weekly e-tip
Teacher E-Learning Handbook
About this Handbook This is a practical guide on how to use the e-learning resources available in WAES to deliver and support learning. It is intended to help teachers of any subject who are seeking to use our various IT resources in their teaching – that is computers, interactive whiteboards, online resources, video cameras, and mp3 recorders. This handbook will provide you with advice and instructions and will also help you to use the e-resources in a variety of ways to aid learning.
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E-Learning in WAES
E-WAES
Everyone uses the internet and new technologies on a daily basis for finding information, communicating, and looking for entertainment, goods and services. Learners are conveying new expectations of the power of technology into education. The interest and innovation is leading us to explore new approaches to learning supported by technology. It is the enthusiasm and curiosity of learners, teachers and the sector in general that drives our e-learning strategy. Our goal is to help the sector use technology as effectively as possible, so that it becomes a 'normal' or embedded part of our activities. We want to put our managers, teachers and learners, at the heart of our strategy.
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The E-Learning Team
E-Team
Please do not hesitate. Contact us if you need any help.
David Goldenberg E Learning Coordinator dgoldenberg@waes.ac.uk 0207 6418 166
Sandra Pires E Guide spires@waes.ac.uk 0207 6414 329
Luis Poza-Garcia E Guide Lpoza-garcia@waes.ac.uk 0207 6417849
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The E-Learning Team
E-Team
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E-Resources Available
E Zone
E-blahblah SmartBoards
Flip cameras Mp3 recorders Laptops Smartscreen
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What is E Zone?
E Zone
WAES Moodle website or E Zone, as we call it, provides learners access to learning materials inside or outside the classroom. Moodle is a free and open source e-learning software platform, also known as a course management system (CMS) or virtual learning environment (VLE).
What can you do? With E Zone, educators are able to create online courses with opportunities for rich interaction. Teachers can keep in touch via message systems, create online assignments, upload Word
documents,
presentations,
audio
or
video
files,
generate slideshows, produce quizzes with different types of questions such as multiple choice or short answer, set up polls, organise glossaries, link useful websites, generate chat rooms, forums, wikis and workshops, make available a student’s journal and many more. Trust us; everything is easy to set up.
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Introduction to E Zone
Getting started – Logging on
E Zone
http://waes-elearn.waes.ac.uk is the web address to type in. This is our VLE.
Or just double click on the icon on your desktop Or on the WAES web site click on the E Zone button on the left hand side.
Or go to Favourites on Internet Explorer, select WAES Links and then click on E Zone 7
Introduction to E Zone
Getting started – Logging on
E Zone
Or you can also access our E Zone on Sharepoint. Just click on the Moodle-E Zone button on the Top Links menu on the left hand side.
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Getting started – Logging on
E Zone
Once you have accessed E Zone, you have to log in.
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Getting started Finding your course
E Zone
Click on Courses.
This takes you to Course Categories where you have to select the area and term .
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Getting started Finding your course
E Zone
Choose the course area and term
Click on your course to enter
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Getting started Finding your course
E Zone
This is your course. You might find it empty, so you need to start working on it.
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Getting started Finding your course
E Zone
Or you may find your course with resources already. This means that previous teachers have created their courses and all their resources and tasks are there for you to use. You may delete or add whatever you want.
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Getting started Finding your course
E Zone
Once you have found your course this will automatically come up under “My Courses� as soon as you have logged in. Finding your course is a one time only event. After this, the VLE recognises who you are and which courses you are enrolled on and uploads your profile when you log on.
Here are your courses listed on the bottom right. Click on them to enter the course.
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Getting started Uploading resources
E Zone
E Zone enables you to upload many different file types of up to 100mb in size. This is ideal for loading up course material,
handouts, and extra documentation and practice. First you find your file/document and upload it from your machine to the E-zone server where it will be safe, then you organise them and put them in a folder or name it and place it in the week you wish to display it in.
It’s a good idea to have uploaded all your files to the files folder in your course on the right hand side before you start placing them in the weeks that you intend them to be displayed. Doing this first is much quicker than loading them one at a time. So here is how to load a single file.
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Getting started Uploading resources
E Zone
First, click on “Turn editing on”
Then, click on “Files”
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Getting started Uploading resources
E Zone
Click on “Upload a file�
Click here to find the file on your computer or USB stick
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Getting started Uploading resources
E Zone
Find your file and click on the open button. This will place the file name in the window above, ready to be uploaded.
Search in your computer for your file and then click on “open�
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Getting started Uploading resources
E Zone
Once you have chosen your file click, upload and the following screen will appear.
To add the file to your course in the week you have chosen, just click “choose� next to the file you want.
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Getting started Uploading resources
E Zone
In case you haven’t chosen the week, close this box (shown above) and use the blue breadcrumbs on the top to go to your course homepage.
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Getting started Uploading resources
E Zone
Pick the week you want to update, click on “Add a resource” and then select “Link to a file or web site”.
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Getting started Uploading resources
E Zone
Click on “choose or upload a file�
Choose the file you want to upload.
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Getting started Uploading resources
E Zone
Once you have chosen your file click upload and the following screen will appear.
Don’t forget to name your document and save it to load it to your course
Here is the name of your document
Save the resource at the end of the page.
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Getting started Uploading resources
E Zone
Finally your file will appear in the week you have chosen. Repeat this to add more files.
You can see the new document has arrived.
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Getting started Linking Web Sites
E Zone
This is a quick way for your students to get to information on the web without having to search through lots of websites, one click and students are on the page you want them to go to. This saves valuable class time and you can track where your students go and what extra practice they are doing. Below is the page displayed when you first click on “link to file or website”.
Name the web page or file. Click here to browse for the file you want to upload and display for your students to download.
You can type a description so you can remember what the page or file is about. This is where you type the address of the website you want your students to go to.
Lastly don’t forget to save your page. When you click this it will display your new page.
This opens a separate window to surf the web so you can find the address of the website you want to link to, copy it and paste it in the location box.
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Getting started
E Zone
Uploading files and linking web sites are the two most basic and common things you can do in your E Zone course. If you want to know more and make your online course more exciting and involving, visit the following path or contact your E Guide. E Zone > Courses > ITQ Units for Staff > Moodle Unit > enrol
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Getting started
E Zone
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What is E-blahblah?
E-blahblah is an E-learning blog that has the purpose of sharing good practice. www.e-blahblah.com
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What is E-blahblah? The blog is composed by weekly posts with news, events, guides, tips, useful links or web 2.0 tools and other resources. Most important are also the sections with training videos on software such as Notebook for the interactive whiteboard, as well as Moodle.
There is also a dedicated page to our teaching methods and technology embedding. Here we can watch videos of teachers using technology in the classroom and students giving their opinions about the use of it.
Teachers and students can also watch the videocasts focused on phonics for learners and E learning for tutors. These videocasts are produced in house by an ESOL course team leader (Nuria Inglada) who is a great enthusiast about integrating technology in her teaching, and also by the E Guide (Sandra Pires) motivated by the outcomes of using technology for learning and teaching, and inspiring the more technophobe tutors.
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The Wonders of Smart Board What is a Smart Board?
SMARTBoard is an interactive whiteboard developed by SMART Technologies. We have a Smart Board in all our rooms. The SMART Board is an interactive whiteboard that turns your computer and data projector into a powerful tool for teaching and presenting. With the computer image projected on the Board, you simply use your finger and press on the large touch sensitive surface to control the computer. The Smart Board helps energising presentations and motivates learners.
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What can you do with your Smart Board? Electronic whiteboards allow users to interact and touch the board to control any computer application, create and write notes, draw diagrams and illustrate ideas. One can focus by highlighting key information with electronic ink and also capture images, notes or updates and save, print or e-mail notes. Using an interactive whiteboard helps you to simplify and work naturally at the Board with familiar, easy-to-use tools. There are thousands of images, game boards, interactive files as for example an interactive dice, and tasks you can customise, such as matching exercises, questionnaires, crosswords, timelines, flashcards and so on.
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Introduction to Smart Board Getting started Turn your computer on and log in. Power on the SMART Board. The power button is located at the base of the SMART Board on the left.
Sound volume button Power button
Make sure the button for Computer 1 on the SMART Board is lit up, if not press the button.
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Getting started – The pen tray
Four different coloured pens
Floating keyboard
Right click
Help
Eraser
Getting started – Orienting In order to maintain accuracy you need to “ORIENT” your Smart Board. There are two ways to get to the “Orient Page.”
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Getting started – Orienting
1. When you launch the SmartBoard software the Welcome page will appear from the Welcome Page, click on “Orient”
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Getting started – Orienting OR Press and hold the “Keyboard button” AND the “right click button” on the Smart Board’s pen tray at the same time. To Orient:
Press the yellow dot inside each red + Remember: Smart Board calibrates when you RELEASE your touch, so slide your finger or pen over to the right spot.
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Getting started – Launching Smart Notebook Software To launch the software that goes with the Smart Board, you double click on
Or click on Start > Programmes > Smart Technologies > Notebook Software > Notebook Software 10
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Getting started – Launching Smart Notebook Software To launch the software that goes with the Smart Board, you double click on
Once you open a new Notebook file
Gallery Attachments Objects Properties
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Getting started – Launching Smart Notebook Software You can fill this work space with objects like text, images, video and interactive buttons. You can add as many pages as you need and organize them in groups. You can access the Page Sorter, Gallery, Attachments and Object Properties as well as manage information using the toolbar.
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Smart Notebook Weekly E-Tips
The weekly E-Tip is a small leaflet that is handed to all tutors on a weekly basis. This leaflet contains a tip on how to create an interactive activity with the interactive whiteboard’s software. These tips take one minute to read and are straightforward, even for more technophobe teachers. If you can not get hold of a weekly E Tip, you can download it from our blog www.eblahblah.com
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Links for more information about SmartBoard
http://smarttech.com/
http://smartboards.typepad.com/smartboard/ games_for_smart_boards/index.html
http://www.boxoftricks.net/?cat=49
http://waes-elearn.waes.ac.uk/moodle/course/ view.php?id=2880#section-
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What is a Flip camera? A Flip camera is a sleek and small camcorder, simple to use (as easy as taking a picture), big in quality and effortless to save and share the videos. The Flip cameras have changed the way we in WAES use video by making it simple to capture and fun to share.
How can you use the Flip camera in your classroom? 1. Use video taken with your Flip to provide explicit guidance in identifying similarities and differences. Or to ask students to independently identify similarities and differences 2. Ask students to compare video images 3. Ask students to create and/or represent metaphors/analogies using video 4. Capture and then edit video that highlight the critical elements of a lesson or topic, i.e. classroom reporter
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How can you use the Flip camera in your classroom? 5.
Provide or allow students to use video as a study guide
for tests 6.
Create slide shows, class books, focus walls, or websites
including images/video from a Flip 7.
Use images/video taken with your Flip to enhance or
add meaning to homework assignments, or to help illustrate the purpose of homework 8.
Use images/video to support “corrective� feedback
9.
Use images/video to support systems analysis, problem
solving, and historical investigation 10.
Collect RARPA evidences
Instructions USB Play videos REC/STOP Delete
Forward Zoom 42
How to transfer videos from the Flip Camera
1.
Plug the Flip camera to the PC through USB
2.
Double click on My Computer
3.
Double click on the Flip video icon
OR 4. Double click on
then on the video files
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Mp3 Recorders
Digital Recorders provide sound, convenient file management and has the ability to quickly transfer audio files to a computer via USB. Teachers have been using them for RARPA evidence collection,
assessing students and recording speaking exams. They are available from your E Guide.
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Laptops for Teachers
Laptops
There are PC laptops and Mac Books for tutors’ loan scheme and are normally given to tutors who are enthusiast about E-
Learning and have not got a computer at home or teach in the community. If this is your case, please contact us.
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Training
Every term we plan workshops that happen 3 times a week. Each workshop covers a different topic, such as E Zone, Smart Board, PowerPoint, EBS, Video editing, online resources and more. The workshops are intended to raise the awareness of ILT and
E-learning to all members of staff, encourage the development of new skills to enhance the learner experience, train teachers on how to use the available technology in the college, create effective, engaging and meaningful activities/materials. Teachers can contact the E Guide to book an individual session at a more convenient time.
Welcome to our E-Learning Workshops
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Projects Podcasts – TeacherBites and SoundBites There are lots of teachers in WAES that believe on taking the most out of technology in the classroom as it makes our classes more interesting and effective. With this principle in mind, we decided to create a series of video casts to give people an idea of the potential of technology in learning and teaching. Learners can use the video casts as an extra practice outside the classroom, and teachers can use them to see in terms of technology what can be done inside the classroom to maximise teaching and learning.
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Projects Podcasts – TeacherBites and SoundBites The podcasts for the students deal with the pronunciation and spelling topics for adults. The pods for teachers show the best way of boosting performance
and
achievement
by
grasping
effective
interactive technology. These pods show educators using classroom technology and also the making off of the interactive activities.
The podcasts are live on E Zone E Zone > Courses > E Learning Resources, the college’s blog, MoleTV, Vimeo, YouTube and iTunes. There are also other tutors in areas such as Yoga, pottery and music making their own podcasts, either audio or video. If you want to start creating your own podcasts and need a hand, please contact your E Guide.
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Projects E-ILP The e-ilp is an entirely online system that allows teachers and learners to personalise and reflect on the teaching/learning process. Through a user-friendly web page, teachers are able to keep track of learners’ progress and achievement against set targets, initial assessments outcomes, as well as course plans, including objectives, aims, resources and lessons. All our
lesson plans, schemes of work, course outlines and students’ feedback will be online. There is also a message centre and a live chat available and an option to upload course materials. The e-ilp is linked to our MIS database (EBS) and will supply the Information on learners’ profile and attendance, course details and tutor login. The WAES e-ilp project started in April 2009. The pilot will take place in January 2010. Look for updates on our Sharepoint site. 49
Projects E-Portfolio
An e-portfolio is a collection of electronic evidence assembled
and managed by students and teachers. The e-portfolio may include inputted text, electronic files, images, multimedia, blog entries, and hyperlinks. E-portfolios are both demonstrations of the learner's abilities and platforms for self-expression, and, if they are online, they can be maintained dynamically over time.
An e-portfolio can be seen as a type of learning record that provides actual evidence of achievement. Learning records are closely related to the individual learning plan. Currently we are only using it with the ITQ NVQ courses (via learning assistant). A complete e-portfolio solution integrated with our e-ilp system will be offered to the whole service later
this year. We will keep you updated.
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Smartscreen What is Smartscreen? SmartScreen.co.uk is a learner and tutor/assessor support website, set up by City & Guilds to support learners, tutors and assessors by providing level and qualification specific support materials for your qualification.
How to access Smartscreen To access the site you will need to‌ 1.
go to www.smartscreen.co.uk/tutorlogins
2.
Enter our centre number: 011556
and Password: T862613 3.
Enter your email address
4.
Click submit
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How to access Smartscreen
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Register 1.
Enter your name
2.
Choose a password that you will remember
3.
Select the qualification/s you are teaching/assessing
4.
Read the information provided at the bottom of the page, tick the box to say you agree to the
5.
terms & conditions
6.
Click register
This is a one-off process
Register Learners Learners can also access Smartscreen’s resources. They will have to follow the same procedure as teachers. Learners’ details: Centre Number: 011556 Password: L771973
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Register Learners
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Social Networking WAES is on Twitter, Facebook and Flickr.
http://twitter.com/WAESonline
http://www.facebook.com 55
Social Networking WAES is on Twitter, Facebook and Flickr.
http://www.flickr.com/search/groups/waes
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Useful Links
E-Learning resources on E Zone http://waeselearn.waes.ac.uk/moodle/course/view.php?id=3321 Everything about PowerPoint on E Zone http://waeselearn.waes.ac.uk/moodle/course/view.php?id=2134 Everything about Word on E Zone http://waeselearn.waes.ac.uk/moodle/course/view.php?id=2135
Everything about Excel on E Zone http://waeselearn.waes.ac.uk/moodle/course/view.php?id=2139 Everything about Moodle on E Zone http://waeselearn.waes.ac.uk/moodle/course/view.php?id=2879 Everything about SmartBoard on E Zone http://waeselearn.waes.ac.uk/moodle/course/view.php?id=2880 Everything about Outlook Express (Email) on E Zone http://waeselearn.waes.ac.uk/moodle/course/view.php?id=2891
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Useful Links
Institute for Learning http://www.ifl.ac.uk/ Our blog http://eblabla.wordpress.com/ Talent – Training adult literacy, ESOL and numeracy teachers http://www.talent.ac.uk/ My public delicious bookmarks http://delicious.com/spires The National Institute of Adult Continuing Education (NIACE) http://www.niace.org.uk/ TESConnect – Resources, Support & Advice for Teachers http://www.tes.co.uk/Home.aspx?navcode=486 NLN materials – Small episodes of learning http://www.nln.ac.uk/
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