From December 2015, Stratford College is moving to Office 365 Education apps and service for its Virtual Learning Environment. After a lot of research, Stratford College came to the conclusion that Office 365 Education offered all the strategic features and more, that is required for 21st Century teaching and learning in Stratford. It will allow teachers and students to share, collaborate and create work in a cloud-based, secure environment.
Stratford College teachers and students will be using Office 365 Education apps and services as of December 2015 to share notes and to collaborate on project work through the use of OneDrive, OneNote and email. Students will be set up with their own school email address. Students will also have their digital portfolio set up through Office 365 Education.
When students and teachers log in they will have access to an intranet (private, internal website) where notes, homework, videos and class-related resources will be stored. While every teacher and student has a Stratford login, they will each have 1 terabyte (1000 gigabytes) of storage on OneDrive. In addition, teachers and students have access to MS-Office online applications while they are associated with Stratford College. It means that teachers and students have access to resources whether in school or at home due to Office 365 Education cloud-based services.
Stratford is working with the Microsoft Education partner, 365Learning, to set up this Virtual Learning Environment (VLE). Training is planned as the next step in this strategic investment for 21st Century teaching and learning. Upgrading our VLE is part of Stratford's e-learning strategy. In the past two years Stratford has upgraded its computer lab (August 2015), installed a school-wide wifi system (August 2013) and rolled out a Bring Your Own Tablet (BYOT) system (April 2014).
Ms Patricia Gordon
Principal
Our Transition Year (TY) students hosted a successful coffee morning in the school hall to raise funds for Our Lady's Hospice & Care Services in Harold's Cross. Year groups visited the hall in turn for tea, coffee, and treats. Thanks to Ms. Maxwell, Ms. Talbot, Ms. McGill and all our TY students.
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On Wednesday, the 23rd of September, a group of us TY students had the opportunity to welcome Irish writer Elaine Garvey to our school, where we took part in a two-hour workshop with her. On Friday the 25th of September, we embarked on our weekly trip which brought us northside, to Glasnevin Cemetery, so write Ianis, Vihaan and Matthew B (TY Weekly editors).
Some of our Chinese students celebrated the Mooncake Festival this morning with traditional treats, and stories about the holiday. The round shape of the mooncakes mirrors the bright harvest moon, symbolizing family togetherness and completeness.
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