These slides are from the 'FrogLearn Masterclass' workshop at Frog 15.

1. FrogLearn at Dorchester Primary

2. A quick insight!
• Larger than average Primary (approx. 600 NOR)
• Worcester Park, South London (not Dorchester!)
• 3 form entry
• Nursery and Reception
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3. Who have we got with us today?
• Nursery/Infant/Junior/Primary
• High schools (including Academies)
• Colleges
• Special / PRU
• Other
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4. Our journey!

5. The need for a VLE!
• Historically, a Fronter customer.
• Staff and pupil challenges.
• Vicious cycle of doom!
• Allowed us an opportunity to re-scope our needs.
• Re-buy in from key stakeholders.
• Perhaps most importantly, a fresh start!

6. Our requirements!
• (In a very, very, vague order of importance!)
• A simple, easy to use interface
• Integration with SIMS.net (our MIS)
• Child friendly tools to engage our children
• (or as one child said “it’s pretty sick”)
• A time-efficient tool
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7. The implementation!

8. A lot less painful than expected!
• Frog set us up June time - essential time to explore
• Staff accounts setup
• Half hour school-led training - staff given time to get on with it
• Hour training provided by Frog
• Pupil accounts set up
• Job done……….
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9. How we use Frog now

10. Constantly changing!
• Previously, the focus of a VLE was about sharing homework to avoid
printing - a very dangerous approach!
• Evolved over time:
• Aid phone-school communication
• eSafety
• Home learning and setting suitable tasks
• Remove burden of additional marking
• Streamline admin processes
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11. Year sites
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12. Online voting
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13. Parents evening booking (embedding a 3rd party)
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14. Data collection
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15. Teaching and learning tool
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16. Our school website (dorchesterprimary.com)
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17. Sharing audio/video clips - learning the Nativity songs!
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18. Using Frog Assignments and FrogPlay for setting homework
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