Posted by John Dalziel on Friday, October 8, 2010,
In :
Web Safety
Safe is a new programme of practical, activities to develop young children's skills, self-confidence and safety awareness when using social network sites.
Combining a safe, social network, downloadable materials and practitioner resources, the programme will enable any family learning providers to easily deliver fun activities which develop childrens' digital literacy skills. By completing the programme children gain a Safe certificate as evidence of their learning.
Posted by John Dalziel on Thursday, April 29, 2010,
In :
Resources
I know I'm pushing my luck, no
more than the Met Office last year, but as the summer weather
approaches, many family learning practitioners will be thinking about
ways of engaging with parents/guardians/carers/etc. and their children
about the importance of staying safe in the sun.
Sunwise Learning is
a new website offering games and activities for children, as well as
lots of lesson ideas and resources for family learning practitioners.
Practitioners can also
register for a free newsle...
Posted by John Dalziel on Tuesday, March 9, 2010,
In :
Resources
Practical Action are a development charity who are offering lots of free resources that are ideal for Family Learning Practitioners
and/or Initial Teacher Training. The resources are linked to their work
in helping some of the world’s poorest people to transform their lives
for the better.
The Education area of their site has a wide range of content for practitioners and learners, including:
Videos showing how designers make their sustainable products (useful for Design Technology);
Posted by John Dalziel on Tuesday, February 2, 2010,
In :
Resources
The
activities and resources on You Are Here are free to use. The site is ideal
for use in Family Learning and/or as an Initial Teacher Training
Resource.
In the Parents and Teachers section You are here has provided a brief
description of each store in the mall. They have also provided...
Posted by John Dalziel on Thursday, October 29, 2009,
In :
Healthy Living
The Great Grub Club has plenty
of free ideas and downloadable resources to get family learning
practitioners and their learners learning about healthy living.
Encourage Parents, Guardians and Carers to find out more about the work
of World Cancer Research Fund UK and download free recipes and activity
sheets to enjoy with their child/children.
I'm an eLearning Adviser specializing in stimulating and supporting innovation in learning via eBooks, eMagazines, blogs (including audio versions), online TV, interactive resources, forums, workshops, conferences and face2face consultations. Evaluating and becoming familiar with sustainable and new technologies allows me to respond to the needs of learning providers from a position of experience rather than 'hearsay'. Supported learning providers, in the northwest of England (UK), can contact me for FREE consultations. Based at Lancaster University I work for the JISC Regional Support Centre - Northwest.
I'm an eLearning Adviser specializing in stimulating and supporting innovation in learning via eBooks, eMagazines, blogs (including audio versions), online TV, interactive resources, forums, workshops, conferences and face2face consultations. Evaluating and becoming familiar with sustainable and new technologies allows me to respond to the needs of learning providers from a position of experience rather than 'hearsay'. Supported learning providers, in the northwest of England (UK), can contact me for FREE consultations. Based at Lancaster University I work for the JISC Regional Support Centre - Northwest.
