FE Soundbite (produced by FE News) is a weekly email newsletter which provides news from across all of the Further Education sector. Sign up at https://www.fenews.co.uk/soundbite/ There are always some very interesting articles from a wide range of contributors...

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Modern Learner

Meet The Modern Learner I thought I would share this interesting analysis of a 'Modern Learner' sourced from Twitter. Distracted, Impatient, Untethered, On-Demand, Collaborative and Empowered. What do you think? ...

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FREE DOWNLOAD - Experiential Learning This was included in a recent LinkedIn article and is a 30 page free downloadable manual on suggestions for using experiential learning in training and development. The author, Ann Alder, from RSVP Design; in response to a request from someone looking for activities centred on 'getting to know you' and 'communicating skills, says "I've created a manual of ideas and suggestions about using experiential...

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Picking the right e-learning tool

The world of technology for education is a pedagogical minefield with so many existing and new technologies available. Trying to pick the right one to integrate into learning sessions can be as equally baffling, especially if you are not overly familiar with technology as a whole. The use of technology should be planned carefully and I would always advise a traditional alternative should the tech enabled method not quite come off. For example...

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Thunks

If you attended one of the Bradley Lightbody sessions on training day (Monday 11 April 2016), you may remember him mentioning using 'thunks' as a way of engaging students in discussion and debate, for use as starters or plenaries, or just for fun. A 'Thunk' is described as  a 'beguilingly simple-looking question about everyday things that stops you in your tracks and helps you start to look at the world...

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Collaborating in teams with 'Slack'

Slack is an excellent tool for communicating in teams. Users create channels based around a topic, a team or a shared idea and which allows everyone using to organise interactive conversations. Users can share a range of documents instantly from a variety of different devices. Both private and open channels can be created allowing teams or group to interact in different ways depending on the sensitivity of the topic. Furthermore it can be easily...

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Training Day Mon April 11th North Lindsey College

North Lindsey College Training Day 11-4-16 What a fantastic development opportunity for staff at North Lindsey College. 146 staff took advantage of the opportunity to attend some great sessions. The star of the show was Johnny Ball who inspired us with his key note delivery on Inspirational Maths A range of other sessions/workshops were available for all staff to choose from, many of them delivered by external speakers, and some...

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Blended Learning Consortium

We are pleased to announce we now are part of the  Blended Learning Consortium as one college of over 50. For our subscription we get access to bespoke online learning materials designed by FE tutors as well as a an equal voice in deciding what content is created for the year. The content is structured as a series of 1 hour interactive learning objects, per topic, that include videos and activities that can be used alongside or as sole resources for Blended Learning. As these become available I upload these objects to our content server and...

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The Review Wheel

Again coming from the Sports Department at NLC (shared by Alex Bromley), the Review Wheel is an interactive PowerPoint which allows students to 'choose' their own way of reviewing a session. Including such options as 'tweet it', 'explain it', 'post it' and 'map it' (to name a few), this allows for a fun and engaging end to any session. http://www.authorstream.com/Presentation/bkingsnorth-1752158-review-wheel/ ...

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PowerPoint timers

In December 2015, I shared a PowerPoint presentation of countdown timers (courtesy of Alex Bromley in Sport). Just in case anyone missed out on these (example of a one minute sand timer below), please take a look at the following link to A6 Training where the timers are available free of charge. http://www.a6training.co.uk/resources_powerpoint.php As well as the timers, there are other resources that can be easily...

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Gamification

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Supporting Teachers Using Technology

A new app is now available from the Company Portal for staff to download onto their iPads. the app is called Supporting Teachers and has been developed by Portsmouth College to find a practical way to help support, guide and train staff in using iPads in the classroom. The app contains short videos on a range of topics that can be accessed as and when with direct links to the app on the iTunes store, many of which are also available from the Company Portal App. To access the company portal and download the app watch the short video below. Further...

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Google Classroom: Top 10 Tech For Teachers

As part of the Top 10 Technology For Teachers i am please to present Google Classroom! Google Classroom is a great alternative to Moodle in many ways. It adds some great collaborative features and allows great interaction with external tools. If you find that your Moodle is being used mainly as a repository for files and lacks student interaction Google Classroom might be the solution. Check out this short video walkthrough on setting...

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Top 10 Technology Tools For Teachers

Picking the best technology to meet your learners needs or match your teaching style can be hard! There are so many amazing tools and technologies available making picking the right one even harder! And then you have to learn how to use them correctly to ensure maximum impact on learning! Well....never fear! The Top 10 Technology Tools For Teachers is here! Browse the resource below for some ideas of some of the best tools about with some practical...

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