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We are offering a number of twilight training sessions, free to partnership schools.
Studywiz Learning Platform Training
Multimedia in the learning platform including audio podcasting, using video and other methods that teachers and their students can easily pick up.
Mon 7th Dec 4:00-5:30pm
Developing Literacy Through Computer Games
Use of ICT has been found to increase engagement with reading and writing, especially with boys. This session will include some practical activities that can be delivered in the classroom.
Weds 9th Dec 4:00-5:30pm
Film Making for Primary Schools
Simple activities using Microsoft Movie Maker and low cost hand held digital video cameras to get students started with film making.
Film Making for Secondary Schools
Simple activities that use Microsoft Movie Maker and a range of digital video cameras to get students started with film making – ready for OCR Nationals, DIDA and for use across the curriculum.
Tue 12th Jan 4:00-5:30pm
Frog Learning Platform Training
Collaborative learning. Using tools on the learning platform to get pupils working with each other and their teachers.
Wed 20th jan 4:00-5:30pm
Taking Animation Further
How to add titles, narration, music and sound effects in Digital Blue Movie Creator to make better animation.
Thur 4th Feb 4:00-5:30pm
To book your places on these courses please call 0114 2855586 and ask to speak to Dave / Sarah.
Nook Lane Poetry through Film Project
Welcome to the Virtual Poetry staff training session. In this session we hope you will learn the following:
- What a ‘Virtual Poem’ is
- Benefits of working with multimodal texts with students
- How to create activities for students that prepare them to create multimodal texts
- How to use Photostory 3
Presentation – Virtual Poems – What, Why and How?
Activity 1
In small groups discuss which images match the vocabulary. Present back to the rest of the group why you matched certain images to certain words.
Activity 2
BFI – Screen Online – Tusalava (1929)
Activity 3
Listen to the music and in small groups dicuss which words you would choose to describe it. Explain back to the rest of the group why you chose that particular word.
Activity 4
Watch the following virtual poem. Describe how the author has chosen text, music, colour, images, text and movement to represent the poem.
Activity 5
Plan your own virtual poem and then create it using Photostory
Flickr – Creative Commons Search
Evaluation
Free Training: Take Your School To The ‘Oscars’
The Steel City Globe film awards are the premier showcase for Sheffield schools to demonstrate their creative use of digital media to support teaching and learning. In the last three years, 250 short films have been submitted and students have celebrated their work at the glittering wards’ ceremonies attended by stars of showbusiness and film.
We are offering staff development training in January and February to help your school enter films for the 2009 Steel City Globe Awards. April 24th 2009 is the closing date for submitting films for the competition. Primary Schools can enter films of up to two minutes in length and Secondary Schools can enter films of up to three minutes.
How to produce an animation
Monday 26th January 2009 4pm-6pm
Introduction to creating animations with students using Digital
Blue cameras and software.
Suitable for beginners with no or little experience.
Developing Media Literacy
through Animation
Monday 2nd February 2009 4pm-6pm
How to create better animations and films through media literacy
activities and better storyboarding techniques
Suitable for those with some experience of animation or film
making, however little!
Digital Storytelling
Tuesday 10th February 2009 4pm-6pm
How to use free tools such as Microsoft Photostory 3 and
Voicethread to create digital stories combining photos and sound.
Suitable for beginners or those with some experience of
animation or film making.
Training sessions are free for all teaching staff in the Sheffield West partnership of schools.
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