Spark Island school case studies

Would you like to publicise your school on our site and share your experience of using Spark Island with other schools? Here's how you can...

We would like to hear about your school and its ICT set up, about how you are using Spark Island Online and about which activities work best in which situations. We will then publish the information you send us on the site so that other schools will be able to read about your successes and you will be able to pick up top tips on how other schools have used Spark Island.

If you are interested, please send us a case study on your school. Feel free to include as much information as you like and, if possible, send us any photographs of your school and of your pupils using Spark Island. To help you know what to include, we have listed some prompts below.

Please send your case study back by email to: barbara.snelling@sparklearning.com or by post to:

School Case studies
Spark Learning Ltd
Ames House
7 Duke of York Street
London. SW1Y 6LA

Case study prompts:

Tell us about your school:

How many pupils are there?
How many teachers are there?
How many pupils are there on the SEN register?
Describe any particular school achievements or activities

Tell us about the ICT provision in your school

How many computers do you have? Are they in ICT suites or classrooms?
What type of internet connection do you have?
What sort of training have you and your colleagues had in ICT?
How often do you use ICT in your curriculum teaching?
Do you use mostly CD-ROMs or online resources? Give examples of resources which have been most successful.

Tell us about how you use Spark Island Online

How did you originally hear about Spark Island Online?
How long have you and your colleagues been using Spark Island Online?
How often is the site used?
Is the site used in the ICT suite, on classroom computers, on an interactive whiteboard or in computer clubs?
How has using Spark Island Online affected the way teachers plan their lessons and use ICT?
What age group is Spark Island used most with?

Tell us about how you navigate the site:

How do you find the site to navigate? Are the activities easy to search for and locate?
How do you set up the use of Spark Island activities in your lessons - Do your pupils navigate through the activity finder or do you save specific activities in your personal teacher folder?
Do you ever use the three environments - Spark Park, Sparklantis and Sparkopolis in your lessons or as ways of accessing the learning activities?

Tell us about using the learning activities and resources

Please give examples of activities that have worked well in motivating the class and increasing learning.
Do you use the teaching suggestions and extra printable resources to accompany the interactive activities? If so, which ones have worked well?
Has using Spark Island helped to raise standards in your school? If so, please give examples of how

Overall comments

What is your and your pupils' overall impression of the interactive activities on Spark Island Online?
Do you consider the subscription value for money?
Can you offer top tips to other schools on how to make the most of Spark Island Online?