This course will be run by Anthony Evans, London Borough of Redbridge ICT Consultant and Nicholas Hughes, AST for ICT, at Redbridge Teachers’ Centre. It will be across the year, one day per half term, totalling 6 days. This course is designed for staff who wish to enhance their skills to support children’s learning. They should have some knowledge and skills with ICT, not complete beginners.
Participants will receive some free hardware and materials to support their learning.
There is no cost for this course, lunch will be provided.
Venue: Teachers' Centre
Dates: Day 1 Thurs 8th October 2009
Day 2 Fri 11th December 2009
Day 3 Fri 15th January 2010
Day 4 Thurs 4th March 2010
Day 5 Thurs 3rd June 2010
Day 6 Thurs 8th July 2010
Due to space limitations in the ICT suite at the Teachers’ Centre, places are limited to 18 participants only. All participants will need to commit to the year’s course.
Participants will be contacted via email so that the course can be tailored to their individual needs, providing bespoke learning for this cohort.
To book a place please email Shabz.ali@redbridge.gov.uk with the names and email contacts for the members of staff by September 21st 2009.
Welcome to another update from Redbridge Primary ICT.
The old and new ; the big and the small, but both do the same job Children at Nightingale are using both traditional Laptops and Nintendo DSI for Internet research. If you'd like to know more about how these devices are shaping up, follow this link to Nicholas Hughes's blog.
Here a few important pieces of essential ICT information:
Courses
All Primary ICT Course organised by Redbridge Primary ICT Team - Anthony and Nicholas- are now open and all contain descriptions and embedded evaluation forms - see Redbridgepdc for details and get booking. Any problems, email me straight away
Subject Leaders
Last week we had a very positive and interesting Subject Leaders day, we now inhabit the hall and then split into afternoon workshops, simply because there are so many of us and so much to get through. Do remember that Supply cover for these events is paid
see the montage below
This term we looked at:
Assessment for ICT - we discussed effective work using Assessment for learning and introduced (non statutory) APP for Primary ICT - details and resources for this are all accessible via our Fronter room. This supersedes the tick sheets that many schools draw upon, as these focus on low level skills or outdated QCA expectations, rather than the broader spectrum of knowledge skills and understanding that forms ICT Capability.
This version of APP brings together upon the work already in place for Key Stage 3 and we are one of the first LAS to begin to modify and implement such a system. Though we are now not the only LA following this path. We thank Julian Nietrzebka , who worked with us to develop this guidance. Subject leaders are going to be focusing on this are over the coming year, as we switch our priority from film to assessment. We will be moderating work during each of our termly meetings in 2009/10, in order for us all to be clear on levelness and ICT Capability.
Sketchup from Google- I took a class on how to use this powerful 3d modelling software which is ideal for Key Stage 2 and gifted and talented pupils. I am currently working on this with Year 5 pupils and I am continually surprised by how easily they get to grips with theses initially daunting tools. Sketchup allows you to create 3d models of buildings and shapes, these can be dropped into Google Earth or saved as 2d picture
thank you to Simon Houghton who made this video for me
Anithings - we had a visit from Steve Taylor a software developer, who showed us his creative tool that allows children to create their own Flash animations in a way we'd not seen before. Stve was not here to sell but to find schools to work with on developing this exciting and creative product. We hope to see him back in September to work alongside teachers to create Animations and jointly develop his software- what a great opportunity for Redbridge schools to be part of product development.
We were very fortunate to have a workshop run by Brian Molloy from Glade Primary, Brian helped us to think beyond just pointing and shooting with a flip. He went through the different types of camera angle and gave us some tips on how to create filimic greatness in under 10 minutes. You can see his presentation in the Fronter Room.
By now I have received over 25 films from all phases as entrants in the Redbridge Film Competition. If you haven't sent yours in, then I am afraid you have missed the deadline.
I am posting all the entries on a blog, please have a look and post a comment or just give a rating, I am sure you will be inspired by what you see.
One such film is the Empty School, created by children in Aldersbrook Primary. You can watch this rather spooky film below and then gain an insight into its creation by watching the an interview with Maria Dennis Y5.
And finally
We asked Subject Leaders to list particularly good points from the day- we entered their comments into wordle.net and the results are shown below:
We look forward to seeing as many people as possible on Wednesday 24th June at Redbridge Teachers Center for our termly:
ICT SUBJECT LEADERS MEETING
Hall, S4, S5
REMEMBER TO BRING
A charged laptop
A flip video camera
A range of printed ICT work from a child you have taught.
As always supply cover is paid, please register on PDC.
Agenda
Updates - Local and National - Nic and Anthony
ICT Assessment - Nic and Anthony - What is ICT capability? - Why do we need to assess ICT Capability? - How to assess ICT Capability?
Anithings - Your chance to collaborate on exciting new software with the developer - Stripey Steve
Lunch
e-Safety assemblies - Anthony
Your choice of workshop How to shoot and flip in 3 minutes - Brain Molloy How to model and build a house in less than an hour using Google SketchUp - Anthony
This year we welcome Stephen Heppell to the Redbridge ICT Conference. Alex is at the helm of the conference ship this year and he has created a poster for you to print out and put in your staff rooms. If you have not heard Stephen before, then click through the recent talk he gave at Handheld learning at the Barbican earlier this year. I am sure Conference 09 will be another time of inspiration, networking and equipping, and we look forward to seeing you there!!
KEYNOTE SPEAKER Professor Stephen Heppell “Europe's leading online education expert” (Microsoft) “The most influential academic of recent years in the field of technology and education” (DfES) Stephen is a founder board member of Teachers.TV, he sits on BAFTA's Film Committee and is retained by UK government for Horizon Scanning work to advise on future directions for educational policy.
AUDIIENCE All Redbridge school staff with responsibility for leading ICT Head Teachers, Senior Leaders, Directors of eLearning, ICT Coordinators, ICT Subject Leaders, Network Managers, ICT Technicians, ICT Champions, ICT Lead Teachers, …
CORE OBJECTIIVE To be informative, practical and inspirational The conference aims to answer the key technology questions being asked within schools, to present a range of practical ideas that could have real impact in your school, and to empower teachers to be creative, innovative, practical leaders of change in their context
ON THE PROGRAMME Themed streams of opt-in workshops and presentations Redbridge schools’ projects covering international and local activities Hands-on training by Education City, Sam Learning and Immersive Technologies Presentations on The Rose Review, Online Reporting and the Self Review Framework MIS developments outlined by RM, SIMS and Pearson eSafety advice and tools from Childnet and Forensic
Next Generation Learning now have their own YouTube Channel. There are some great videos here that can be used to stimulate discussion or open an INSET session.
It is clear from the interest in our Film Competition, that many of you are interested in using and working with film with your children. The Film Club looks like a great free resource to help you explore this area further in an after school or Lunch Time club.
FILMCLUB is a network of after-school film clubs. It gives young people the chance to journey through the limitless universe of film. With weekly screenings and activities, FILMCLUB is fast becoming the most popular school activity in the country.
Here is some further information about the project from NATE, its organisers:
FILM CLUB is one of the most exciting initiatives I’ve come across in years. Love film? Love FILM CLUB! Ian McNeilly, Director, NATE
Designed to inspire, entertain, and arouse creative and curious minds, FILMCLUB provides your school with a choice of thousands of films, your licence for screening, promotional materials, and free training for teachers. We have an interactive website onto which your students can upload their own movie reviews and we also run an exciting range of events, competitions and a film industry interaction programme where we arrange for special guests to visit FILMCLUB member schools. FILM CLUB is funded by the DCSF so all of our services are completely FREE to all state funded primary and secondary schools!
“FILMCLUB is a fantastic resource for our School Club. The children love being able to choose films for their own ‘Club Cinema’. It has been a real pleasure seeing children share their enjoyment and appreciation of different films. Characters have been discussed, amusing scenes recounted, it has been astonishing the amount of positive social interaction that FILMCLUB has inspired.”
(Nichola Douglass, FILMCLUB Leader, East Borough Primary School)
Here is a free gift from AVER Media for Redbridge schools and the chance to get a through demonstration of a visualiser, which I know many people maybe thinking about buying.
Aver Media have run pilot projects with Visualisers in our neighbouring borough of Havering, as shown in the film below:
Adrian Kite from AverMedia, says:
A Visualiser from AVerMedia is just what you need to enthuse your students, making learning fun, spontaneous and engaging. Our dedicated sales team would be delighted to show you how a Visualiser can help you to deliver an even better classroom experience for your pupils and make your job easier!
A visualiser can connect to virtually any projector or whiteboard
Provides a striking visual element to your lessons!
Can be used to support all National Curriculum subjects
Capture, annotate and save pupils work - ideal for supporting Assessment for Learning objectives
To book your FREE demonstration, please contact us by email - simon.k@avermedia.com or telephone 01908 371 772 Alternatively complete the form here and fax back to 01908 644 259 You will be sent the vouchers of your choice following the demonstration. Please note that no cash or alternatives will be offered in lieu of vouchers
Welcome to the new home for Redbridge Primary ICT. This should be a place for collaboration and sharing. Please note that the opinions expressed here may not reflect the opions of the ICT advisory team.
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