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Colin Bayford has been investigating the use of Google Hangouts as a way to video broadcast our lessons for learners that are not able to attend. Further to this, he is investigating a number of other features that are integrated into  Google+ that would be beneficial to learners, especially with group work and collaboration, see attached document for full proposal.

Colin and Frances Taylor will be conducting a test call during w/c 23/06 to test Google Hangouts capabilities.

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As a team we looked at how to further develop and improve the feedback we provide our learners particularly during practical assessments.

Generally our learners are more practical learners and therefore we decided that making use of tablets as part of the assessment process would benefit the learners. Learners would be able to film themselves whilst learning new skills and techniques in the gym as well as during their final assessment and staff would be able to give more detailed feedback.

As a starting point we got all Level 2 Fitness Instructing learners to complete a survey to determine what their feelings were regarding the current assessment process and if they felt that they would benefit from making use of tablets during the build up to their final assessment as well as feedback on completion of their final assessment.

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Overall  the feedback indicated that learners felt they would benefit from making use of tablets as part of the teaching learning and assessment process.

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Benefits of using tablets as part of Teaching, Learning and Assessment

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We (Dave Monk and I) have been continuing our reseach into the best way of delivering the MOOC, the short course with questionnaires, evaluations and self-assessments is pretty much written but we are struggling to find an effective way to deliver the content. Initially, we thought we would use the qube but this appears not to be as simple as first thought, so we have a meeting scheduled for next week to discuss the best technology to implement this project, with Barbara Lawrence and Keith Knapman. Any suggestions are welcome.

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Feedback from the students - a good way of finding out what the students really think about the course

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Feedback from the students - a good way of finding out what the students really think about the course

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Padlet used in tutorial sessions to find out the students experience is like on the course. They post how they feel....good fun and allows the quite students to have their say.

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Sample of unit work presented on Padlet from the  BTEC Level 3 Creative Media Production 

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Sample of unit work presented on Padlet from the  BTEC Level 3 Creative Media Production 

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Recent samples have been sent to Edexcel for sampling. Work sent through on Padlet saved time and money photocopying and paying for postage.

External Verifier's feedback....

I really want to congratulate your team as the standard of work and the thoroughness of the briefs is exemplary.

Thank you very much.

With regards,

Louise Drosdzol: BTEC External Verifier

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Sample of an Individual Learning Plan - by BTEC Media Level 3 year 1 Student

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Sample of an Individual Learning Plan - by BTEC Media Level 3 year 1 Student

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in progross...

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Student's have been asked to write up a Bio's on themselves and to all year 2 Media students ready for the end of year success program which will be handed out to all year 2 students at the end of year show at Harlow Cinema. This is a good way on capturing their achievements and their planned destinations and share contacts.

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Media, Photography & Journalism Trip to Spain March 2014 

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Media, Photography & Journalism Trip to Spain March 2014 

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We took our students to Tossa De Mar North of Spain for a Photography experience.

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Created by the Media Journalism team - the wall is used for college opens - a good way to market your department - upload and show off what you do great in your department!

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I have created this wall for both groups Level 3 Year 1, this is so that they can access materials from home is they miss lessons. They can also see the online tracking to see their progression and upload videos and PPTs for assessment.

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Success!  All of my students made the page, some haven't emailed me properly yet but I'm on it.  Much more interesting for the students than the paper based version.  Karen Adlington

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If you get stuck on Padlet here's all the frequently asked questions about Padlet 

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If you get stuck on Padlet here's all the frequently asked questions about Padlet 

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FAQ List

What is wallwisher?

What is a wall?

What can I do with Wallwisher?

What if I just want a private wall?

Do I need to sign up to make a wall?

Do people need an account to post on a wall?

How much does it cost?

What is this Google logging thingy?

How safe is my information?

How do I post on the wall?

Why do some names have quotes around them while some don’t?

When I move stickies, some are moved permanently while some are not. Why so?

Why the 160 character limit on text?

Frequenty Asked Questions

What is wallwisher?   Wallwisher is an Internet application that allows people to express their thoughts on a common topic easily.

What is a wall?   A wall is basically the 'web page' where people actually post messages.

What can I do with Wallwisher?   You can make Pizza by frying 20 grams of Wallwisher in Evian mineral water. Other than that, you can use wallwisher for:

Personal note taking

To-do lists

Party Invitations

Feedback Collection

Wishing people on occasions, like birthdays, anniversaries

Anything that might need input from a lot of people, eg. a Mac Vs PC wall (that'll be a war, not a wall actually).

What if I just want a private wall?    Yes you can set a wall to be private. In that case only you can see or add notes to the wall. Ideal for personal stuff like things-to-do.

Do I need to sign up to make a wall?   No you don’t need to. You can start building a wall straight away. We will, however, need your email address. A temporary account will be created for you using your email address so that you can come back and make changes to the wall. You can use this account for all your subsequent visits to this site, or if you dislike us so much, keep using the site as a stranger.

Do people need an account to post on a wall?   Nope

How much does it cost?    Its kinda expensive.. After all the taxes are taken into account, the whole thing costs 32*2 – 16*4 = $0;

What is this Google logging thingy?    As you know, Google is trying to take over the world. One of the ways it wants to do that is by allowing Google users to use their Google accounts to log into external services. This saves you from keeping 20,000 different accounts, and makes Google more powerful (if that was possible).

How safe is my information?    It is extremely safe. The floppy disks that we use to store your data are kept in climate-controlled enclosures behind bullet proof glass. On a more serious note, yes, it is safe. We value your security as we value ours. If you log in through Google or OpenID, your password is not stored on our machines. Now who are we to question Google or OpenID on security?  When you have a native Wallwisher account, first, we don’t ask you for any personal information other than your name or email, and our programmers here make sure that too is kept "bullet proof". Happy now?

How do I post on the wall?    Double click anywhere on the wall, buddy..!

Why do some names have quotes around them while some don’t?    A quoted name means the user is not registered with Wallwisher.

When I move stickies, some are moved permanently while some are not. Why so?    That is cos you can move a sticky permanently only if:

You created the wall

You posted the sticky note

If you try to move any other message, it moves for you only for that session. This is necessary to ensure that you are able to enjoy all the features of a wall (dragging etc), without making permanent changes to anyone else’s post.

Why the 160 character limit on text?    We are not trying to copy Twitter, we swear. Basically when we ran our private beta, a jerk hijacked the whole wall pretty much by copy pasting some news articles for the heck of it. We also realized that people were not reading large chunks of text anyway. A 160 character limit, a standard for SMS on cell phones, was thus introduced so that in a way the page is auto moderated to have a meaningful input from a user.