This document discusses how Campsmount Technology College in Doncaster, UK recovered from a devastating electrical fire in December 2009 that destroyed the school building. Through the use of web 2.0 tools like Twitter and Google Docs, the school was able to quickly communicate with students, teachers, and the local community. Temporary locations were found for different grades, and students returned to portable classrooms on site within 3 months. The school emphasized that while technology helped, it was the students, staff, and community that truly made the school.

1. Rising from the ashes with grit,
graft and gadgets (web2.0 stuff)
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2. Fire broke out due to an electrical
fault approx 2am Sunday 13th
December 2009
http://www.vimeo.com/11396909
The story of Campsmount Technology
College - Doncaster
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3. www.ctcmail.net
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4. ‘OFFICIAL Campsmount (Fire
Updates) group page’
Over 1800 members within days
Fast, simple, ‘official’ messaging
Strong impact on community
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7. Google docs: enabled collaboration from teachers across twitter
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8. • Y7 & Y8: 6 classrooms at a large local
Primary
• Y9: unused ‘Special School’
• Y10 & Y11: Local youth club
• 6th form: local business offices
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9. ...for visiting other new builds
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10. We are using wallwisher.com and youtube to show videos and useful
resource links regarding our new build
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11. March 16th: students returned to Campsmount
(in temporary portakabins)
http://www.vimeo.com/11396909
Within 3 months of the fire we returned to our site
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12. The first meeting after the fire:YES web2.0 helped us - but people made it so

13. “...but bricks and mortar
don’t make a school, we
do: our students, our staff
and our community.”
Andy Sprakes (Headteacher) :
Christmas party to students
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