February 24, 2021
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This week I gave an online talk at the Primary Art Craft Design Network Meeting for County Durham Art Co-ordinators. It was based around using audio and images together in viewing and making art. Here is the digital book used … Continue reading
January 26, 2021
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What is Mote? Mote is a Chrome extension. It allows you to add voice feedback within Google Classroom, Docs, Slides etc. The free version allows you to record for 30 seconds and the various subscriptions allow for 90 seconds of … Continue reading
December 7, 2020
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You might wish to have the option of dictating your text when word processing. This can be useful when you are making notes, organising your thoughts or when you are tired of typing! It is available in Microsoft, Google and … Continue reading
September 18, 2020
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This week the National Literacy trust launched two new online resources to support families and educators. The first is called Virtual School Library. You can access it here. Each week the Virtual School Library will introduce a children’s author or … Continue reading
September 11, 2020
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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
September 7, 2020
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We are looking forward to welcoming students to the FDLT course next week (week beginning September 14th). 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
September 4, 2020
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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
September 2, 2020
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Before you start the FDLT course we’d like you to introduce yourself to the group on these Padlets. Leicester group Padlet UoN group Padlet There is no need to have a Padlet account of your own to post onto the … Continue reading
August 28, 2020
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As you begin university you will need to consider where you are going to study at home and begin to prepare this space so that you are ready to use it from the beginning of September. There are some hints … Continue reading
August 24, 2020
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Here are some 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 at the sections on Vygotsky, Bruner, Dewey, Piaget, Engelman, Bandura and … Continue reading