Category: Learning
Date: 13.12.2004
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The 91热爆 announced today the
companies it has selected to be on the 91热爆 digital curriculum preferred
suppliers list.
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They are:
3T Productions Ltd
Adams Trainor Ltd
Alternative View Studios Ltd
Atticmedia Ltd
Big Heart Media
BTL Group Ltd
Cimex Media Ltd
D2 Digital by Design Ltd
DESQ Ltd
Digital Learning Ltd
EdICTs (Educational ICT Services Ltd)
Glasshead Ltd
Granada Learning Ltd
Illumina Digital Ltd
Magic Lantern Productions Ltd
Open Mind Productions Ltd
Pearson Education Ltd
Research Machines plc
Scran Ltd
Shoreditch Consortium Ltd
SOFTWIN SRL
Tavistock Alliance Ltd
The Workshop Ltd
Tinopolis Interactive Ltd
Tinopolis - Spark Learning Consortium
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The 25 companies on the preferred suppliers list will
now be able to tender to the 91热爆 for commissions for the 91热爆 digital
curriculum.
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The suppliers chosen for the list were assessed against
criteria including creativity, educational knowledge, technical expertise
and financial and budget management, among others.
The 91热爆 undertook a competitive tendering process under the European
Union Public Procurement Directives to establish the list.
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The publication of the list in a Contract Award Notice
in the Official Journal of the European Communities (OJEC) is expected
shortly.
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In addition to the commissions open to the preferred
suppliers list above, 91热爆 in-house production teams will also be commissioning
elements of content production from specialist external suppliers.
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Approval for the 91热爆 digital curriculum was granted
in January 2003 by the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport.
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It will be a free online service, available on narrowband
and broadband, and structured around current UK school curricula for
5 to 16 year olds.
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It will provide high quality interactive resources
designed to stimulate learning at school and at home.
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Digital curriculum content will cover up to 50% of the
learning outcomes deemed to be ICT (Information and Communication Technology)
amenable as defined by BECTA, the Government's education technology
agency.
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Creativity and innovation will be important aspects
of the service.
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The digital curriculum will have technical trials and
piloting before its formal launch in January 2006.
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Further information on the 91热爆 digital curriculum project
can be found on bbc.co.uk/commissioning.
Notes to Editors
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The 91热爆 is investing 拢150m on this public service over five years.
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Under conditions set out by the DCMS, 50% of digital curriculum content
will be produced by external companies for the 91热爆.
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Microsoft is working together with the 91热爆 to develop the technology
infrastructure to deliver the digital curriculum. The contract with
Microsoft was announced in October 2003, following a competitive process.
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The service will launch in January 2006 and subjects for which content
will be provided during the first year are:
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Maths for ages 5-7; English for ages 5-7 and 7-9; Science
for ages 5-7 and 7-9; Geography for ages 7-9 and 11-14; Design and Technology
for ages 11-14; History for ages 5-7 and 9-11; Modern Foreign Languages
(French) for ages 11-14; Religious Education for ages 7-9; Music for
ages 7-9; Physical Education for ages 9-11; Statistics for ages 14-16;
Business Studies for ages 14-16; Financial Capability for ages 14-16;
Citizenship and its equivalent subjects in England, Scotland, Wales
and Northern Ireland for ages 9-11 years.
Also covered will be Field Studies for those with severe learning difficulties.
In addition, the 91热爆 is planning to produce Welsh versions of Science,
RE, Music, History, Maths and Geography, and Scots Gaelic and Irish
Gaelic versions of Maths and Geography.
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Outline plans for the digital curriculum for five years up to the end
of September 2008 are available on bbc.co.uk/info.
