This week on the FDLT Y1 course we were fortunate to have some expert and specialist visitors in our PDT1076 session. This was organised for us by Beverly Clarke, the National Community Manager at Computing At School (CAS) and facilitated … Continue reading →

This week the FDLT Year 1 students visited the Van Gogh Immersive Experience in Leicester. It is set in All Saints Church in the centre of Leicester and is based around using Augmented Reality (AR) and Virtual Reality (VR) digital … Continue reading →

We are looking forward to welcoming students to the FDLT course next week (week beginning September 13th). You will have been receiving emails from us and from the university about starting the course. What should I do before I come … Continue reading →

Before you start the FDLT course we’d like you to introduce yourself to the group on these Padlets. Leicester group Padlet https://uon1.padlet.org/jean_edwards/LEICY1intro21 UoN group Padlet https://uon1.padlet.org/jean_edwards/UoNY1intro21 There is no need to have a Padlet account of your own to post onto … Continue reading →

You might wish to create a image of yourself that you can use instead of your photo in profile pictures on NILE and other tools that we use. Here are many ways of doing this. Here are two suggestions: Face.co … Continue reading →

When you begin to take part in discussion about your setting and begin to write assignments you will need some basic information about your school to provide contextual background. It would be useful if you could collect this information and … Continue reading →

You were sent this FDLT course reading list in July: Here are some further suggestions for pre-course reading: Bates, B. (2016). Learning theories simplified : … and how to apply them to teaching. London: Sage. Have a look in particular … Continue reading →