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Here is a quick 2 min video showing a practical use of the visualiser in a lesson.

The lesson is a Year 8 Design and Technology lesson and the students have just been looking at one of the components that are going to be used in their circuit and the health and safety issues around soldering. The class is given a brief demo on how to create a high quality soldered joint before they have a go on their own soldering in their first component, a transistor.

There is a good deal of glare on the board but this was only picked up by the camera on my iPhone but the pupils said they hardly noticed it.

All the students were able to do the task with a high degree of success with only a couple needing encouragement to get over nerves.

Mr McKie introduced the visualiser to me and I was instantly astounded at what an aid it would be to teaching and learning in DT, especially when doing demos on very small areas such as soldering.

As an added thought. The pupils filmed this and it is good that you can hear comments that you do not pick up on from students near them. Maybe this is something else to look into?!

Of course i would be more than happy to help / show other staff how to use this equipment.

SHu.

Using the Visualiser in DT. from Simon Huntridge on Vimeo.

The images above are from the Developing Leaders residential that took place on the evening of Friday 4th March and the morning of Saturday 5th March. Nine of our teachers voluntarily attended sessions facilitated by Hywel Roberts (an independent educational consultant from Wakefield). The list bellows highlight the topics that were explored. A special thank you to all that attended. JPO

• Importance of reflection

• Moving from a fixed mindset to a growth mindset

• ‘Learning to swim whilst learning to let go of the side’

• The generic features of effective leadership

• Leadership and moral purpose

• Leadership styles

• Positive self-talk

• Developing high performing teams

• Personal and professional visioning

• Learning fit for the context of the 21st century

• High energy meetings

• School foci for ‘Developing Leaders’ programme

• Statements of intent (next steps)

This is a great resource for exploring some of the fantastic ICT applications that are freely available on the internet. Mark Anderson – @ICTEvangelist on Twitter – produced it for an INSET at his school in Somerset. It explains how different websites can be used for teaching and learning purposes. Check out his brilliant ICT blog here and directly download the resource here.

Little Book of Superb Sites

There are millions (MILLIONS) of books available through Google Books.

We can access them by logging into our website, and clicking on Google Books, under Cloud Apps. Click on “My Library” in the top right corner and you will either go straight to your account if you’ve already visited Google Docs, or you’ll be prompted to log in using your Google Account.

Your Google Account is username@campsmount.com and the same password.

You’ll now be able to search the millions of books and add them to your library.

Be warned though, a lot are just free previews, so try and find the Full View ones. You can filter your search to only include Full View books by clicking on “Advanced Book Search”

You can build your virtual library up, to read them whenever you want, wherever you want.

Most of the classics are there and free to read and add to your library.

For instance, here is a full version of Romeo and Juliet…

Youtube.com – possibly the greatest teaching resource available on the internet has been unblocked for teacher use only. Please use responsibly.

Jing allows you to take screenshots and screencasts of your desktop
Taken from the Jing website:
“Select a window or region and Jing will record everything that appears in that area. Point to things with your mouse, scroll, flip through photos, click around in a website or application…Jing captures it.”

When will I use it?
Collaborate on a design project
Share a snapshot of a document
Narrate your learning photos/images
Comment on students’ homework
Students’ explaining/sharing their learning

Click here for video tutorials and overviews

How to add a post to the CTC T&L Blog?

The T&L blog is about our teachers posting useful links, interesting videos, web2.0 resources etc that develop our teacher toolkits. Please feel free to add information that will benefit learning at Camspmount. You can add a post by:

1. Emailing Alan Comber with the relevant details and links
2. OR: Add a post yourself by logging into the website (the video below explains how to do this – or click here to watch in HD: click on the bottom right icon to view in full screen mode )

How to add a post on the CTC T&L Blog from Campsmount on Vimeo.

The following (click here) have become quite popular for quickly generating new ideas for starter and plenary exercises. Thanks to MWI for bringing them to my attention.

Tom Barrett (one of the country’s leading teachers) has created several Google Docs that enable teachers from across the world to add useful tips. The project is called ‘Interesting ways’. The one below is entitled: ‘Interesting ways to to support writing in the classroom’. The rest in the series can be accessed here Feel free to add your own ideas by clicking here

realsmart is your learning portfolio. Log in below and you can access it in the side bar that appears.

Click on the TV below to view videos and tutorials on how to use realsmart

Click below to access the help blog that tells you everything you need to know about what realsmart is and how to use it.