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Using Structured SOLO Taxonomy Worksheets on Teacher Education courses

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Using Structured SOLO Taxonomy Worksheets on Teacher Education courses

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Robin Trangmar

Llandrillo College, North Wales

Resources etc can be downloaded at http://goo.gl/B7yLs3

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Using Structured SOLO Taxonomy Worksheets on Teacher Education courses

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The presentation explains how structured worksheets helped differentiate learning during a formative assessment activity

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Cate Tunn - CTunn@rochdaletraining.co.uk

Triptico.co.uk

Created by English Teacher, David Riley.  Suitable for interactive whiteboards and computer and projector.  Doesn't work with tablets but good for the classroom.  The online version costs £15 per year per licence.  This gives access to the full range of resources and allows you to save your quizzes to the Triptico Cloud.  You can then share your resources with fellow staff.  Each game/quiz comes with a demo so you can see how it works.  Extremely easy to create your own quizzes. Cate

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Kahoot on-line quiz platform - make use of BYOD

Free sign up at https://getkahoot.com/

Learners join quiz via generated PIN at Kahoot.it

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Certainly a learning buzz being created during @gingerblox kahoot.it presentation #TMOldham Context or tool? pic.twitter.com/BCHtugyZC0

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Katharine Stapleford

University Campus Oldham

Here's a link to the UCO Academic Skills blog summarising these apps and providing links to video tutorials:

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Academic Skills University Campus Oldham

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My Study Bar is a collection of free apps which can really help with your studies. It includes 16 apps grouped into 4 areas covering planning, reading, writing and vision. You need to download it to your PC at home then save it to a USB so you can use the tools wherever you are.
Planning
'Xmind' is a mindmapping tool and is great for getting started on assignments as you can insert images, weblinks, documents as well as your ideas, then export them all to a word document and hey presto! you've got an essay outline! Perfect if you're one of those people who take ages to actually get down to writing something.

'Sunbird' is a portable calender which helps with time management, organising and prioritising tasks, meeting deadlines etc. You can plan your daily to do list as well as weekly and monthly scheduling. It's portable which means you can have it on your USB and access it wherever you are.

'Hott Notes' is a more complex version of the 'Sticky Notes' you get on MS Word. You can alter the text formatting, colour as well as add an alarm. There are also options to draw rather than type and create checklists. Cute sound effects too!
Reading
'T-Bar' helps with reading documents on screen or websites. It's basically a smaller coloured overlay that you can place over the part of the document you're reading and move along as you read. You can change the colour, size and shape of the bar to suit your preference.

'RapidSet' allows you to quickly set the background colour and font colour of any word documents you're reading, so it's really useful for when you're proofreading an assignment.

'Vu-Bar' acts like a letter box which you can look through in order to focus on a particular line or two of text if you have difficulty reading a whole document. You can set the width, height and colour.

'ssOverlay' is basically an electronic version of a coloured overlay - once you've set it up with your desired colour and transparency it will cover the whole screen so whatever you're looking at will be filtered through the overlay.

'Orato' reads aloud any piece of text that you highlight (from a word or pdf document, a webpage, etc.) and click copy. You can adjust the volume and speed of the voice.
Writing
'LetMeType' helps you to improve your typing speed and accuracy. It has sets of common words associated with common academic subjects, as you type the first few letters of a word, the app predicts the word for you. It's good for typing faster and avoiding spelling mistakes. You can also add additional sets of vocabulary associated with your particular subject.

'Lingoes' is a talking dictionary and translation tool into which you can type words and it will provide a written definition or translation and an option to hear it spoken. The translation option relies on internet connection though, and you need to be careful about the accuracy of the translation.

'Balabolka' is another reading aloud tool but it does a lot more than Orato. You can open a document (word, pdf, email, etc.) in it and change the background, font, size etc. Balabolka will read the text aloud to you (you can change the voice speed and tone). You can also type and have Balabolka read aloud as you type. A nice feature is that you can save the audio as an mp3 so you can listen wherever you want - great if you find reading academic texts a bit of a bind!

One thing to note with both Balabolka and Orato is that the voice depends on what you've got available on your PC - most people will just have the standard 'Microsoft Anna' which is an American female voice; other (British) voices are available for free from Jisc.

'TinySpell' is a spellchecker tool which you can set to beep whenever you type an unrecognised word. As well as working in Microsoft word, it will also check your spellings and offer suggestions when you're typing in internet search engines or online forms which don't usually have spellcheckers.

'Rapd Typing' is a touch typing course that teaches you how to type more quickly and efficiently without looking at the keyboard - this is good for helping you focus on what you're typing rather than what your fingers are doing!
Vision
'Magnifier' is just that. It's a tool which moves with your cursor to magnify parts of the screen, you change the strength of the magnification to suit your needs.

'Sonar' puts a ring (or rectangle if you prefer) around your cursor so it's much easier to spot it than waving your mouse around trying to find where you are! As with all the study bar tools the settings allow you to change the colour, shape and size of the ring.

'Thunder' is a tool which will tell you orally which programmes you're in, documents you open etc. it will also tell you what you're typing as you type. As usual you can change the settings to suit your preferences.

For more information on any of these, click here for a useful guide with tutorials on how to use the features.

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Padlet is an application to create an online bulletin board that you can use to display information for any topic. There are seven different layouts to choose from that allow ... more

Padlet is an application to create an online bulletin board that you can use to display information for any topic. There are seven different layouts to choose from that allow users the ability to present information in various ways, create maps, and make timelines. Easily create an account and build a new board. Add images, links, videos, columns for sorting or refining organization, and more. Return to your Padlet to add additional information at any time and collaborate with others. Settings offer options to make Padlets open for public contributions, private, or moderated by you (you approve all contributions before they show). Free accounts allow you to make 3 Padlets that include search, themes, stats, premium wallpapers, and cross-device support for uploaded videos. You can always delete an old Padlet to make a new one. This is a device-agnostic tool, available on the web but also available for free as both an Android and iOS app. Use it from any device or move between several devices and still access your work. App and web versions vary slightly.

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In the Classroom
Use a Padlet to collaborate in collecting ideas, brainstorming, and more. Use this tool easily in your Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) classroom since all students will be able to access it for free, no matter what device they have. Padlet does not show which work is attributable to which student, so you may want to require that students initial their contributions in order to get credit. If allowing all students to post to the wall or make comments, you may want to discuss internet safety and etiquette and establish specific class rules and consequences. Making the setting private again will prohibit content from later being replaced by classmate "vandalism."

Use a Padlet to collect webquest links and information to share with students. By leaving the wall open to comments, solicit input, discussions, or viewpoints from students. They can even contribute other sources they find. Color code resources to indicate different reading levels or "high challenge" sources for your more able students. Assign a student project where students choose their theme and design a wall around it. For example, have students create a wall about an environmental issue. They can include pictures, audio or video, links, and other information to display. Use as a new format for book reports. Do your students have favorites such as music or sports? Create a wall around these favorites or hobbies. Use a wall for grammar or vocabulary words. Create walls for debates or viewpoints. Post assignments, reminders, or study skills on a wall. Do you use student scribes or reporters? Use the Padlet site to create a wall with the goings-on in class. Embed your walls in a blog, wiki or website. See a similar tool (and more ideas to use either tool) in the TeachersFirst review of Lino here. Decide which one you prefer! Unfortunately, the Padlet embedded viewer is very small but can be scrolled in both directions.

Use Padlet as a class space during snow days and school breaks. Share the link to a teacher-created, public wall where students can share notes about what they did during the snow day or respond to a thought-provoking question.

Encourage creativity and organization by having your gifted students (or anyone doing independent projects) create Padlets to collect ideas, images, quotes, and more in an "idea bin." Require them to share a brainstorming Padlet to show you the ideas they considered before they launch into a project. Have them brainstorm (and later sort/color code) the possibilities for a creative problem solving or "Maker Faire" project. In writing or art classes, use Padlet as a virtual writer's journal or design notebook to collect ideas, images, and even video clips.

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Padlet reviewed by TeachersFirst. Padlet is an application to create an online bulletin board that you can use to display information for any topic. There are seven different layouts to choose from that allow users the ability to present information in various ways, create maps,

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As an exercise for Teachmeet Oldham I've added a link to a video

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Roger Clegg - Oldham College

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Thanks to Chris Waterworth

@ChrisWaterworth

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Paul McEvoy

Oasis Academy Oldham

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Catherine Tunn

Rochdale Training

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Pininterest for visual collaborative research

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Pininterest for visual collaborative research

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Anne Fox-Kelly

University Campus Oldham

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This wall was filled with student contributions after a thought provoking class discussion

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An example Padlet wall -  geometry resources  

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An example Padlet wall -  geometry resources  

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We also came, we saw, we ate food, we took stuff away!

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We also came, we saw, we ate food, we took stuff away!

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Maureen Russell - Glodwick Infant and Nursery

Karen Smedley - Royton Hall Primary School

Brenda Bradley - Royton Hall Primary School

Vickie Johnson - Glodwick Infant and Nursery

Naomi Morris - Kingfisher Community Special School

Rachel Irving - Oldham College

Andrew Tunn - Kirklees College

Rachel Parkinson - University Campus Oldham (PGCE)

Nafia Parveen - University Campus Oldham (PGCE)

Asiya Begum - University Campus Oldham (PGCE)

Beth Tunstall - The Manchester College

Bradda Unsworth - Royton Hall Primary School

Sarah Riley - Oldham College

Kathryn Pogson - Oldham College

Jodie Cooke - Oldham College

David Lascelles - Oldham College

Tamara Baldwin - Oldham College

Charlotte Derrett - St Thomas More RC College

Julie Harding - Oldham College

Paul McKean - JISC

John Dalzeil - JISC

Julie Mizon - The Manchester College

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Oldham College, a Further Education College offering a diverse range of courses to the local community.

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University Campus Oldham, Cromwell Street, Oldham. OL1 1BB

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University Campus Oldham, Cromwell Street, Oldham. OL1 1BB

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Aspiration, Purpose, Success - University Campus Oldham

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At University Campus Oldham all our students have an outstanding learning experience, one that prepares them for their future careers in Oldham, Greater Manchester and the wider world. That is what you can expect if you choose to join us.

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Student led interactive walldisplays for LLDD

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Student led interactive walldisplays for LLDD

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Leanne Buckley

Oldham College

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Ann Winter

University Campus Oldham

Tony Buzan developed Mind Maps as a note-taking tool after struggling at school and university. They all have a central image with branches radiating out where each piece of new information 'hooks on to' existing info.

Further details, course information and free time limited download of imindmap available from:

www.thinkbuzan.com/products/imindmap

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Ann Winter

University Campus Oldham

Padlet used to be known as Wallwisher and is a free web based resource.

Create an account at

https://padlet.com

Also on Twitter @padlet

Please add your padlet walls

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John Dalziel

Jisc RSC Northwest

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The art of storytelling - Talk is not cheap, the value of narrative

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The art of storytelling - Talk is not cheap, the value of narrative

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Gail Frampton

University Campus Oldham

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Ian Hirst

Oldham College

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Michelle Whitehead

University Campus Oldham

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Using Twitter hashtags for back channel discussions and flipped learning

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Using Twitter hashtags for back channel discussions and flipped learning

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The story of #TMOldham using storify:

@alisoniredale

#TMOldham

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Teachmeet Oldham (with images, tweets) · alisoniredale

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Stories, conversations and links from our Teachmmet held on the 6th May 2014 at the University Campus Oldham

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Lucy Smith

Oldham College