam
The first five lessons provide a great start for students from the age of 9
upwards. Gigajam has over 10,000 worldwide private students of all ages. Schools
can upgrade to receive the full latest version of Gigajam’s award winning
course, providing a substantial progressive pathway of study up to the
equivalent of Music Grade 5. You can see the latest version online in our new
Online Music School – GigajamVLE.
http://gigajamvle.com
There are options suitable for all schools. Full details are available at
http://schools.gigajam.com/ProductRange.aspx.
For a
personalised quote for your school please contact Brian Greene.