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Teaching and Technology 1
This section of Itslife live is about helping teachers use technology in ways which will enhance and support their students' learning. It will concentrate on advice, tutorials and down to earth examples of what you can do.
Please contribute experiences and ideas (either good, or not so good) to share with others.
BASICS
There isn't a lot of point starting to use sophisticated web tools and online gadgets unless you are reasonably confident with the basics in terms of technology and teaching. Below are a selection of good sources of online help, tutorials and advice about the basics of technology.
GOLDEN RULES However enthusiastic or sceptical you may be about using technology in your teaching, always:.
MY GUIDE  The UK Online centres in England have adopted the My Guide website as a way to support new learners to use the Internet.The website offers free and easy to use e-mail and search engine facilities without the user being bombarded with adverts, as the whole site is banner free.It also offers basic ICT training on a host of subjects from using a mouse and keyboard to looking for a job online.All of the courses are aimed at the beginner as they take their first few steps on the Internet. The website also offers users the ability to change and save settings such as span size and text colour, as well as having an inbuilt screen reader. What is myguide? The myguide service is aimed at people who are harder to reach, such as people who are excluded because of age, culture, physical or cognitive disabilities, attitude, or lack of knowledge and education. All of the website facilities are provided free, although access to some aspects will require you to register as a customer. A great way to improve your own skills, and a website well worth recommending to students who are not very confident with IT. |
USING THE INTERNET  WEBWISE is the BBC's guide to using the internet, and is as good a place to start as any if you are not confident about using the world wide web.Webwise includes 'Guides' where well-known TV presenters explain some of the most important tools and techniques, including 'Getting Online'; 'Sharing Online' and 'Watching TV online' There is an online course where you can learn how to use the internet step by step. Ask Bruce enables you to ask questions online, and search for answers to questions asked previously by others. | USING POWERPOINT WORLD OF TEACHING is a large selection of PowerPoint presentations, which are freelt available for anyone to use, so you don't even have to be able to creat a presentation" As always, check before you use! Using POWERPOINT IN THE CLASSROOM is an eight-unit tutorial showing teachers how to to use PowerPoint. It includes the basics on using PowerPoint's toolbars, laying out information, saving, moving information to the place you'll be presenting it - and more. OTHER PRACTICAL ICT SKILLS PROMOTING E-LEARNING (see also in the e-learning section below) contains many practical activities which will help teachers build their ICT skills. |
SEARCHING THE INTERNET Bare Bones 101 - a comprehensive tutorial on searching the web. Finding Information on the Internet: A Tutorial Excellent introduction to Web searching basics; from the University of California, Berkeley Teaching Library's Internet Workshops series. INTERNET IMAGE SEARCHING is another very useful tutorial from Intute which promises to teach you how to use the Internet to find copyright cleared images for your work, quickly and efficiently? | INFORMATION SKILLS  INTUTE: VIRTUAL TRAINING SUITE provides free Internet tutorials to help you learn how to get the best from the Web for your education and research. The tutorials are written and updated by a national team of subject specialists based in universities and colleges across the UK.There are also additional tutorials including INTERNET DETECTIVE, which is a free Internet tutorial to learn to discern the good, the bad and the ugly for your online research |
E-LEARNING 1 E-JOURNEY ON E-LEARNING Describes itself as follows - 'This e-journey is a free guide to e-learning written by Derek Stockley. E-learning is explained, the major fields of expertise are explored, gurus and experts are listed and a comprehensive range of links is provided. It is designed to provide general information and specific design tips. This online training course/program assumes a basic knowledge of how the internet operates, however the e-learning content is suitable for both the novice and experienced user. It is an example of computer based training. Web education should be fun. Enjoy!'  The Practical guide to e-learning for industry is a set of information screens, checklists and links that will help any business, large or small, to get started in e-learning, or to improve existing e-learning programs. The production of the Practical guide to e-learning for industry (Practical guide) is part of the Industry Engagement Project of the Australian Flexible Learning Framework. Printable version | E-LEARNING 2 PROMOTING E-LEARNING is an online resource which is available as part of the Skills for :Life Quality Initiative. The materials are in two parts, firstly 'Introducing e-learning' and secondly ', 'e-learning for teacher educators', there are training manuals for each section, and many practical activities. An excellent resource which focusses on technology and skills for life, but is useful for e-learning staff development in other areas too. (with thanks to Sarah Chu) THESE RESOURCES ARE PRACTICALLY BASED, AND INCLUDE MANY ACTIVITIES WHICH MOST TEACHERS COULD MAKE USE OF, AND ACTIVITIES TO HELP YOU IMPROVE THEIR SKILLS WITH TECHNOLOGY 'EFFECTIVE PRACTICE WITH E-LEARNING' from the Joint Information Systems Committet (JISC) is built around a sequence of ten case studies illustrating practitioners' solutions to day-to-day challenges. (download pdf 380k) JISC Operates a number of Regional Support Centres around the country, and there is a clickable map of centres, at: http://www.jisc.ac.uk/index.cfm?name=rsclocation RSC Northwest is a good example, and it is at: http://www.rsc-northwest.ac.uk/ |
USING TECHNOLOGY - INTERMEDIATE
This section provides resources which can help you move into more confident use of technology
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