Case Studies

"I love the way it’s structured, everything is so well thought out. The children soon learn to use it independently as they work through the tutorials that guide them, they really love the little green alien that guides them through all the activities." Lucia Mancha  - Class Teacher

"Teachers like the amount of integrated skills such as math, science and literacy. They also like the fact that the modules address students of all levels of academic skills and that the modules are task oriented and objective based. They felt that the curriculum seemed to be very well thought out. They also liked the fact that the program offers flexibility, in respect to creating and modifying the curriculum, and that the quality of the equipment seemed to be very good" Helen Doerr  - Project Consultant

"One of the things that I find really pleasurable is the way the girls have taken to it. Normally they try to avoid anything technical but I had three groups run in here and sit down at the experiments, you should have seen their faces, “we don’t want to do this” they said. I said “go ahead, give it a try,” and they just loved it. Two girls were doing the Solar cell experiment and when they had worked out what to do with the switch they screamed out and pulled me over to show me how it worked!” “It’s not just improving their science skills,” he commented but it’s helping build their independent learning skills and their IT Skills. I even notice it impacting on their reading skills. This is particularly true of the second graders who are working right on the edge of their reading ability, but the more they work with this system the better their reading gets. I think it’s because they can see the words on the screen and click the voice button to hear it read out as many times as they like. They also have to write lots of the same words in their workbooks and that really helps. It will be interesting to see how it effects the standardized science tests they take, it definitely helped with their reading!" Ron Kolenda  - Lab Teacher

"We run 22 ScanTEK modules all with the full 40 hour course material, these are delivered to year 7 and 8 as full form groups. We have tried to use modules that give a broad introduction to the world of technology as well as help cover the national curriculum, particularly in the systems and control area. When pupils reach year 9 they have ScanTEK delivered as part of their Technology rotation and are taught individually with group sizes around 20. A course profile has been developed to compliment the early start of Design Technology GCSE's in Systems and control, Electronics and resistant materials. These are taught over a full year with students having 50 minutes a week on ScanTEK.

The ScanTEK laboratory is clean, efficient and well run, and as such is treated with great respect in the school, pupils enjoy ScanTEK, they enjoy computer based learning and I believe it is starting to develop more independent learners at Sandwich Technology School."   Head of Technology - Jon Boyes

"Motivation is the key benefit. Pupils really enjoy using ScanTEK and are learning through their enjoyment. It gives them a whole technology experience that goes beyond the National Curriculum"   Technology Teacher - Robin Meakings

"We selected the LJ equipment because it offers us an integrated range of modules that all operate within VLE and address very broad curriculum areas from Primary level to vocational skills and IT Certification.

The LJ modules were chosen because they address the Maths, Science and Technology areas of Key Stages 1, 2 and 3. They are very motivational with a combination of practical hands-on work and multimedia curriculum delivery. The automatic tracking system with its instant feedback is a great feature, the pupils love getting their scores back as soon as they hand-in a piece of work. IT really motivates them and a lot of the time they ask to have a second go if they think their score was too low"   CLC Director - Dave McCallam