The ICT Training and Digital Imaging Suites at the Buckinghamshire Teaching & Learning Centre
The ICT Training Suite
The ICT Suite at the Centre has an RM Community Connect 4 Network with a fast (20mb/s) Internet connection and the most up-to-date Interactive Whiteboard technology. The Network has a wide range of software installed which allows the Team to deliver training for CPD. The suite is also used for training by other Consultancy Teams and by partner organisations for occasional focus evenings.
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With generous sponsorship from Epson (UK) and with further support from XMA Ltd we have been able to install a range of high quality Digital Imaging equipment at the ICT Centre (located within the Teaching and Learning Centre in Aylesbury). The Digital Imaging Suite provides Buckinghamshire schools with ‘state of the art’ video and still image processing capabilities. Colleagues are invited to visit the Teaching and Learning Centre to use the equipment to edit their still or moving images on high spec. PCs using a wide range of educational and industry standard software.
Input can be from a wide range of sources such as floppy disc, digital video tape, CD, DVD, memory stick, email, or even just scanned in using the scanner available in the suite. After processing, output can be made to a similar range of devices, but also to one of several available Epson colour laser and inkjet printers, including a wide carriage device allowing large format images to be produced.
The Suite is offered for booking by individuals or small groups although it may also be used as part of courses run within our CPD offering, so it is always worth ringing the centre to check its availability. There is no charge for using the Suite, although any media costs will have to be charged to users.
The Buckinghamshire Digital Imaging Suite is one of only two in the country to be sponsored by Epson (the other being at the Royal Academy in London) and will provide Buckinghamshire schools with a most valuable resource which will undoubtedly enhance the creativity of our pupils.
The Digital Imaging Suite is currently supporting over 25 Buckinghamshire schools and has produced over 700 large scale prints during the current academic year. For more information contact Pat Cragg on 01296 383030.