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Responding to the challenges education

faces in a changing world

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W H A T P E O P L E S A Y A B O U T L O O K R E D

Mike Lloyd, Schooling Solutions Lead in the Microsoft World Wide Education Solutions Group

said, “education is at an inflection point with governments increasingly concerned about effectiveness and

engaging young people in learning in schools. lookred®„s solutions show what is possible with today‟s tech-

nologies to positively impact on these key agendas.”

Chris Gerry, Executive Principal, New Line Learning Academies says, “we have been pleased to work

with lookred® solutions to develop this proof of concept which we believe to be a significant step change. Their

thinking and skills match our aspirations and more importantly they understand our challenging vision.

lookred® understand, as we do, the possibilities that exist if it is possible to turn data into smart information

capable of intelligent review by educators and learners. The proof of concept demonstrates how it is possible

to make it easier to interact with massive amounts of data in ways that are powerful, informative, and fun.”

“...lookred®„s solutions show what is possible with today‟s technologies

to positively impact on these key agendas.” - Mike Lloyd, Microsoft Schooling Solutions Lead

Daniel Fearnley, IT Business Partner (Children & Schools), Hampshire County Council commented,

“Hampshire CC has been pleased to be involved in the development of this proof of concept with lookred®

solutions. Through consultation with schools a picture is emerging that too often technology is used in educa-

tion to reinforce an increasingly outmoded model of education centred on the school and teacher rather than

around the needs of the learner.”

“Hampshire's approach is to embrace the opportunities that change offers now and get the benefit of being an

innovator. The trick is spotting what innovation is a gimmick and what can actually change the way we work.

As the development of this POC has moved forward it has become clear to us we are seeing something that is

full of real potential to drive a much needed change in practice,” adds Fearnley.

H O W D O I W O R K WI T H LO O K R E D ?

There are different ways of working with us so you can find the way that fits your requirements.

Early customers are engaging directly with lookred® to build bespoke solutions

You can subscribe to lookred®„s „private cloud‟ services

Through our licensed resellers and technology vendors who are on a government framework

Through lookred® partners who are integrating lookred® solutions into their offer

Please contact the lookred® team at:

enquiry@lookred.com or on +44 (0)1483 685510. Visit www.lookred.com

MARKET NEEDS

Education reform is key to success in a

global economy

Engaging young people in learning is key

to raising achievement and aspirations

Personalisation and accountability are

key agendas in the modern world

School systems have lots of data but little

information. Turning data into smart infor-

mation is key to improved decision mak-

ing and early and intelligent‟ intervention.

The focus is increasingly on “doing more

with less”

Who is lookred®?

T HE NE E D F O R A F R ES H AN D I N NO VA TIVE APP R O AC H

We live in a world where it is possible to wrap the information, tools

and resources around the needs and characteristics of an individual.

lookred® believes the market lacks innovation through ICT and needs

some fresh thinking.

We need to think differently because at the moment education con-

tinues to lag far behind in the way the full potential of technology is

being exploited in other sectors and walks of life.

Too often schools have to react to historical data and young people

are not able to learn in ways that are compelling and in line with their

preferences. Technology is often used in education to reinforce an

increasingly outmoded model of education centred on the school and

teacher rather than around the personalised needs of the learner.

lookred® solutions demonstrate it is possible to improve the experi-

ence for a learner as well as allow educators to make far better use

of their available resources.

Today software is incredibly smart and intelligent. It has a potential

that is largely untapped in education around the world and at a time

when the cry is for the urgent reform of education systems in order to

compete economically, lookred®„s solutions are timely!

Cloud solutions to help innovation in education

AN END TO END SOLUTION FOR

PERSONALISED, ANYWHERE, ANYTIME

LEARNING AND DECISION SUPPORT.

EMERGING TECHNOLOGY

The Cloud transforms the way in which services can

be delivered securely, in a scalable manner and at

very low cost. By building on available enterprise

technology delivering email and storage, but also

rich social collaboration tools and unified communi-

cations, the existing market stands to be severely

disrupted.

A „ FU T U RE S C H OOL ‟ P R O POS IT I O N

There is a need to think differently to achieve better outcomes

for young people and their communities. lookred® is aware of

a growing number of schools and education authorities who

want to think differently and now lookred® is helping to show

them what „different‟ could look like.

They understand, as we do, the possibilities that exist if it is

possible to turn data into smart information capable of intelli-

gent review by educators and learners.

The „Future Schools‟ proposition has been developed with

New Line Learning Academies and is built around 3 elements

namely:

Insights provides analytics and

trends, geospatial mapping with

compelling visualisations of the data

Education systems are not short of

data but they are short of informa-

tion. The striking benefit in the look-

red® solution is being able to find

individual slices of information scat-

tered across a number of systems,

bring them into one view and then

interact with it in a meaningful way

to make better decisions

Spaces sits at the heart of the

learning platform and allows per-

sonalised anywhere, anytime ac-

cess to all aspects of teaching and

learning. Spaces is a platform that

allows seamless integration with all

educational services from library

management to careers service

information. Social enterprise fea-

tures engage the user through

blogs, wiki‟s, tags and notes, and

the powerful search capabilities

across content and people

Vault can provide intelligent and

early interventions through smart

reviews of data. It is capable of

providing full standalone Student

Information System functionality or

it can integrate with read/write

access to your current Management

Information System (MIS)* and

other systems in use

„Smart‟ ICT‟ for compelling learning and better

decision making

Change and education management services

Inspirational physical environments

These 3 elements work together and feed from each

other. Partnership is key and each of the elements

will be delivered by companies who understand the

need for significant reform and can deliver additional

value.

BLEND OF EDUCATION AND ICT EXPERTISE

lookred® is:

Exploiting emerging technologies to create an „Amazon‟ like

experience for learners and „smart‟ tools for teachers and other

decision makers.

Building a lookred® private cloud

Developing a „future schools‟ proposition that works from a

single school all the way through to country wide offer

lookred®‟s directors were responsible for Microsoft‟s engagement

with the Building Schools for the Future programme until 2009 and

worked with progressive Academies. Their backgrounds are in the

education sector and technology consulting.

This disruption is an opportunity for education customers.

lookred® is an agile and imaginative company taking advan-

tage of this shift in the landscape to identify and provide

added value services across education, local government

and citizen services.