Gigajam and Rockschool at Salford CLCnet
Salford CLC's, Buille Hill and Moorside run some of the most impressive inclusive activities. They started with just one session a week and now have 6 sessions a week running across both CLCs.
One of the most exciting aspects of this is that Salford CLC's now employ the Music Services to run the sessions and have a model of collaboration that fulfils many of the desires of Central Government in providing genuine 'wider opportunities'. The way Kevin Palmer has developed the resource at his centres, utilising Gigajam and bringing in the Music Services, means that more children have a chance to learn to play a musical instrument and quite frankly without people like Kevin, they would never have had a chance to work with Music Services staff at all. It provides a scaleable solution and a model that demonstrates that ICT can be used to give greater access to Musical instrument lessons. This is close to a perfect example of the Music Manifesto being achieved on a local level in a scaleable and sustainable way, with a model that could easily be scaled nationally.
Project Aim
The aim of the project is to develop a contemporary music programme offer across the Salford CLCs.
Project Objectives
The objectives of the project are to:
- Acquire and install Gigajam software at both CLCs
- Deliver at least one weekly after-school ‘rockschool’ session to at least ten learners in each centre in the first instance
- Deliver elements of the core KS3 and KS4 music curriculum through Gigajam in at least one of the centres by July 2005
- Make links with MAPAS and other appropriate agencies and projects to develop further work such as:
- Seamless progression through CLC and Salford MAPAS – MAPAS contemporary music teachers to have laptops with Gigajam loaded – March 2005
- Rockschool at one of Salford’s Special Schools – motivation and engagement – April 2005
- Gigajam on the web through the Salford CLC web site – logon secure – May 2005
- Link to other CLC Projects – KS2 Music, Salford Pop Star, The Swinton High School Recording Studio, Mini Recording Studios at Moorside and Buile Hill CLCs
Project Activities
The following PowerPoint slides, taken from a presentation to CLC Managers in January 2005, provide a summary of project activities:
Project Funding
This project is financially possible as a result of support by EiC and Salford CLC – all features of the project are delivered from the CLC Capital and Revenue budgets.
Total budgets for installation at each centre are in the order of £9,000 to cover sixteen users, though this assumes having the network in place and up to standard. The Gigajam licence is around £1,000 per centre per year.
Detailed budgetary breakdowns are available from the author on demand.
Project Monitoring and Evaluation
| The objectives: |
Monitored by whom, when |
Reported by and to whom, when |
| Acquire and install Gigajam software at both CLC’s |
CLC Director, December 04 and March 05 |
By CLC Director to CLC Board |
| Deliver at least one weekly after-school ‘rockschool’ session to at
least ten learners in each centre in the first instance |
Moorside – Jan 05 Buile – April 05
Centre Managers |
By CLC Director to CLC Board |
| Deliver elements of the core KS3 and KS4 music curriculum through
Gigajam at at least one of the centres by July 2005 |
CLC Director July 05 |
By CLC Director to CLC Board |
| Make links with MAPAS and other appropriate agencies and projects to
develop further work such as: Seamless progression through CLC and Salford
MAPAS – MAPAS contemporary music teachers to have laptops with Gigajam
loaded – March 2005
Rockschool at one of Salford’s Special Schools – motivation and
engagement – April 2005
Gigajam on the web through the Salford CLC web site – logon secure – May
2005
Link to other CLC Projects – KS2 Music, Salford Pop Star, The Swinton
High School Recording Studio, mini recording studios at Moorside and Buile
Hill CLC’s |
CLC Director July 05 summary report |
By CLC Director to CLC Board |
| The benefits |
Monitored by whom, when |
Reported by and to whom, when |
| Part of the drive to improve community use |
In usage reporting |
Centre Managers to CLC Board |
| Raising motivation and removing barriers to learning |
Rockschool tutors – ad hoc focus groups |
Tutors to Centre Managers |
| Improving usage by non-host schools |
In usage reporting |
Centre Managers to CLC Board |
| Developing independent learning |
Rockschool tutors – ad hoc focus groups |
Tutors to Centre Managers |
| Promoting a positive impression of education |
Rockschool tutors – ad hoc focus groups |
Tutors to Centre Managers |
| Flexible and technology-based delivery – e-learning objectives and
imperatives |
Rockschool tutors – ad hoc focus groups |
Tutors to Centre Managers |
| Addressing the music curriculum |
Music staff in host school |
By CLC Director to CLC Board |
| Creating a non-school environment |
Rockschool tutors – ad hoc focus groups |
Tutors to Centre Managers |
| Creating a non-CLC environment |
Rockschool tutors – ad hoc focus groups |
Tutors to Centre Managers |
Project Contact Details
Contact details for the author and project manager are:
Dr. Kevin Palmer
CLC Director
Moorside City Learning Centre
2 Broadbent Street
Swinton
Manchester M27 0BQ
Tel 0161 921 2191
kevin.palmer@salford.gov.uk
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