aclJohn's eAdministration Finds

I've mentioned this website before, when it was called MyAwardMaker. Nothing else has changed and they're still the same website, just with a different name. Be sure to update bookmarks and let colleagues know too!

If Learning Providers or practitioners are looking for the perfect certificate that they could present to their learners for a wide range of achievements, then look no further.

Visit Certificate Street at http://www.certificatestreet.com/index.html.

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Team Maker is a simple application that lets users enter a list of names and break them up randomly into teams/groups.

Team Maker randomly generates teams/groups for, among other things, group projects.

All users have to do is...

• enter the names of delegates, learners, colleagues, etc.;
• pick how many teams needed;
• choose the format for output then...

Team Maker generates random team lists.

Try it out at http://chir.ag/projects/team-maker/.

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Memory4Teachers is a major ICT initiative that I've written about before. It involves the FREE provision of USB memory sticks for all...

• Head Teachers,
  
• Teachers,
  
• School Business Managers and
  
• all support staff.

The memory sticks feature...

• full password security,
• virus protection and
• encryption software.

In addition the revolutionary memory sticks feature a bespoke user interface specifically designed to support teachers and schools on a daily basis. The user interface provides acc...

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MeetWithAgenda is a powerful yet easy to use meeting scheduling and management tool.

It provides all functionality to...

• schedule meetings,

• agree on a meeting date and/or location,

• create a meeting agenda and

• send invitations.

Your participants can confirm and view the meeting agenda online, wherever they are.

This tool may well help Learning providers, especially those engaged with WBL and ACL/PCDL practitioners and/or learners, to improve communication between all stakeholders...

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Kubbu - an eLearning Tool  available to Practitioners, Managers, Administrators etc. every where.

For many this may be the solution they have been looking for - Kubbu allows users to author activities to keep learners engaged, and enhance the learning experience.

Activities that can be created include...

• games
• quizzes and
• crosswords

...that can be set at appropriate levels for the learner.

The only condition is that users have to sign-up for an account...

I would suggest that the FRE...

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Timetable Online is a relatively new and free tool which allows learning providers to book resources online.

The TimeTable Online website has very clear tutorials for those of you who are interested in seeing how it works; I imagine many learning providers will request a free sign-up via their online form.

Visit http://www.timetableonline.com/ to find out more.

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If a learner is unsure of their level of achievement within the national framework, they can simply fill in the forms on the qualifications calculator and it will tell them. 

Most people in further education are aware of the levels up to 3 or 4 (A level and foundation degree) but the Qualifications Calculator will read up to level 8 (doctorate).  The site then provides useful links for further advice. 

Find out more and/or try it out at http://www.qualificationscalculator.co.uk/. 

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My Free Calendar Maker...

• is part of the My Calendar Maker family of sites.
• allows users to generate and print free calendars for use around
  
  • the office,
  • home, or
  • just about anywhere
  
  

  Three easy steps...

• Select a format for the calendar
• Select an appropriate date
• Generate the free printable calendar

Note: Users must have a pdf reader to generate the calendar

Yearly Calendar Maker...

Create and print a FREE yearly photo calendar in six easy steps:

1. Select the format - moving the m...

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Are you a learning provider who wants to implement eLearning across your organisation? YES, then a number of toolkits and services exist that can be used to help benchmark you, and move your (ILT) strategy forward.

We at RSC Northwest, along with the 8 other English RSC, are running Generator workshops as part of the big Becta push to get learning proividers engaged in a self evaluation process.

The...

• ACL sector has had the eLPS tool for a while now
• WBL sector likewise the WeLPS tool; we a...

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During October three of us, from the RSC Team, were involved with an eProgress Review with a learning provider whose staff were dispersed across the UK. Holding face to face interviews was not economical, or green, so we used skype to interview their staff. With the Call Graph Plug-in we were able to record the conversations. A very successful use of technology!

I've now come across an article in Time Magazine that starts...

"Get ready for a closeup: your next job interview might be on webc...

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