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Teaching News and Events (16/10/10)
Some of this week’s education-related news articles include: Announcements about improvements to the education of England’s poorest children throughout their time at nursery, school and university. However, “non-essential” education projects including youth clubs, after-school music and art activities and child safety projects are to be cut, to enable the government to meet this commitment. Ministers have [...]
Sing Up Workshops
Sing Up is launching a new set of professional development workshops running until February 2011. The programme of one-day workshops, which are led by the country’s top singing leaders, have already been popular with music and educational professionals. The training aims to build the confidence and expertise of teachers and musicians in leading and supporting [...]
Teacher Training Videos
Here are links to some useful video sites which can help you and your colleagues to learn new ICT skills. Many of the videos also suggest possible ways of using different tools in your classrooms: Teacher Training Videos – Russell Stannard has created a large collection of videos to help teachers to learn how to [...]
ICTCPD4Free
Naace, the professional association for those interested in advancing education through ICT, offers free on-line continuing professional development opportunities via their ICTCPD4Free site. Undertaking a course allows registered users to gain certificates of completion provided they undertake the number of online hours allocated to each course. Each course also gives participants a number of credit [...]
New TEFL qualification
Frontier is working with Edexcel to offer a new TEFL programme – The BTEC Advanced Certificate in Teaching English as a Foreign Language. This is a customised course which is accredited by Edexcel as a level 3 qualification. Volunteers taking part on Frontier’s teaching projects for 4 weeks or more are able to sign up [...]
Teacher Training Videos
I recently discovered Teacher Training Videos from @marynabadenhors on Twitter. The site has… as the name implies… lots of wonderful teacher training videos. The videos cover using a range of tools in the classroom, including Fronter, Audacity, WordPress, downloading from Youtube, podcasting and lots more! It is a fantastic resource for teachers, and for anyone interested [...]
Teachmeet Sussex Kent ’09
Last night was the first Teachmeet for Sussex and Kent. It took place at The Hop Farm in Paddock Wood and was a fantastic evening. I hope that I’ve managed to collate everyone’s ideas, presentations and links below… if I’ve missed anything, please let me know and I’ll update the post. Mark Warner (twitter) - Using Memiary in the Classroom - I [...]
Teachers’ TV CPD Training
Teachers’ TV are offering CPD training workshops to support schools in making the most of Teachers TV as a resource for CPD. Tailored to the needs of different practitioners, the sessions are free and provide an interactive and informative learning environment. Download this PDF leaflet to discover more or visit the Teachers TV site [...]
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