Attended a training session on the student response software Socrative
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(Fortnightly) week notes 8
The past two weeks have been busy, I have:
Ran the study skills website with a group of L1 Engineering students
Attend a conference at the University of Salford on ‘Re-thinking education for the digital era‘
Wrote a workshop proposal for JISC RSC YH Summer Conference 2013
Tested potential new hardware for the role out of audio recording tutorials
Been introduced to xtLearn which is a visual bookmarking tool
Submitted my first assignment for the degree that I am studying in computing, IT and design
Attended a day school on the basics of computer programming
Accepted the offer to resume the MSc n Multimedia and E-learning next year
Week note 6/2013
This week it was half term at the college I work at so I’ve put my work related tasks on hold and have been indulging in my own tech interests:
- As part of the #etmooc I have looked into digital story telling which has lead me to collaborating with my peers and creating ‘The Pirate‘ story.
Week note 2/2013
This week I’ve:
- Participated in my first webinar! Normally I lurk.
- #etmooc – read and commented on blog posts plus attended the above webinar
- Sent off my CMALT application for assessment.
- Presented an ‘ILT Tip’ at the sixth form academic board
- Arranged for my students to interview an award winning journalist for the ‘Careers TV’ project
- Organised a web designer for the ‘Careers TV’ site
- Had the branding created for the ‘Careers TV’ site
- Organised a focus group for the study skills project
- Connect with my peers via the alt forum and received lots of useful replies for a training package I’m working on
- Created a staff training session on electronic presentation tools which includes a comic book generator and software for creating interactive posters
Week note 2/2013
Here’s what I’ve been up to this week:
- Saw the first draft of the study skills website that I am working on
- Ran a focus group with 8 AS students for feedback on the website
- Organised a focus group within the engineering dept
- Recruited a team of student volunteers to work on the ‘Careers TV’ site
- Started the etmooc by attending the orientation seminar and publishing my response to the first task
- Using various social media tools, through the etmooc, I have connected with and learn from to a wide range of educators from across the globe