Post on 26-Mar-2018
PRIMARY
CPD Programme
ICT / Computing
September 2017 - July 2018
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WORLD OF STORIES
Content:
How using StoryWorld can enhance writing
John Gardner, in his book The Art of Fiction, wrote, "... whatever the genre may be, fiction does its work by creating a dream in the reader's mind." In other words, the writer’s task is to keep the reader under his or her spell. Descriptive imagery helps the reader visualize the context for the story, whether it be a poem, novel, short story or a play. StoryWorld @ The Word captures the creativity by immersing the audience in a world of their imagination. By using the room to write in, children will be inspired and demonstrate how imagery can enhance their creative writing.
This course leads on from the resources developed by South Tyneside Literacy Advisors of the Creative Text Literacy training and Teaching Sequences. You will have the chance to experience StoryWorld @ The Word and consider how the resource could be used to accelerate attainment in writing.
Expected impact on schools:
Participants will:
Develop new approaches to accelerate attainment in writing
Use immersive technology as a stimulus for writing
Who should attend:
KS1 and KS2 Teachers and Literacy Subject Leaders
Date:
21st September 2017
OR
23rd January 2018
Time:
16.00 - 17.30
COLLABORATIVE LITERACY AND NUMERACY
Content:
How Google and other web 2 tools can help develop ways of working collaboratively.
Find out how the Google Apps for Education suite can help your pupils be smarter learners. See how the collaborative nature of the Google Apps helps you as a teacher to set, share and assess work.
Expected impact on schools:
Participants will:
Gain a working knowledge of how Google Classroom Apps can enhance the curriculum and develop collaborative ways of working across the curriculum
Who should attend:
KS2 Teachers
Date:
23rd January 2018
Time:
13.00 - 16.00
BOYS WRITING
Content:
Practical ideas for encouraging boys to write.
Reading and writing go hand-in-hand and it is through writing that children learn to formulate thoughts and improve their creativity and thinking skills. New research published by the National Literacy Trust reveals that boys are half as likely to enjoy writing as girls and almost a third never or rarely write outside of class.
Broadcaster and children’s author Simon Mayo says:
“It’s so important for boys to find a topic that interests them before they pick up a pen and start writing. I wasn’t particularly interested in writing at school, I only started to enjoy it later on, but I was hampered by being fantastically slow. If you can grab a child’s imagination in the same way, getting them to write about a hobby or something they really enjoy doing then the whole story writing world is open to them.” In this course teachers will be able to explore a range of hardware, software and peripherals and consider how they could be used in class to accelerate attainment in writing.
Expected impact on schools:
Participants will:
Develop new approaches to accelerate attainment in writing
Develop the use of technology to enhance writing in the classroom
Who should attend:
KS1 and KS2 Teachers and Literacy Subject Leaders
Date:
16th November 2017
Time:
09.30 - 16.00
MATHS TRAILS
Content:
Develop Maths Trails using new technologies.
Virtual reality and augmented reality are a really exciting way to enhance learning. In this session find out how easy it is to create resources to tap into this technology and make learning a fun and meaningful experience.
Expected impact on schools:
Participants will:
Be able to develop resources that will enrich the maths curriculum
Engage pupils in technology based maths activities.
Who should attend:
KS1 and KS2 Teachers
Date:
22nd February 2018
Time:
13.00 - 16.00
Technology to Enhance Learning
Technology to Enhance Learning cont...
MATHS IN MOTION
Learn how your pupils could benefit from taking part in the Jaguar Cars Maths in Motion Challenge.
As well as being great fun, the Challenge develops the following key skills: percentages, multiplication, division, calculator work (or not!), decimals, rounding, ratios, chance, risk, strategy, angles, measurement, scale, speed, distance, time, maths modelling… what happens if? And much more!
Come along and experience the Challenge for yourself in a fast paced and fun training session.
The software is suitable for Primary & Secondary pupils and there are age appropriate challenges.
Expected impact on schools:
Participants will:
Have access to a free month trial of Maths in Motion Be able to enhance the maths curriculum in a relevant, meaningful and practical way using a resource that will engage pupils in a real world scenario
Who should attend:
Upper KS2 and KS3 teachers
Date: Time:
18th October 2017 13.00 - 16.00
FLL LAUNCH
Content:
Launch of the 2017/2018 season: Hydro Dynamics
On your mark, get set, flow! Drink in the 2017 Hydro Dynamics season and learn all about water: how we find, transport, use, or dispose of it. In the 2017 First® Lego® League Challenge, students age 9 to 14 from 80 countries will make a splash with Hydro Dynamics. What might become possible when we understand what happens to our water?
First® Lego® League challenges kids to think like scientists and engineers. During the Hydro Dynamic season, teams will choose and solve a real-world problem in the project. They will also build, test, and program an autonomous robot using Lego®
Mindstorms® technology to solve a set of missions in the robot game. Throughout their experience, teams will operate under First® Lego® League’s signature set of core values, celebrating discovery, teamwork, and Gracious Professionalism.
Expected impact on schools:
Participants will: Be able to run FLL with a team from their setting
and have access to all the required resources. Develop their pupil’s teamwork, co-operation and
problem solving skills within a STEAM based project
Who should attend:
FLL coaches, upper KS2 and KS3 teachers
Date: Time:
14th September 2017 16.00 - 17.30
Content:
Launch of the 2018 Junior FLL Project
Get pumped for the First® Lego® League Junior 2017/2018 season. In the Aqua Adventure Challenge, more than 40,000 children will navigate the uncharted waters of this important resource. Each year, First® Lego® League Junior presents a new and exciting challenge to ignite the creativity of children age 6 to 10. Each team of up to 6 children begins the exploration of this real-world theme with an exclusive Lego® Education Inspire Model. As they work, they learn basic engineering and programming skills with Lego® Education WeDo and apply those concepts to make their model move. Teams also document their work in an Engineering Notebook and share their journey through a team ‘Show Me poster’.
Expected impact on schools:
Participants will:
Be able to run Junior FLL with a team from their setting and have access to all required resources
Develop their pupil’s teamwork, co-operation and problem solving skills within a STEAM based project
Who should attend:
KS1 and Lower KS2 Teachers
Date:
1st March 2018
Time:
16.00 - 17.30
First Lego League
CEOP
This free half day training course is delivered by CEOP trainer Ambassadors
The training provides an introduction to the work of CEOP, and a presentation on how young people are using technology, outlining some of the associated risks and the preventative measures that can be undertaken. Finally, the course introduces you to the Thinkuknow education resources for all ages and trains you in how to deliver the Thinkuknow presentation to 11 – 16 year olds
Expected impact on schools:
Participants will:
Develop their knowledge on how children and young people use the internet and how to help keep them safe
Become a certified Think U Know trainer with access to all relevant CEOP resources.
Who should attend:
Anyone with responsibility for child protection in the school (appropriate for all Key Stages).
Date:
21st November 2017
OR
6th June 2018
Time:
13.00 - 16.00
KIDSAFE TUTOR TRAINING
Content:
Kidsafe delivers comprehensive 2 day training for Tutor courses for staff in Primary, Secondary and Special schools. Tutors are trained to deliver the full range of Kidsafe programmes and schools become Kidsafe registered. Registered schools show commitment to safeguarding and are provided with evidence for Ofsted.
Objectives of the course: To have a working knowledge of the course and
materials; To observe delivery of the course materials.
Expected impact on schools:
Participants will: Understand wider issues around e-safety,
safeguarding, abuse and child protection Be able to deliver the Kidsafe program in school on
completion of course
Who should attend:
Anyone interested in delivering E-Safety to students in EYFS, KS1 and KS2
Date:
14th November 2017 AND 15th November 2017
Time:
09.00 - 16.00
E-Safety
E-SAFETY UPDATE
Content:
Keep up to date with current developments in E-Safety
In this session, we explore recent changes in safeguarding and look at implications in schools.
Expected impact on schools:
Participants will:
Develop their knowledge on how children and young people use the internet and how to help keep them safe
Who should attend:
Anyone with responsibility for child protection in the school (appropriate for all Key Stages).
Date:
18th January 2018
Time:
13.00 - 16.00
NETWORK MEETING
Content:
Network Opportunity
A chance to catch up with other subject leaders around the Borough and find out what’s new in the area of computing.
Expected impact on schools:
Participants will:
Be able to share good practice and engage in professional dialogue
Who should attend:
IT subject leaders in primary schools
Date:
18th October 2017 AND 22nd February 2018 AND 14th June 2018
Time:
16.00 - 17.30
ICT IN SCHOOLS CONFERENCE - HOLD THE DATE
Content:
Keep up to date with current developments by attending our first conference held at The word.
In this session we explore recent developments in ICT, computing and look at the implications in schools (agenda to be published closer to the event).
Who should attend:
Head teachers and computing subject leaders
Date:
5th July 2018
Time:
09.30 - 16.00
Meetings / Events
WHO ARE WE?
OPENZONE @ THE WORD
Content:
In October of 2016 the OpenZone team moved into our new home @ The Word.
This session is designed at showing you our new facilities including teaching spaces, recording studio, Immersive environment room and our Fab Lab.
An informal way of meeting us and seeing the opportunities you have to use. A fantastic facility to develop the use of technology to enhance learning in the classroom
Expected impact on schools:
Participants will:
Have a greater understanding of the range of resources and services available to them at OpenZone @ The Word
Know how to access facilities at OpenZone @ The Word to develop the use of technology to enhance learning in the classroom.
Who should attend:
Anybody working in schools who is not aware of what
OpenZone @ The Word has to offer schools.
Date:
2nd November 2017
Time:
16.00 - 17.00
ENTERPRISE PROJECT USING FAB LAB
Content:
Making money count
If you are running an enterprise project, perhaps leading up to the Christmas period and want to see how you can use Fab Lab to create items for sale.
Expected impact on schools:
Participants will:
Learn the skills needed to use Fab Lab as a resource to support an enterprise project with their pupils
Who should attend:
Enterprise project leaders, technology/STEM leads or interested class teachers Date:
7th November 2017 Time:
13.00 - 16.00
LEARN HOW TO LASER CUT
Content:
This is a hands on session for any staff in schools who are interested in learning how to use our laser cutter. The course will allow participants to design something then see it created on the laser cutter. Attendance at the session will also accredit users and allow them to come back in their own time to use the laser cutters.
Expected impact on schools:
Participants will:
Develop skills to use Fab Lab equipment to enhance the STEAM curriculum
Who should attend:
Any interested staff
Date:
31st October 2017
Time:
16.00 - 17.30
LEARN HOW TO 3D PRINT
Content:
This hands on session will show staff how the 3D printers work and where they can find designs on the internet which can be downloaded and printed.
Attendance at the session will also accredit users and allow them to come back in their own time to use the 3D printers
Expected impact on schools:
Participants will:
Develop skills to use Fab Lab equipment to enhance the STEAM curriculum
Who should attend:
Any interested staff
Date:
5th December 2017
Time:
16.00 - 17.30
LEARN HOW TO VINYL CUT
Content:
This is a hands on session for any staff in schools who are interested in learning how to use our vinyl cutters. The course will allow participants to see how the vinyl cutters can be used to produce wall stencil art and also to produce t-shirt designs. Attendance at the session will also accredit users and allow them to come back in their own time to use the vinyl cutters.
Expected impact on schools:
Participants will:
Develop skills to use Fab Lab equipment to enhance the STEAM curriculum
Who should attend: Any interested staff
Date: 7th February 2018
Time:
16.00 - 17.30
Fab Lab
What is an RTC? We are extremely proud to announce that we have been selected as an Apple Regional Training Centre. This highlights our commitment to developing the use of Apple Technology in the class-room so that it can make a real impact on our children’s learning. Over the next year through a professional learning programme, we will deliver a range of courses for educators to develop their skills and understanding of Apple Technology and how it can specifically impact on classroom practice. In addition this will be supplemented by a series of special events in conjunction with some of our partners. As part of our strategy we aim to introduce as many educators as we can to the Apple Teacher programme which allows individuals to achieve accreditation working at their own pace. There are several Regional Training Centre's across the UK and Ireland and together we work as a community to share good practice and spread innovation in the classroom. Across the UK and Ireland, the goals of all Apple Regional Training Centre's are to: facilitate training opportunities for teachers to develop skills using Apple
technology in the classroom; promote Apple in Education and share new products and innovations with
educators; build Apple Teacher across the region: share best practices, build community and inspire excellence.
To find out more, please visit the Apple Teacher website: https://www.apple.com/uk/education/apple-teacher/ Who should attend our courses: Practitioners using or wanting to use iPad creatively in the classroom. How much are our courses: All RTC courses are free of charge
APPLE RTC CONFERENCE
HOLD THE DATE
Content:
Our 2018 conference following on from the successful event this year.
This is an opportunity for schools who are using Apple technology, including iPads, to
look at their strategic use across the school. We look at new developments in
deployment of mobile devices and explore new apps that can be used to enhance
learning and teaching (agenda to be published closer to the event).
Who should attend:
Head teachers and computing subject leaders
Date:
22nd March 2018
Time:
09.30 - 16.00
Our RTC Courses
APPLE TEACHER LAUNCH
Content:
Apple Teacher is a free professional learning programme designed to support and celebrate educators using Apple products for teaching and learning. As an educator, you can build skills on iPad and Mac that directly apply to activities with your students, earn recognition for the new things you learn, and be rewarded for the great work you do every day.
This session will introduce the programme and give you an overview of courses, resources and the badges you can earn to qualify as an Apple Teacher
Expected impact on schools:
Participants will:
Be introduced to the programme and given an overview of courses, resources and the badges you can earn to qualify as an Apple Teacher
Date:
27th September 2017
Time:
16.00 - 17.30
CODING WITH SWIFT PLAYGROUNDS
Content:
This will look at how the iPad can develop the essential learning skills of problem solving and computational thinking through coding. It introduces Swift Playgrounds which is a revolutionary new app that gives everybody the opportunity to learn how to code.
This course is part of our Apple Teacher Programme and it will show you how you can develop powerful learning experiences with the iPad and Swift Play-grounds in the classroom.
The session will also explore the Everyone Can Code resources and iBooks that support coding right from Early Years on the iPad through to app development at college level.
Expected impact on schools:
Participants will:
Develop skills with the iPad using Swift Playgrounds to enhance the computing curriculum in the classroom
Have the opportunity to begin earning Apple Teacher badges.
Date: Time:
19th October 2017 16.00 - 17.30
INTRODUCTION TO iPAD
Content:
This course will allow you to experience how iPad can open up new, engaging ways of learning and teaching. You will learn how to get started with iPad, work with iPad, explore with iPad, explore learning resources and how to go further.
Also in the session you will see how the Apple Teacher Programme can help you develop the skills needed to deliver powerful learning experiences with iPad in the classroom.
You will also have the opportunity to earn some Apple Teacher badges before the end of the session.
Expected impact on schools:
Participants will:
Become more confident with the skills needed to use iPad in the classroom
Have the opportunity to begin earning Apple Teacher badges
Date:
3rd October 2017
Time:
16.00 - 17.30
FOSTERING CREATIVITY WITH iPAD
Content:
This course will allow you to experience how iPad can support learners with the three phases of the creative process: brainstorming, gathering inspirational resources and telling compelling stories.
Also in the session you will see how the Apple Teacher Programme can help you develop the skills needed to deliver powerful learning experiences with iPad in the classroom.
You will also have the opportunity to earn some Apple Teacher badges before the end of the session
Expected impact on schools:
Participants will:
Develop their iPad skills using a variety of Apps in creative ways
Have the opportunity to begin earning Apple Teacher badges
Date: Time:
17th January 2018 16.00 - 17.30
Apple Teacher is a free professional learning programme designed to support and celebrate educators using Apple products for teaching and learning. As an educator, you can build skills on iPad and Mac that directly apply to activities with your students, earn recognition for the new things you learn, and be rewarded for the great work you do every day.
More details can be found here: https://www.apple.com/uk/education/apple-teacher/
The following courses delivered at our RTC will supplement the online resources and allow you to work through your badges at your own pace.
Apple Teacher Courses
APPLE CLASSROOM
Content:
Apple Classroom is a new tool that is going to
revolutionise the way that you teach using iPad in the
classroom.
Classroom turns your iPad into
a powerful teaching assistant,
helping a teacher guide
students through a lesson, see
their progress and keep them
on track. With Classroom, you
can easily launch the same
app on every student device
at the same time or launch a different app for each
group of students. Classroom helps teachers focus
on teaching so students can focus on learning
Expected impact on schools:
Participants will:
Be able to set up Apple Classroom in their own setting
Become confident in using Apple Classroom in their teaching
Date:
22nd November 2017
Time:
16.00 - 17.30
iPAD TO INSPIRE CREATIVE
WRITING
Content:
This course explores the way that iPad can be used
to inspire creativity in the classroom. We will explore
how images, videos and apps can be used to create
content and also how our immersive environment
“StoryWorld” can add an extra dimension to inspire
learner.
Expected impact on schools:
Participants will:
Develop new approaches to inspire creative writing with iPad
Develop the use of technol-ogy to enhance writing in the classroom
Date:
8th March 2018
Time:
16.00 - 17.30
iPAD & GREEN SCREEN
Content:
Green Screen technology has been in the classroom
for a number of years but has always required
expensive studio equipment! Now simple apps on
iPad can allow students to use green screen
technology to produce video materials which push
the boundaries of the creative mind. This course
takes you through the workflow so that you will feel
comfortable in integrating green screen into the
curriculum.
Expected impact on schools:
Participants will:
Become confident in the use of green screen apps and camera on iPad
Foster creativity in the classroom across the curriculum
Date:
3rd May 2018
Time:
16.00 - 17.30
iPAD & MATHS
Content:
This practical hands-on session will show teaching
professionals how the iPad can be used as an
invaluable classroom tool to enhance teaching and
learning in the Primary maths classroom.
There will be time to explore a selection of Apps that
can make maths lessons fun, immediate and
engaging. The session will explore how pupils can
use the iPad to reinforce and consolidate their
numeracy skills, utilise presentation tools to develop
their mathematical reasoning and engage in fun
assessment activities to inform assessment for
learning.
Expected impact on schools:
Participants will:
Learn how to use a range of Apps to enhance the Maths curriculum
Date:
20th June 2018
Time:
16.00 - 17.30
Customised Courses