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smart data. smart learning.
Responding to the challenges education
faces in a changing world
education consulting ICT consulting
products & solutions cloud development
support
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:
[email protected] 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.