During the first week back for staff, the Teaching and Learning team hosted sessions on some EdTech applications which could be useful for your own teaching practice or student development. On this page, you will find the resources available for you to take a look and make copies of if you wanted to use them.
As teachers, we urgently need to ditch creating our resources on the local drive or pen drives and get into the habit of creating and sharing documents in the cloud.
Google Drive is the answer as it works seamlessly with Google Classroom. In your Google Drive you can create, save and access them from anywhere from any smartphone, tablet, or computer. This session will show you how you can effectively manage and use your Google Drive for learning.
Google Classroom is the College's Learning Management System. This session is to help you understand how to use Classroom to access learning materials, create and submit work and receive feedback. If you would like to revisit the basics of Google Classroom or ask any 'how to' questions this session is for you!
Mote is a voice-commenting app which can be integrated into many different webpages, such as Google Classroom. This session will provide you with information around the app and how it can be used in different situations.
This app is being used excellently across the college by teachers to provide students with effective verbal feedback whilst also saving them time.
Here is a link for a few 'Can You' questions you can ask yourself and your learners.
Loom is a screen-recording tool that allows users to record quick videos of their screens or cameras which can be instantly shared and watched anywhere. This session is to show you how you can use Loom effectively for our lessons and creating conversations with learners.
Loom is great for screencasting your lessons, creating online tutorials, and providing video feedback. It's so simple but effective to use.
Here is a link for a few 'Can You' questions you can ask yourself and your learners.
Wakelet is an online resource curator which allows you and students to collate different resources that you find from the internet. Padlet is a website and app that allows students to curate information onto virtual boards called Padlets.
This session is a demonstration of how you can effectively use Wakelets and Padlets in your own practice. If you want to energise your student research projects Wakelet is definitely an app to take a look at.
Here is a link for a few 'Can You' questions you can ask yourself and your learners.