Most schools and colleges in the UK block access to the websites but they are missing out on their potential for education, a government-funded guide says.
Check out this link for more information
http://www.guardian.co.uk/education/2008/jun/25/schools.uk2
This video link reflects on the changes our children are experiencing in digital technology and how we as teachers are to change and learn with them.
This course is intended for complete beginners. The course will focus on basic hardware, the Windows XP Operating System and related software.
Requirements: No computer knowledge required
Duration: 6 sessions of 3 hours each
Tutor: Ms Pauline Azzopardi
Course date: Friday 15:30-18:30
Venue: eLearning Centre Lab 1
Starting date: Friday 23 January 2009
Continue reading ‘Computer Awareness for Complete Beginners - Winter 2009′
This course covers most aspects of the internet, including world wide web, email, search techniques, use of resources harvested from the internet, internet in a classroom context, internet as a communications tool.
Requirements: Knowledge of Windows XP
Duration: 6 sessions of 3 hours each
Tutor: Mr Gordon Farrugia
Course date: Wednesday 15:30-18:30
Venue: eLearning Centre Lab 3
Starting date: Wednesday 21 January 2009
Continue reading ‘Using the Internet Effectively - Winter 2009′
This course covers most aspects of the internet, including world wide web, email, search techniques, use of resources harvested from the internet, internet in a classroom context, internet as a communications tool.
Requirements: Knowledge of Windows XP
Duration: 6 sessions of 3 hours each
Tutor: Mr Raymond Bonnici
Course date: Friday 15:30-18:30
Venue: eLearning Centre Lab 2
Starting date: Friday 23 January 2009
Continue reading ‘Using the Internet Effectively - Winter 2009′
A basic course in Microsoft Word where you will learn how to write professional letters and design handouts complete with coloured text and graphics.
Requirements: No computer knowledge required
Duration: 5 sessions of 3 hours each
Tutor: Ms Connie Bonnici
Course date: Tuesday 15:30-18:30
Venue: eLearning Centre Lab 2
Starting date: Tuesday 27 January 2009
Discover PowerPoint, a high-powered multimedia software tool used to present information and to create interactive games for individual study. Create PowerPoint presentations as useful resources used during lessons, to exhibit students’ work during school events and parents’ meetings and to discuss issues during teachers’ seminars.
Requirements: Knowledge of Windows XP and MS Word
Duration: 7 sessions of 3 hours each
Tutor: Ms Tania Gatt
Course date: Monday 15:30-18:30
Venue: eLearning Centre Lab 2
Starting date: Monday 16 February 2009
The main aim of this course is of helping teachers and students to collaborate with European teachers using innovative methodologies. The course will cover the eTwinning Portal, working with digital still images and digital videos, digital animations, presentations, authoring software and audio and video conferencing.
Requirements: Basic knowledge of Windows XP, Computer awareness
Duration: 6 sessions of 3 hours each
Tutor: Ms Jeannette Cardona
Course date: Monday 15:30-18:30
Venue: eLearning Centre Lab 3
Starting date: Monday 19 January 2009
Continue reading ‘eTwinning: Online Collaborative Projects - Winter 2009′
Beginning with a Photoshop environment overview, we go through the basic graphic files and various ways of selecting. Touching on colours will bring us to drawing and painting techniques. We start to edit images while working with layers channels and masks, adding special effects and layer styles. Creating artwork for the web will bring us to animations and producing a gallery of the pictures we have worked on. Finally typography is explained and added to images in different styles.
Requirements: Good knowledge of Windows
Duration: 6 sessions of 3 hours each
Tutor: Mr Winston Attard
Course date: Tuesday 15:30-18:30
Venue: eLearning Centre Lab 1
Starting date: Tuesday 20 January 2009
The course exposes the participants to the concepts and to the development of educational multi-media courseware production at Primary and Secondary School level so as to encourage teachers to make practical use of their laptops in class using Illuminatus 4.5.
Requirements: Must be proficient in the use of Windows XP and Office
Duration: 5 sessions of 3 hours each
Tutor: Mr Charles Galea
Course date: Thursday 15:30-18:30
Venue: eLearning Centre Lab 2
Starting date: Thursday 22 January 2009
Continue reading ‘Secondary Schools Multimedia Resource Packs using Illuminatus - Winter 2009′
View the presentations, documents and video from the iLearn Platform Phase 1 Launch Briefing held on 14th December 2011
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