There are a number of opportunities to take part in free online training in using apps and tools that are useful when supporting learning in the classroom and in your own study. Listed below are four places to start. You might consider the apps and tools most commonly used in your setting and see what is offered in relation to those or just follow your own interests.
This short online course provides a through overview of all the tools available in BookCreator and is a great starting point for using this excellent tool.
Creating visual learning materials with ThingLink
This is part of the Microsoft Educator Center set of training modules. It is worth browsing these are these are some interesting and useful short online courses of relevance to classroom support.
Adobe Creative Educator Level 1
This short course introduces you to using Adobe Spark to make visual and interactive learning resources. It is one of many useful short courses available through Adobe Education Exchange.
Completing the six ipad or Mac Apple Teacher units is a thorough introduction to using Apple apps and tools to support learning with pupils. If you have done this the next step is build your Apple teacher Portfolio.
As you complete these courses you can use the digital badges you earn on your email signature and of course, add them to your CV.
