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Equipment for Use or Loan to Schools

Centre equipment can be booked by downloading a booking form (see below). Outreach equipment can be used in the centre or loaned out to schools. The CLC will support the use of various equipment with introductory training sessions and will also offer different levels of follow-up support for staff on site, according to need. The aim is to support skills development in schools and enable independence at a pace that teachers are comfortable with.

Download booking form here.
- 30 17" Fujitsu laptops running Windows XP, high spec for multimedia projects
  These can be used around the various project rooms in the BFI, and can be brought to schools
- 30 Apple iMacs
  Based in Learning Space 1
- 15 Wacom Tablets
  Electronic pens and tablets for use with Photoshop and Illustrator
- Interactive Smartboard in Learning Space 1 and one rolling board
- 15 macbook Apple laptops
  Suitable for photography, animation, and film editing
- 5 Animation Packs
  1 G4 Apple laptop with Canon camcorder, tripod and microphone
- Chroma Key TV kit
  Chroma key is the technology used in TV weather forecasts. It allows pupils to film themselves against a variety of professional backgrounds of their own creation in the Amazonian rainforest, against a local landmark or a scientific diagram. See What’s New (link to ICT Co-ordinators page) for a more detailed outline of how this technology can be used in education
- 20 Canon and Panasonic digital video cameras
- 10 Canon Ixus digital still cameras
- 10 Canon Powershot digital still cameras
- 10 Sony Mavica digital still cameras (record to floppy disk)
- Sony HVR-A1E professional HDV camcorder
- 2 Roland CD compact flash sound recorders
  Allow for recording straight onto cd, creating tracks, and overlaying tracks. Very simple, high quality sound recording
- Samson USB microphones
  Good quality ‘plug and play’ microphones that connect straight into the USB port
- Elmo Visualiser
  Teachers who’ve used visualisers in their teaching quote the following reasons for their success:
  - Displaying text, 2 and 3D objects on a large screen
  - Zoom function enabling small objects to become viewable by a large group. Examples include mini-beasts becoming six foot and children's art work being displayed on a seven- foot screen
  - Live demonstrations of practical subjects such as soldering in DT, condensation in science, paint mixing in Art
  - Easy switching of inputs: visualiser/computer/ video.
  - Digital capture of still images - recording annotations, keeping for student e-portfolio
  - Digital capture of video - recording processes.
  - Split screen function allowing the display of an object and record text in real time.
- DVD and CD duplicator
  Bulk copies CDs and DVDs with printed face
Equipment

CLC equipment is available to use onsite, or to be loaned out to schools. For a list of equipment visit our resources page, and contact our office with any queries.

Equipment for Use or Loan to Schools

Equipment