Since acquiring Language College status in 1998, The Ashcombe has built a reputation for innovation in the field of ICT and the use of digital video in particular. This has been recognised by a number of organisations and individuals and has been recorded in several videos shot for a variety of purposes.
A selection is available here; please click on the links to open a window containing each video clip. All clips are in Windows Media format, unless stated otherwise.
These clips have been saved in the 'Intelligent Streaming' format; they will begin playing once a certain proportion has downloaded. Therefore, with the longer clips, there may be a delay before playback starts - the amount of delay is dependent upon your connection speed.
The Ashcombe in Austria
David Blow and Helen Myers delivered a seminar on ICT in Modern Languages to a conference in Austria
ICT at The Ashcombe:
Filmed for BECTa/NCSL for the National College of School Leadership programme entitled 'SLICT - School Leadership in ICT'
DIVERSE 2007:
The Ashcombe School's webmaster, David Seume, presented a paper on the development of interactive learning resources using the Video iPod as a moblie learning platform. In this clip, from Norwegian TV, he is being interviewed about the project
Digital Video Projects at The Ashcombe:
Filmed for the Department for Education and Skills for display on their Broadband Information Point stand at the 2004 BETT Show
Web-based MFL Video Exercises:
An extract from Research Machines main presentation, used on their stand throughout the 2004 BETT Show at Olympia
Newsnight - Interviews with David Blow:
Extracts from BBC Newsnight films (December 2003 and January 2004) concerning the publication and interpretation of 'Value Added' Performance League Tables
DfES CD-ROM - ICT: It Works
The Department for Education and Skills produced a
set of CD-ROMs entitled 'ICT: It Works'.
The Secondary Schools edition contains several videos in which David Blow
(Senior Deputy) discusses aspects of ICT practice at The Ashcombe School.
Another video shows laptops in use in a Physics lesson and one uses our
innovative Video-on-Demand Modern Language resources to illustrate active
learning by students using ICT.
A copy of the CD-ROM is available from the DfES quoting reference number: DfES/0784/2002S
Extract 1: Logistics - Looking Ahead
Extract 2: Logistics - Technical Support
Extract 3: Effective Use - Using ICT
Extract 4: Effective Use - Active Learners
NB: Due to problems beyond our control, there is a slight fault with sound at the beginning of each of these extracts.
BETT Show Seminar on Digital Video
The text of David Blow's seminar delivered at the BETT Show 2003