Creating elements on a PowerPoint slide makes your PowerPoint presentation different from the rest. The drawing tools are very powerful and in the right hands can create some simple but effective elements. A popular element is a page curl and there is an excellent video by David Anderson that not only shows you how to [...]
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Informal and social learning in schools – possibly
In this interesting article Why focus on informal and social learning, Charles Jennings identified that non-formal and social approaches to learning will replace formal learning. Although this might be applicable in a business or commercial environment, does it have any relevance in schools? He states that there are 8 drivers for this change, he says: [...]
Teachers – not sure how to find audio and video resources?
JISC Digital Media in conjunction with the Virtual Training Suite (VTS) have launched two new online tutorials: Internet for Audio Resources and Internet for Video and Moving Images. Easy to follow, these tutorials will are ideal for teachers ‘dipping their toes into the water’ for the first time or for experienced teachers wanting to improve [...]
DERN 2009 survey pointing the way?
I know that 2009 is a long way behind us now but nevertheless this survey does suggest some questions that we could ask about e-learning in our schools today. I’m not advocating that the results are indicative or that they can be applied in the UK context, I am suggesting that similar questions could be [...]
Why use PowerPoint, why not use something else?
It’s a good question! Most teachers tend to use a word processor, such as Microsoft Word, to create resources for the classroom. However, most word processors are pretty limited in the sort of functionality needed for use with a learning platform. Sure, you can create diagrams, insert pictures, add text and, if you’re skilled, you [...]
PowerPoint’s pptPlex – a flexible presentation tool
Are you a teacher who loves presentations? Are you a teacher who cannot work through your presentations in a linear way? Well this just may be the answer. A simple add-in to PowerPoint enables a more flexible approach to presentations than the linear format that we almost always adopt. It’s one of those things that [...]
Using a learning platform – WIIFM?
As part of NAACE’s Connect Programme 2, Summer 2010 there is a short video called Summer 2010: Harnessing a Learning Platform – Features & Benefits for Teachers. In the video, Helen Legomski of St. Peter’s High School in Stoke-on-Trent highlights some of the features of a learning platform and the benefits for her as a [...]
Three questions to ask when creating Web 2.0 training
Mary Arnold recently published an article in Learning Solutions magazine called The Human Factor: Three Questions To Ask Yourself When Creating Web 2.0 Training. Mary says, “It’s the learning designer’s job to get the conversation started, to provide interesting activities for the group when conversation flags, and to make sure the interactions between participants stay [...]
Social learning in schools?
Recently, people working with e-Learning or online learning have been exploring the potential of adding or including the social aspects of learning. For some time there has been a realisation that learning is a social activity but the constraints of timetables and classroom-based teaching have often mitigated against the notion of allowing social activity. The [...]
Personal Learning & Thinking Skills assessment
There is no doubt that assessing Personal Learning and Thinking Skills (PLTS) can provide a challenge but add to that the need for recording and tracking PLTS and life becomes even more difficult. SchoolsICT has an ideal solution based upon using Moodle Outcomes. Read more here …