.. IBM EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES As part of IBM’s Corporate Citizenship programme, a number of educational programmes and resources have been developed for teachers and schools across the UK. These resources cater for a wide range of age groups and have a strong focus on science, technology, literacy and arts/culture. All resources are free to use and can provide valuable, additional resources for use inside the classroom. More information is provided below with an indication of suitable age ranges and relevant groupings. Blue Fusion Suitable for: Secondary Schools Email: hurseve@uk.ibm.com What is it? Blue Fusion has been run for more than a decade at Europe’s largest software development laboratory, IBM Hursley, Winchester. In a series of one day events, 14 and 15 year old students participate in a number of exciting activities specifically designed to show the possibilities of engineering and technology. Details of the following year’s Blue Fusion plan are sent out to schools each September. If you wish to be added to the list please e-mail hurseve@uk.ibm.com. Schools simply sign up for the events they are interested in and places are allocated on a first come, first served basis. Teachers TryScience Suitable for: Primary & Secondary Schools www.teacherstryscience.org What is it? A website for school teachers which provides free and engaging lessons, along with teaching strategies and resources. The material on the website is designed to spark students’ interest in science, technology, engineering and math (STEM). TryScience Suitable for: Primary & Secondary Schools www.tryscience.org What is it? The TryScience website is free and aims to engage 8-14 year olds in science and technology by providing a number of on-line and offline activities which includes information on experiments and also field trips. Activities are hands on, simple and affordable and don’t require prior scientific knowledge. Technology Building a smarter planet is IBM's point of view on how interconnected technologies are changing the way the world functions. Smarter Planet is IBM’s approach to bring a new level of smart to how the world works—how every person, business, organisation, government, natural system, and man-made system interacts. Each interaction represents a chance to do something better, more efficiently, more productively. But more than that, as the systems of the planet become smarter; we have a chance to open up meaningful new possibilities for progress. IBM has developed a number of resources which align with the Smarter Planet initiative and can engage students in thinking about how the planet can work ‘smarter’. For general information on Smarter Planet visit: www.ibm.com/smarterplanet. The Smarter City Suitable for: www.ibm.com/thesmartercity Secondary School & Universities What is it? TheSmarterCity is a tool to visualise how cities can become smarter through the interconnection of data, instrumentation of systems and intelligence gained from analytics. Many Eyes Suitable for: www-958.ibm.com Secondary School & Universities What is it? The Many Eyes is a data visualisation website which allows users to upload their data and then produce graphic representations for others to view and comment upon. City Forward Suitable for: www.cityforward.org Secondary School & Universities What is it? City Forward is a free, web-based tool that helps users see how data can be used to understand what is happening in a city. The tool then enables users to contribute to decisions/discussions about the issues highlighted. Innov-8 Suitable for: Secondary School & Universities www.ibm.com/innov8 What is it? INNOV8 is a Business Process Management (BPM) simulation game, that gives both IT and business players a better understanding of how effective BPM impacts an entire business ecosystem. INNOV8 also demonstrates how a more instrumented, interconnected and intelligent world supports process improvements and working smarter to help build a smarter planet. Reading Companion Suitable for: All ages www.readingcompanion.org What is it? A free, web-based literacy programme that uses voice recognition technology to help children and adults learn how to read. There are a number of e-books to select from according to reading ability and users also have the opportunity to create and publish their own e-books for others to use. Eternal Egypt Suitable for: Primary & Secondary Schools www.eternalegypt.org What is it? Eternal Egypt is an interactive website that enables young people to explore the art and history, people and places, myths and religions of Ancient Egypt. Hermitage Museum Suitable for: Primary & Secondary Schools www.hermitagemuseum.org What is it? The collection of the State Hermitage includes more than three million works of art and artefacts of world culture. The site provides on-line resources for schools which can be used as an additional tool in the classroom. IBM Careers Information IBM Careers and Jobs www.ibm.com/jobs/uk If you would like to find out more about a career in IBM please visit the above website or follow IBM through Facebook or Twitter Facebook: facebook.com/ibmukcareers Twitter: twitter.com/ibmukcareers IBM Student www.ibm.com/university/students Portal Resources for future business and technical leaders. Follow IBM on Twitter @ IBMUKCitizen Ruth Scorey Hursely Events and Community Programmes Ruth_scorey@uk.ibm.com
