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Classroom Technologies
April 23rd, 2012
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Melanie Fasciato, lecturer D&T asked me to present a session to PGCE Secondary trainees teaching food and textiles and resistant materials and electronics. The session would be based on the use of Classroom technologies within their L&T environment. The aim to showcase a number of technologies which are currently available within the institute could be used within their L&T environment. The session was based on showcasing the following technologies:
• Podcasting
• Paper Show
• mbclick
• iPad/iPhone/Android
• TextWall
I asked students to review/ask questions by means of using the TextWall to determine their viewpoint of the session. Feedback included:
“inspiring” “the session was excellent! Think ahead to the future” “Food for thought”
Using the TextWall and mbclick allowed students to engage using their mobile devices/ laptops/SMS to vote and post comments and questions.
mbclick – Mobile Phone-based Classroom Response System
March 29th, 2012
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I arranged a visit to meet Geoff Rubner, Senior Teaching Fellow in Electrical and Electronic Engineering (20/03) to review the mblcik electronic voting system currently being used at the University of Manchester. The MMU has been using LRS in a variety of formats, Promethean, Turning Point, and Poll everywhere to engage student feedback. MU have developed mbclick to students and provide instant feedback – see below:
mbclick is a new electronic voting system that emphasizes the return of individual feedback explaining why their response to a particular question was correct, or not. It uses students’ own mobile phones, laptops, notebooks, ipads/ipods, etc, basically anything that connects to the net. It is web-based, thereby removing the need to install any dedicated application software to make it work. It is easy to learn and use, and integrates with Microsoft PowerPoint. mbclick does away with the need to purchase and distribute traditional handheld clickers, freeing the institution and the teacher from the associated overheads. The system has been successfully piloted and tested at the University of Manchester.
In the pictures above Geoff explains that students will be using mbclick. A question is asked within a set time. The software enables the tutor to view how many students have logged into mbclick and how many have voted. Once voting has been completed the results are showcased graphically to student. Feedback is provided to students who answered incorrectly via their mobile devices. Feedback is optional, but can be anything the teacher wants, from basic text explanations to links to other materials, including activities on the Institution’s VLE.
Some teachers see it as a formative assessment tool, where the questions are interspersed within a lecture, others use it for exam preparation, where the whole lecture is run as a quiz session, etc. It is then possible for further analysis to be carried out by the tutor regarding the question and answers received. Geoff has published a paper on mbclick which was presented at ED-MEDIA 2011.
IPad, iPhone and iPod Apps in Speech and Language Therapy
March 20th, 2012
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The Students were from the from the SPT2 and PSP3 courses. The latter group are studying Speech therapy and Psychology as a joint degree. The first group are just studying Speech therapy. They are both at the same level on the course.
The students presenting the session are studying the second year Speech and Language Therapy course and are called Hannah Goldenberg and Andrew Ryder. The practical part of the course involves going on clinical placements in the NHS with practising Speech and Language therapists. Both Hannah and Andrew have seen the iPad and apps being used frequently while they were on their clinical placements – (see below)
Hannah and Andrew preparing for their iPad session and presenting a number of apps which could be used in the student teaching and learning.
I was involved in setting up the session using the iPad to showcase on the large screen, provide any technical help and also advice on how the iPad or technology could be incorporated in their placements. It was an interesting example of how students could showcase, encourage the use of technology within their working and learning environment. Fellow students could review the work currently being carried out using technology in the SPT working environment and thereby reviw posibly their own use of technology.
Forums, Blogs & Wikis
February 28th, 2012
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LiveWeb – insert and update web pages in Powerpoint in real-time
February 13th, 2012
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LiveWeb – http://skp.mvps.org/liveweb.htm
Podcasting using Bluetooth device (26/01/12) – EG OB313
January 31st, 2012
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HealthCare Professions staff (Hetal Patel, FayeBruce and Sarah Rutherford) wanted to record a feeback session for the work-based Foundation degree in H&S Care. Using the Bluetooth device paired with a laptop and using Flashback I was able to record the session. Having showcased the use of the BT device and podcasting at a Brown Bag session earlier to the same staff had enabled them to investigate on how to use podcasting withing their L&T environment.
Global Perspectives on Nursing
January 30th, 2012
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HCK and DV will be running a 3-hour session on Presentation Skills Preparing for end of Unit assessment How to present with confidence and clarity. This will be for the second year of the Sept 2011 intake for the BSc (Hons) Nursing course in March 2013.
There will be approx 80-90 students and as a unique unit students will have the opportunity to look outside their ‘normal’ environment and into areas such as Occupational Health, the Police Force, Manufacturing where nurses are employed. The ability to investigate and present using different media and methods is a major aspect of the course. A fifteen minute presentation will be the equivalent of a 3000 word essay and provide students the opportunity to present using many different media and skills. The aspects to cover by the presenters will be:
- Different methods of presentation
- Strengths and benefits of each
- Students to decide which methods to choose
- Tutorials + workshops to be arranged
An outline of the course will consist of:
- How to present
- Software solutions – PPoint, Prezi
- Podcasting (audio/visual)
- Posters
- Images
- Permissions/Copyright issues
- AOB
