Skoogle CPD Day, Nearly
Today was our only full ‘VLE day’ for staff and I am left with a strange mix of reflections. The positives, bringing in an ‘outsider’ added assurance to our staff that we were not misleading them. Toby Holman, Asst Head …
CPD and INSET
Professional learning and training
Department Time
This Friday we had the whole day to spend together as a Department. Although prior to the meeting I had requested and received agenda items, I decided we would start the day by writing our self review document for the …
Ducks to Water
Today our Moodle technician introduced a small group (9) of Digital Leaders to course creation within Skoogle. We had 9 students, all content with building these ‘Introduction Course’ for their teacher partner. With very little guidance they soon got to …
Click
Spencer Kelly gave the opening keynote presentation at the Eastleigh Consortium staff CPD day, a courtesy to his former teacher Chris Cheetham. Accepting he a professional presenter, and a computer science graduate, it was the underlying theme to his keynote …
CC plugin
Today I found a Windows only Microsoft’s Creative Commons Add-in for Office. License your office docs with an easy drop-drop menu. Once installed, the add-on is extremely easy to use—just check the new Creative Commons tab on the Ribbon if …
Forgotten Gems
‘You can only improve your teaching by changing it.’ CPD in a can. That is how I referenced Geoff Petty’s website the teacherstoolbox. This is the first place I came across Hattie, across PAR and someone with an endearing passion …
Takeaway from Hampshire VLE Day
First I enjoyed the day, meeting with colleagues and sharing information. This has been extended this evening with a few Twitter connections too (mcntmgr, Lara_Young, alcrooks for example). I also made a couple of email colleagues 3D and was able …
Hampshire VLE Day
In preparation for the Hampshire VLE day I have created two presentations. One investigating the startup processed I pursued at Hamble College in seeking our VLE and the second looking at how including students in CPD and strategic ICT policy …