| cs-1:
"Marketing and Search Engines" - Optimisation of Your School
Website |
| Title |
"Marketing and Search Engines" - Optimisation
of Your School Website |
| Length |
60-90 minutes |
| Audience |
School Senior Managers, Marketing and P.R. Staff, Web Managers |
| Details |
Most schools already have a public website that is the equivalent
of the paper-based school brochure designed primarily for present
and prospective parents. But what can a school do to better
ensure that their website is easily found by parents when searching
the internet and once found is easy to navigate and a site that
parents would want to revisit.
The website is now one of the major marketing tools of a school
.... this session will help maximise the use of that tool . |
| Technical |
laptop (own) + data-projector + screen + live internet connection
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| cs-2:
Finding and Using Free ICT/Technology Resources to Support
ESL |
| Title |
Finding and Using Free ICT/Technology Resources
to Support ESL |
| Length |
60-90 minutes |
| Audience |
Any school teacher k-12 or can be customised for k-6 |
| Details |
This session will highlight some, mainly free, ESL (English
as a Second Language) software and online applications that
will be helpful to teachers. |
| Technical |
laptop (own) + data-projector + screen + live internet connection
(recommended but not essential) |
| Link(s) |
www.shambles.net/esl |
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| cs-3:
Finding and Using Free ICT/Technology Resources to Support
Science |
| Title |
Finding and Using Free ICT/Technology Resources
to Support Science |
| Length |
60-90 minutes |
| Audience |
Any k-6 school teacher or senior manager |
| Details |
This session will highlight some, mainly free, Science software
and online applications that will be helpful to k-6 teachers. |
| Technical |
laptop (own) + data-projector + screen + live internet connection
(recommended but not essential) |
| Link(s) |
www.shamble.net/science |
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| cs-4:
Finding Stuff Online |
| Title |
Finding Stuff Online |
| Length |
60-90 minutes |
| Audience |
Any school teacher or senior manager (k-12) |
| Details |
This session looks at some of the different search engines,
directories and strategies for finding information on the internet
... for teachers and students. |
| Technical |
laptop (own) + data-projector + screen + live internet connection
(essential) |
| Link(s) |
www.shambles.net/informationliteracy
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| cs-5:
Finding and Using Free ICT Resources for Teachers of Kindergarten
and Young Students |
| Title |
Finding & Using Free ICT Resources for Teachers
of Kindergarten & Young Students |
| Length |
60-90 minutes |
| Audience |
k-6 school teacher |
| Details |
This session will highlight some, mainly free, software and
online applications that will be helpful to k-6 teachers ....
mainly related to literacy and numeracy. |
| Technical |
laptop (own) + data-projector + screen + live internet connection
(essential) |
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| cs-6:
Do you believe everything you read on the internet? |
| Title |
Do you believe everything you read on the internet? |
| Length |
60-90 minutes |
| Audience |
Any school teacher, senior manager or parent (even after dinner
Rotarians!) |
| Details |
This is a fun session with a serious message .... can you
trust the website you are looking at or is it a 'bogus' site?
This session is interactive and participants will be required
to do some group work where they try to find clues to determine
if a website is real or bogus. |
| Technical |
laptop (own) + data-projector + screen + A3 handouts need
photocopying |
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| cs-7:
Web 2:0 ... a General Introduction, what is it all about |
| Title |
Web 2:0 ... a General Introduction, what is it
all about |
| Length |
60-90 minutes .... or can be two sessions with more examples
.. also a whole day |
| Audience |
Any school teacher or senior manager |
| Details |
The buzz has been around since 2005 .... web 2.0 ... this
session will define what a web 2.0 website is and look at some
of the applications for teaching and learning. |
| Technical |
laptop (own) + data-projector + screen + live internet connection
(essential if more than one session) |
| Link. |
www.shambles.net/web2 |
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| cs-8:
Web 2:0 ... so you and your students want to be Podcasters |
| Title |
Web 2:0 ... so you and your students want to be
Podcasters |
| Length |
60-90 minutes |
| Audience |
Any school teacher |
| Details |
Making and producing Podcasts has become 'flavour of the month'
for many teachers and students but ironically audio resources
have been around for a long time ... just ask the English and
(oral) History staff.
New technologies and the internet have made it easier to record
and edit audio and also to distribute it to a worldwide audience.
This session will go through the process of making a Podcast
and also look at some of the uses in teaching and learning. |
| Technical |
laptop (own) + data-projector + screen + live internet connection
(recommended but not essential) |
| Link(s) |
www.shambles.net/podcasting |
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| cs-9:
Web 2.0 ... Social Networking |
| Title |
Web 2.0 ... Social Networking |
| Length |
60-90 minutes |
| Audience |
Any school teacher or senior manager |
| Details |
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| Technical |
laptop (own) + data-projector + screen + live internet connection
(essential) |
| Link(s) |
www.shambles.net/web2 |
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| cs-10:
Using ICT/Technology to Support Primary School Teaching and
Learning |
| Title |
Using ICT/Technology to Support Primary School
Teaching and Learning |
| Length |
60-90 minutes |
| Audience |
Primary School (k-6) school teacher |
| Details |
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| Technical |
laptop (own) + data-projector + screen + live internet connection
(recommended) |
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| cs-11:
Information Literacy ... here today ... not gone tomorrow |
| Title |
Information Literacy ... here today ... not gone
tomorrow |
| Length |
60-90 minutes |
| Audience |
Any school teacher, library staff, or senior manager |
| Details |
"Information Technology" has been one of the buzz
terms in education over the past decade but the real challenge
in teaching and learning is now how to manage this increase
ease of access to information. We are all advised to improve,
even more, our information literacy skills if we are to stay
sane.
This session will attempt to quantify the challenge ahead and
look at some of the information literacy models and strategies
that are available to help all members of the school community. |
| Technical |
laptop (own) + data-projector + screen + live internet connection
(recommended but not essential) |
| Link(s) |
www.shambles.net/informationliteracy |
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| cs-12:
Internet Safety for Parents |
| Title |
Internet Safety for Parents |
| Length |
60-90 minutes |
| Audience |
Mainly designed for parents but would be of interest to teachers/managers
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| Details |
The internet is a wonderful resource and students would be
disadvantaged if they did not have access to it. With this access
comes a risk of exposure to undesirable material or people.
This session looks at where these risks may come from and lists
some strategies to reduce them. |
| Technical |
laptop (own) + data-projector + screen + live internet connection
(preferred but not essential) |
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| cs-13:
Online Opportunities for Teacher Continuing Professional Development
(CPD) |
| Title |
Online Opportunities for Teacher Continuing Professional
Development (CPD) |
| Length |
60-90 minutes |
| Audience |
Any school teacher or senior manager (all curriculum areas) |
| Details |
Time is a precious commodity for already busy teachers and
school managers and so the move from "just-in-case"
professional development to "just-in-time" is now
an essential lifelong learning capability.
This session looks at how the internet can support this strategy. |
| Technical |
laptop (own) + data-projector + screen + live internet connection
(recommended but not essential) |
| Link(s) |
www.shambles.net/pages/staff |
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| cs-14:
What is Plagiarism and why should students be concerned? |
| Title |
What is Plagiarism and why should students be
concerned? |
| Length |
60-90 minutes |
| Audience |
Any school teacher or senior manager or parents |
| Details |
"Copy and Paste" options on the computer have made
it easier for students to incorporate the work of others into
their own ... but when does it start to move from being original
to being Plagiarism.
What strategies are available to help students, teachers and
parents identify and reduce plagiarism? |
| Technical |
laptop (own) + data-projector + screen + live internet connection
(recommended but not essential) |
| Link(s) |
www.shambles.net/plagiarism |
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| cs-15:
Presentation Tips |
| Title |
Presentation Tips |
| Length |
60-90 minutes |
| Audience |
Any school teacher or senior manager |
| Details |
This session should reduce the risks of "Death by PowerPoint"
or "PowerPoint-less-ness" ... it will also highlight
some of the newer online web 2.0 presentation options. |
| Technical |
laptop (own) + data-projector + screen + live internet connection
(essential) |
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| cs-16:
Evaluation of Web-based materials |
| Title |
Evaluation of Web-based materials |
| Length |
60-90 minutes |
| Audience |
Any school teacher or senior manager (k-12) |
| Details |
This session will result in a set of rubrics that can be used
by teachers .. or students .. to better evaluate websites and
other online materials. |
| Technical |
laptop (own) + data-projector + screen + live internet connection
(essential) |
| Link(s) |
www.shambles.net/informationliteracy |
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| cs-17:
Web 2.0 : RSS .. is it really simple? |
| Title |
Web 2.0: RSS .. is it really simple? |
| Length |
60-90 minutes |
| Audience |
Any school teacher or senior manager |
| Details |
RSS.. Really Simple Syndication .... a very powerful free
tool that can be used on your computer, or in an internet browser
..... it has the potential of saving you considerable time if
you are regularly visiting the same webpages or blogs to find
information .... e.g. today's news, latest stock prices , music
... and there are teaching and learning examples.
Interestingly RSS is used very little in teaching and learning
at the moment .... but trust me! .. it WILL eventually become
one of your favourite applications for saving time. |
| Technical |
laptop (own) + data-projector + screen + live internet connection
(recommended but not essential) |
| Link(s) |
www.shambles.net/web2 |
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| cs-18:
Keeping Up To Date |
| Title |
Keeping Up To Date |
| Length |
60-90 minutes |
| Audience |
Any school teacher or senior manager |
| Details |
School teachers and managers are busy people and often do
not have time to keep up to date with new educational technology
or with curriculum developments in their own subject area.
This session will look at some strategies to help make this
a less painful process. |
| Technical |
laptop (own) + data-projector + screen + live internet connection
(recommended but not essential) |
| Link(s) |
www.shambles.net/deskilled |
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| cs-19:
So you would like a home on the Internet |
| Title |
So you would like a home on the Internet |
| Length |
60-90 minutes |
| Audience |
Teachers who already feel comfortable using the internet and
can use a browser |
| Details |
This session explains how to register a domain name, set up
an online application to give multiple free email addresses,
places to host files, build webpages .. plus +
This is a session that would be of particular interest to teachers
who want to set up a low cost (or free) internet presence so
that it is personalised and moves with them from job to job
.... and is as painless as possible for those who are NOT technically
minded. |
| Technical |
laptop (own) + data-projector + screen + live internet connection
(essential) |
| Link(s) |
www.shambles.net/web2
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| cs-20:
Web 2.0 as a community tool for senior managers |
| Title |
Web 2.0 as a Community Tool for Senior Managers |
| Length |
60 minutes |
| Audience |
Headteachers, Principals, Superintendents, Senior Managers |
| Details |
This session is NOT about teaching and learning but about
how web 2.0 tools can be used by senior managers to supplement
the growth of community development especially with teachers,
parents and school councils (boards). |
| Technical |
laptop (own) + data-projector + screen + live internet connection
(recommended but not essential) |
| Link(s) |
www.shambles.net/pages/staff/PParents
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| cs-21:
Web 2.0 communication tools ... which one to use? |
| Title |
Web 2.0 communication tools ... which one to use? |
| Length |
60-90 minutes |
| Audience |
Headteachers, Principals, Superintendents, Senior Managers
... any team manager |
| Details |
This session will introduce many of the tools available ...
email, groupware, webcasting, wii, VLE, room video conferencing,
desktop video conferencing, podcasts, blogs, face-to-face, instant
messaging, Skype, audio teleconference, forums, podcasts .....
plus ...
We will then construct a flow chart in an attempt to raise the
issues and strategies to be considered when choosing which communication
tool to use. (not necessarily just web 2.0) |
| Technical |
laptop (own) + data-projector + screen |
| Link(s) |
www.shambles.net/web2
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| cs-22:
Growing a Forest of Theme Blogs |
| Title |
Growing a Forest of Theme Blogs .... more about
online video rather than Blogs |
| Length |
60-90 minutes .... or longer ... a whole day if including
'hands-on' |
| Audience |
Teachers |
| Details |
To see what a 'Theme Blog' might look like then have a
look at the examples at www.shambles.net/blogforest
... this is a "Forest of Theme Blogs" that have
taken root and are growing around the outside of the Shambles
website.
The skills learnt in this session will include (depending
on the initial skills of the participants) ...
setting up a Blog, adding "Posts", embedding video
and powerpoints in the Blog, registering and claiming a Blog
in 'Technorati' (Blog search engine).
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| Technical |
laptop (own) + data-projector + screen |
| Link(s) |
www.shambles.net/blogforest
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| cs-23:
Second Life ... 3D online virtual world |
| Title |
Second Life 3D Online Virtual World- |
| Length |
60-90 minutes .... or longer ... a whole day if including
'hands-on' |
| Audience |
Any members of the education community |
| Details |
Second Life is an online 3D Virtual (Digital) World ...
there are two areas that are full of virtual islands ....
"The Main Grid" for those over the age of 18 and
"The Teen Grid" for those ages 13-17.
Since opening to the public in 2003, it has grown explosively
and today is inhabited by over 9 million residents from around
the globe.
This session looks at what S.L. is, how it works and how to
subscribe (free)
It also covers what teaching and learning looks like in S.L.
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| Technical |
laptop (own) + data-projector + screen |
| Link(s) |
www.shambles.net/secondlife
and http://internationalschoolsisland.blogspot.com |
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| cs-24:
eLearning- |
| Title |
eLearning |
| Length |
60-90 minutes .... or longer ... a whole day, or more, if
a specific review is requested |
| Audience |
Any members of the education community |
| Details |
eLearning is well established in the terminology of most
schools already.
This session covers ...
| what is eLearning | Why is it important | evaluating eLearning
opportunities | Who are the Stakeholders | getting your classonline
| a model for eLearning | a strategy for eLearning in k-12
Education | eLearning design and implementation | a self-audit
for determining the stage of exploitation of eLearning in
an prganisation.-
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| Technical |
laptop (own) + data-projector + screen + photocopying |
| Link(s) |
www.shambles.net/elearning
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