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Internet Studies Advanced WebPortfolio (ISAW) course

St Maurice

Albert Baeumel teaches an Internet Studies Advanced WebPortfolio (ISAW) course to S5 and S6 pupils at St Maurice’s High School. Two of Albert’s former pupils are hosting an open day for younger pupils - to showcase some of the projects that they have been involved in and to encourage the younger pupils to join the course next year.

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Teacher profile

Albert was born and educated in Bavaria, Germany. He worked in a rehabilitation unit for the deaf in Glasgow before obtaining his Postgraduate Certificate in Education (PGCE) at Jordanhill College. He has been working at St Maurice’s High for about 10 years. 

Albert introduced the ISAW course around seven years ago: he started by teaching basic internet use and web page design. Since then he has been developing a program that addresses more sophisticated issues, such as web publishing and content management systems. The evolving course covers, and goes beyond, the current SQA’s Internet National Unit specification. 

School profile

St Maurice's High School is in Cumbernauld and serves the areas of Cumbernauld, Croy, Kilsyth, Muirhead and Moodiesburn. Being a sports comprehensive, the school has excellent sport facilities, including a swimming pool, games hall, two football pitches and a rugby pitch. 

The catchment area is suburban. The school roll is currently 1112. 110 pupils have free school lunches, 11 are recorded as having special educational needs and there are no pupils who speak English as a second language. 

The school has 320 computers with eight dedicated ICT rooms. The post of ICT coordinator is part of the remit of the depute headteacher. In-house and local authority courses are available, covering a wide range of ICT from presentation software to computer aided design (CAD).