Using ICT as a tool for Work Related Learning

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Using ICT as a Tool for Work Related Learning

Using ICT as a tool for Work Related Learning

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Skills wise Workplace survival Basic Skills in the Workplace Vocational Quizzes and Game

s Vocational Vocabulary Skills for Work Skills for Apprenticeship Embedded Learning Portal BBC Webwise Learndirect Useful Sites (14-19 gateway, Connections,

Keyskills, LSC, Careers Northwest)

VIDEO VIEWS from Teacher’s TV

Young Apprentices- Experiences

Construction Industry Textile Industry Professional Catering

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Using ICT as a tool for Work Related Learning

This page on the BBC “Skillswise” site is useful not only for accessing basic literacy and numeracy activities for pupils with difficulties in those areas

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Workplace Survival Kit

This useful backpack contains a workplace survival kit. Leading from the many drop down menus there are pages of advice and helpful tips, invaluable to young people about to enter the workplace

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Basic Skills in the Workplace

An example of one of the careers learning packages that can be found. Carpentry is just one career that there are many options to explored. Here list can be seen there are options for A worksheetA quizA factsheetGamesTutor instructions

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Using ICT as a tool for Work Related Learning

Vocational quizzes and games

An example of one of the pages in the learning that can be found. Here we have the quiz at intermediate level for carpentry – “Cutting a dove tail joint by hand.”

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Vocational Vocabulary

Ten sections of vocabulary linked to the career subject areas – games, worksheets and quizzes

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Skills for Work Website

This is an extensive useful site that covers most common careers and links the skills needed for the jobs to personal strengths and aptitudes

This is a page on the “Skills for Work web site”

discussing the skills needed by ambulance workers

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Skills for Productivity and Apprenticeship Websites

This website tries to give advice you need to know before applying for an Apprenticeship. “Apprenticeships give you the chance to earn while you learn.”

Skills for Productivity presents in brief the Government's plans for:the education of 14 to 19 year olds the improvement of adult skills The website also contains lots of relevant links to work related websites

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Embedded Learning Portal

Skills for Life Materials for Embedded Learning aim to help learners to improve the literacy, language or numeracy skills they need to succeed at work, in community-based activities or as part of vocational training programmes. The materials are mapped to the Adult Core Curricula for Literacy and Numeracy, the Key Skills Standards and the National Occupational Standards wherever relevant.Choices of resources gathered on the web site can be saved for viewing at a later date – so pupils can go online to use pre-set activities

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Embedded Learning Portal

“Skills for Life” Extensive collection of Interactive quizzes at basic levels for older learners Embedded Learning resources can be searched at various levels. Activities are read aloud for poor readers or for those lacking concentration. The activities are community/vocational based. Engaging and of a very high quality.

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BBC Webwise

BBC Webwise gets down to basics – “Discover how to handle a mouse, keyboard and windows as well as other essential computer skills.” And then goes progressively further.Lots of interactive online IT tuition all for free

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BBC Webwise

Access for All. This is an adult interactive website. It is designed to enable teachers to search the literacy curriculum, investigate the links to appropriate guidance in “Access for All” and then save, store and/or print relevant sections in the notebook facility for use in learning plans, schemes of work or lesson plans.

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BBC Webwise

Adult Numeracy website is useful for older learners struggling with numeracy skills. This national strategy includes national standards of adult literacy and numeracy to ensure consistency and a core curriculum to clarify what teachers should teach to enable learners to reach those standards.

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Learndirect - learning through work

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Because learndirect learning through work is geared to meeting the needs of individual work and personal circumstances, it is very flexible in terms of what, where and when you learn.Although supported online, programme content is usually a mix of learning modes which can include work-based projects, online courses, distance learning courses and taught modules. This is sometimes called blended learning.

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Learndirect - learning through work

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learndirect is a flexible way of learning that uses computers, the Internet and CD-ROM. With the online courses, you can learn anywhere where you have access to the Internet. You can enrol pupils on many of the courses from this website or by ringing a number on the site

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Vocational Learning

The site provides resources, materials, publications and information from the Vocational Learning Support Programme. The programme supports the delivery of high quality vocational learning, including vocational GCSEs, A levels and other work related learning, with help for practitioners and learners at both 14-16 and 16-19.

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Useful Sites

Careers North West

Connections

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14 -19 Gateway

Learning Skills Council Lancashire

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VIDEO VIEWS- Young Apprentices Experience

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VIDEO VIEWS- Construction Trade

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Video Views – Textile Industry

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VIDEO VIEWS- Catering

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