LA Adoption of Honeycomb

A number of Local Authorities have seen the benefits that Honeycomb can bring schools within their region and have adopted it to fulfil some core needs.

Learning platform integration – find out more about how Honeycomb can help to provide the tools that pupils want to use to get creative and see videos of integration with Sharepoint, Moodle and Kaleidos.

E portfolio tool – quick and simple means to upload documents

• Far easier to upload documents compared to some VLEs
• Give pupils ownership of an online space they can access from anywhere
• Use to collect evidence for APP.
• Supports a variety of document types, images, videos and audio files.

Encourages Learning Platform / VLE use – Honeycomb provides the place where pupils do their work as opposed to a learning platform which helps schools to deliver work to it’s pupils. Honeycomb integration will foster Learning Platform use.

Far more appealing to pupils – Honeycomb has been designed with the way that pupils want to work in mind. They may be able to output similar things using other tools, but with Honeycomb it will have been far easier, more engaging and fun.

Alternative to other social media – Honeycomb taps into the social networking fun that pupils enjoy. E.g. it enables pupils to leave text, audio or video comments and stickers on each other work, facilitating peer review, but any work published in Honeycomb is always within an e-safe environment set up in advance by the teacher. It also enables teachers to leave comments on pupil’s work too, helping with Assessment for Learning and to engage with pupils in a way they enjoy.

Local Authority Case Studies

Manchester LA
See the video case study on Manchester’s reason for purchasing Honeycomb for all of the authority’s primary schools.

Andrew Wild, School Effectiveness Officer, Children's Services at Manchester LA has overseen Honeycomb's implementation and is happy to be contacted by other authorities about his experience. Should you wish to contact Andrew just let us know.

Other case studies include:

Warwickshire LA – Honeycomb Benefits and Blogging

Cornwall LA – Joined Up Learning: collaboration online

Darlington and Redcar and Cleveland – Honeycomb pilot project

Further information

For further information, or to find out more about trailing Honeycomb, or setting up a Honeycomb pilot project yourself, email: psadler@ligthbox-ed.com or call 01332 258381.