Who Dares, Wins

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Who Dares, Wins
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Easy ways to succeed using Learning Platforms
Greg HughesConsultant Deep Experience
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LEARNINGPLATFORM
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How the VLE can help
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Without a VLE
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WITH a VLE
it only helps if you put in the effort
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Different types of VLE
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Once you learn to drive a car, you can quickly
get used to a different make. How we use the VLE
to support learning is more important than being
an ICT expert.
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What did you have for breakfast?
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CLIPBANK
MY DOCUMENTS
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• Learning Platform developments VLE
• Several years experience already
• All subjects now covered with pages resources
  at KS5
• Expanding more into KS3/4 to pick up other
  subjects, more clubs and groups
• Increased diversity of activities being used by
  various staff
• Looking at new VLE for September 2009 will
  allow parental access to data and link to SIMS.
• Strengthen links with primary cluster aim for
  seamless transition

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E-Mentoring
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Relevant links for independent learning.
Class vote on topical subject.
Pod casting Download
Live topical design news from the young designers.
Class journal for E-mentoring
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E-Mentoring

• Year 10 present Pod cast and post on the VLE
• Year 13 view Pod Cast through the VLE
• Year 13 leave feedback for Year 10
• Pupils communicate through the class journal

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Physics
File boxes with notes from class quizzes.
Link to Past Papers Mark Schemes
Student Discussion Forums
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Physics
Votes on topics.
You Tube video
Assignments (ELFs)
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10 good ways to use the VLE to support learning
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• Add past exam papers mark schemes
• Upload podcasts / podquizzes
• Make use of forums to start discussions get
  students to help each other
• Add weblinks to direct them to broaden deepen
  their studies
• Use votes surveys to get student views

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10 good ways to use the VLE to support learning
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6. Submit mark homework online 7. Track
research for projects using ELFs 8. Save class
notes quizzes in file boxes 9. Use RSS news
feeds to point them at current news/events in
your subject 10. Display movies from You Tube,
Clipbank, and class presentations
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• SOME FURTHER IDEAS
• Staff surveys Support
• ILPs
• Clubs Groups
• Self-assessment quizzes
• Clipbank
• Flash games

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Staff e-learning survey
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SECTION 1 Confidence in using ICT for
e-learning 4 very confident, 3 quite
confident, 2 OK, 1 Never really used it

• Most staff seem much more confident using the ICT
  resources they have.
• Key priorities for 2008 2009 are
• Interactive Whiteboard training, especially for
  faculties that havent had them before
• More training in using My Classes, in and out of
  lessons
• Some sessions on SIMS?

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Staff e-learning survey
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SECTION 2 How well could ICT support
Personalising Learning in your area? 1
strongly disagree, 2 disagree, 3 unsure,
4 agree, 5 strongly agree

• There were very few staff who felt these ideas
  were not of some use. The most popular areas were
  use of games, quizzes concept maps.
• Key priorities for 2008 2009 are
• Further training on using Hot Potatoes to
  produce revision/review quizzes
• Training on using free concept mapping software
  Real Smart
• Look at purchasing/making ICT learning games for
  staff to use in lessons with students

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Staff Support
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Phase 1
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VLE my ae!
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Phase 2
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Id love to use the VLE more but its making me
tear my hair out!
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Phase 3
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VLE? Lets really get stuck in.
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• Individual Learning Plans (ILPs)
• Last year trials with Y7/Y10/Y12
• This year phased in for Y8/Y9/Y11/Y13
• Templates devised by AG staff
• NTDLs help put them onto VLE
• Students access templates and fill in during
  sessions in morning tutorials
• Filled-in templates saved displayed in an
  online portfolio for form tutor to access/add
  reflections to, as needed

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Individual Learning Plans (ILPs)
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Individual Learning Plans (ILPs)
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Sign Language Club
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Fill in the blanks exercises
Matching pairs
Puts activities together in bulk
Mix up sequence sentences
Multiple choice quizzes
Create crosswords
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CLIPBANK
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Learning Games
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• Flash e-learning games activities produced in
  house by a web designer
• Students use them in lessons and at home to
  support active learning and self-assessment
• Multimedia-rich and interactive
• Export games to the learning platform

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FINAL THOUGHTS
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• SATURATION - Offer students a wide choice of
  resources to learn from Shotgun approach!
• DRIP FEED - Keep chipping away at staff to
  encourage use, suggest ideas, experiment
• Develop a TEAM to support all staff in setting
  up pages learning tools booster sessions?
• ENCOURAGE staff to share ideas at meetings
• ASK students what do THEY want? Get them
  involved

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de Ferrers
Specialist Technology College
Greg HughesConsultant Deep Experiencee-mail
hughesg_at_deferrers.mg4l.net Skype
deepexperience1 Website www.deferrers.com
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