Getting the most from digital technology in the classroom

Running at The Sheffield college - good venue - easy parking -
Dates
7th November 2006
3rd July 2007

This workshop will allow participants to explore the best way to utilise the knowledge and skills which your students bring to their classroom. Your learners use digital cameras, music players, usb drives and mobile phones - but do you even begin to connect with their expectations of what technology is useful for? More to the point, how might you tap into the technology to enhance your teaching and the associated learning?
course flyer from Sheffield College - pdf
This very hands-on day features a steady input to develop the skills to use photos,
video and sound. We will assemble them using commonly available software applications such as Firefox, Microsoft Office and freely acquirable photo gallery software. You will work with a choice of devices such as camcorders, digital camera and webcams that your learners might use in mini-projects or you might use to create a lesson. Equally you may opt to bring and use your own items and get to grips with them.
By the end of the day you will have created some enviable media projects and have
gained skills and knowledge to put the skills acquired into creative use in your
teaching.
Topics to be covered:
• advice on ways to work round practical constraints in school/College
• case studies, curriculum uses, teaching strategies and good practice
• how these technologies can help to enrich learning and enliven lessons
• technology applications to both motivate reticent students and extend capable learners.