Briefing+3rd.+September+2007

Supporting Learning and Teaching with ICT (2007)
Welcome to our Hull TA course for the year beginning September 2007. Both George (Barker) and myself Leo (Sietniekas) are delighted you have decided to come and learn with us on this very exciting journey into the world of ICT, the TA and Education.


 * Here is a list of dates for you so that you know when you are expected to attend**

Briefing Monday September 3rd. 2007 (Thursdays) Module 1 : Sept 13th, 27th, Oct 11th, Nov 1st,

Module 2 : Nov. 15th, 29th, Dec 13th

Module 3 : Jan 10th Jan 24th, Feb 7th, Feb 21st,

Module 4 : Mar 6th, March 20th, April 10th, April 24th

Module 5 : June 5th, June 19th, July 3rd July 17th

Notes: There are no meetings in May but mentoring time is allocated for those who wish to tackle the final assignment for the University Foundation Award.


 * Your modules will be:**

The Digital Educator, which is an overall introduction into the use of Multimedia visiting lots of exciting areas of the use of that medium.

Understanding how ICT an support learning and teaching in Literacy and Numeracy Strategies

Using ICT to produce Classroom Resources (Digital Imaging)

Using Digital Media in the classroom (IWBs and Digital Video)

Supporting ICT to support children with Special Educational Needs

You will notice that we meet on a fortnightly cycle. Interesting tasks will be set for completion between sessions. They will range from practical ICT activities, finding out about your school’s curriculum, reading an article, and simple research.


 * Induction Day and First Session**

On the induction day you will be required to fill in our registration form and a portfolio cover.

You will need to join various websites and this can be done within our introductory session and form part of the assessment for module 1

You will need to join and have an email account from [|http://www.yahoo.co.uk] so that it can be reserved for this course and act as a record too.

You will be allocated an accounted in the University VLE - Merin – [|http://merlin.hull.ac.uk]

You will need to join the image viewing and storage website called Flickr, which is to be found on [|www.flickr.com]. This uses your yahoo email address hence another reason for creating that account.

You will need to join this image-editing site to enable you to quickly edit images you have taken www.picnik.com

You will need to sign into the [|Google desktop] so you can explore online calendars and documents that you can share.

Documentation will be given to you online via a provider called wikipaces. This is the web site http://hullta2007.wikispaces.com

Tutorial on skills relying to most aspects of this course can be at [|www.atomiclearning.co.uk] - user name : ces@hull password atomic You might also visit[| www.wikivid.com] for support.

All this information can be a little daunting so we’ll explain it all during the induction. The early stages of this course are challenging but our experience of working with other courses indicates your new knowledge and skills will be firmly embedded by the end of the second module.

Light refreshments will be available during each session. You can bring a lunch to eat in the training room or take advantage of the student refreshment facilities. You are eligible to join the Student’s Union and purchase an NUS discount card. You will need a library card first. We will explain how this is done later.

Enjoy the course.

Best wishes

Leo Sietniekas and George Barker (course tutors)