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| Teachers at the #ISLconnects workshop |
It's hard to know when you are going to find the time to learn about all those shiny tech tools people keep talking about. The time is now!
We are delighted that the school is providing cover for teachers who sign up for the new series of #ISLconnects PD workshops. Last Tuesday, the first group of colleagues joined Steve for "Cloud documents in the classroom". We will conclude this week.
On Thursday this week, Becky will teach the first "Collaboration and Thinking Routines" workshop. It is already fully subscribed!
For those who missed them but would like to join us, we will be repeating the same workshops before the February half-term. Please sign up for any workshop that interests you and at the same time put in your application for a substitute through Cascade (mentioning #ISLconnects in the 'additional information').
Below are the new dates in the programme:
| Workshop | Date(s) | |
| Using cloud documents with your students - Research, Create, Share, Collaborate (2 sessions) | Tues 7 Feb, D day, p3 (1045-1145) and Tues 14 Feb, B day, p3 (1045-1145) | Sign up here |
| Collaboration and Thinking Routines Online - Padlets, Digital Whiteboards and more (1 session) | Thur 9 Feb, G day, p3 (1045-1145) | Sign up here |
Using cloud documents (Two 1 hour sessions - you should attend both)There are many reasons to learn the skills of using Google Drive etc. These include: no more heavy attachments nor multiple versions of the same resource; embeddable in the LMS; contain multimedia resources; exist in many formats including Microsoft; great for student group-work. Learn these skills and more (based on Steve's 'Power and the Point' presentation).
Collaboration and thinking routines (1 hour session)Promoting collaboration online with organized activities using digital whiteboards and Padlet. We will use specific backgrounds to sort ideas, and even learn to create unique backgrounds to utilise in these tools.
If your team is interested in inviting us to deliver one of the workshops during your collaboration time, please get in touch and we will be glad to oblige.
The workshops we are offering were inspired by the consultation about effective lessons at the staff meeting of 30th November 2016 at which 'collaboration' was identified as a key feature. We have many ideas for other workshops, including Digital Literacy and Digital Projects; The Flipped Classroom and Top Tools for Curation and Creation, with yet more to follow. We are happy to prepare other topics on request.
