Inter-Action MK are in!

Many thanks to Andrew for help with the tricky bit of getting in here. First thing we'll try is to see what we can do with Picasa. I've got a pile of great photos of our offices and we're in a lovely setting so that's going to be a useful job and may attract more people to come and see what we do.

Humber Learning Consortium staff trying a team toolbox day

Humber Learning Consortium are using their staff team day on 20th March to test and assess the applications, so there should be plenty of feedback on the toolbox by the end of play on that date.

Quizlet

I have just used Quizlet to design a resource using words connected to employability. This was easy to create and will work really well with helping entry level learners understand some of the terminology they come across on job application forms. The flash cards that can be created will also help many with their spelling when creating their personal profiles.

The resource is quick, easy and well presented with the benefit of being able to constently further develop the resource.

I will be demonstrating this to my English tutors as a way to help develop the speaking and listening area of the curriculum.

Wendy

Tablet ease?

Initial thoughts on the "tools"
We have a consensus that Go Animate and Animoto seem to be the most "interesting" for staff to try out. We're taking the view that we would like to try them out with ordinary desk-based PC systems access, and also with Tablet system access, to try and identify and weaknesses in using new technologies.
Google Docs and Google Forms seem to crop up an awful lot, in the toolbox, and I might take some swaying from using SkyDrive (my favoured Cloud Hub resource). More testing to do!  06 March 2013

We have four members of staff accessing the toolbox, two from the admin/systems side and two of our direct teaching staff. Our initial focus is upon briefly accessing all of the steps of the leaner journey, with a view to arriving at a consensus of opinion, on four elements of the toolbox. Supplementary to this focus, two of our participants are using 10" Tablet technology to access the toolbox, hoping to provide a low-level critique of accessibility, ease of use, and overall usefulness. If we identify that the Tablet technology works well, we aim to involve learners in accessing the toolbox.

Initially, our collective thoughts are that the toolbox offers an interesting number of "tools", but a number of tools overlap into other steps of the learner journey. Provisionally we like the Animoto, Go!Animate, and Job Search tools.  08 March 2013

Open Door Adult Learning Centre are planning to use a 10 inch tablet  to trial the resources and then give learners the opportunity to take this into the work place. Terry  I look forward to hearing more about this and the feedback from your learners.

Thanks
Punam
LSIS Associate

Quizlet

I have just been looking at Quizlet and feel it has huge potenetial. Can't wait to start designing a learning resource

Wendy

Animoto

Hi All

I have just used Animoto for the first time. A nice simple to use tool that allows you to easily create a presentation. The free version only lets you record 30 seconds of material but for a small fee you can upgrade. I can see this as a good advertising resource allowing you to quickly create a cost effective marketing package.

Wendy