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Now includes home licence for all students!

Birmingham City Council and Immersive Education are pleased to announce that the leading educational software library – Kar2ouche – has been purchased for every school in Birmingham.

Tony Howell, Birmingham City Council’s Strategic Director for Children Young People and Families: “The partnership will undoubtedly have a great impact on the quality of learning and will help raise achievement.”

What you will receive

Primary Schools:

  • Kar2ouche Unlimited - 24 titles KS1&2, School Site & Home licence till Aug 2008, annual CPD training, new title in the autumn (Reading, Writing, Speaking & Listening), future upgrades, online training videos and support.

Secondary Schools:

  • Kar2ouche Unlimited - 31 titles KS 3&4, School Site & Home licence till Aug 2008, 31 titles, annual training, new title in the autumn (Political Awareness & Citizenship), future upgrades, online training videos and support.
  • Krucible virtual laboratories bringing physics to life - School Site licence.
  • MissionMaker 3D game authoring software - School Site & Home licence.

** All schools will be eligible for preferential pricing on all other Immersive Education services and products.

Training

Initial Training

  • Contact your local CLC or Immersive Education for details.
  • A comprehensive training programme will be run in each of the 6 regions from the CLCs.
  • Training courses are 2 hours in duration, and will be held at the CLC centres. Schools should send as many staff as they can, ideally at least 3.
  • Professional development certificates will be provided to all attendees for their career portfolios.

Online Training Support

  • Immersive Education also provide online training materials on our training page.

Further Training on-site

  • If schools require further on-site training, this can be arranged with either your local CLC or with Immersive Education.

Installation

Schools Under the Managed Service

  • The software should now have been installed into the school by the Managed Service team as part of their regular visits.

Schools not under the Managed Service

  • Option 1 - contact your CLC to arrange a loan of one of the hard drives they have purchased.
  • Option 2 - purchase your own hard drive and complete your own installation. Download the order form and fax back to order.
  • Option 3 - in some cases it may be possible for a technician from the CLC to carry out the installation. Contact your local CLC to find out more.

Support

For more information or technical help

  • Call Customer Services on: 01865 886332
  • contact us

If you would like to become one of Birmingham's ambassador schools, please contact us.