Recording STEM Attainment Painlessly in PS2/PS3

Course date: 19th Nov 2024

Very practical course focused on how to utilise free web based Hwb applications to help to embed the Digital Competence Framework across the new Science & Technology AoLE.

This course provides examples of how STEM attainment for reluctant recorders can be obtained in an engaging way using digital technologies.

£120.00 + VAT (20%)

Target Group: PS2 & PS3 teachers

Course includes:

  • Just2easy - Recording a science investigation utilising text, images, sound and video.
  • Just2easy- Taking photographs and labeling.
  • Encyclopaedia Britannica & Adobe Spark - Effective research and creating a simple video to communicate their findings.
  • Creating branching databases for a science topic using JIT Branch.
  • J2Data - Building a planet database
  • A demonstration of how to capture 'real life' data using Data Harvest Vu+ - cars down a ramp investigation
Please note: Attendees will need to bring their own web enabled devices (e.g. laptop and tablet) and have their Hwb username and password. If you are bringing an iPad it would be helpful if you have the Just2easy Launch app installed.
Tea & coffee will be provided, delegates are advised to bring a packed lunch.

Course Presenters: Gareth Morgan, Karen Mills

Gareth Morgan

DIGITAL COMPETENCE and DCF - Gareth's primary school teaching career began in 1996, then in 2003 he joined Newport LA as ICT curriculum improvement adviser. For over 15 years Gareth Morgan has worked across Wales providing advice, support and training in the use of ICT as a curriculum subject, and also in its effective use across the curriculum to schools. He has an MSc in eLearning and is an ICT Mark assessor for NAACE. Gareth was also previously employed by the Welsh Government as their ICT subject adviser, where he worked closely on what it means for pupils to be digital competent. He was a past member of the National Digital Learning Council (NDLC), a body which provides advice to the Welsh Government on the use of technology to support learning and teaching, and also part of the group that produced the influential, "Find it, make it, use it, share it: learning in digital Wales" report. Gareth Morgan has a strong interest in the effective use of 'cloud technologies' such as G Suite for Education and is a Google for Education accredited trainer.

Karen Mills

SCIENCE and OUTDOOR LEARNING - Karen Mills is passionate about Science and Outdoor Learning. She was the Curriculum Improvement Advisor for Science and ESDGC for Newport CC, as well as the regional coordinator for ESDGC Schools Networks. She has an M.A. in Early Years Education. Karen was a member of the working party for DCELLS Science Curriculum 2008. She was co-author of Module 6 for the Foundation Phase and was a member of the WAG working group that developed ESDGC 'A Common Understanding for Schools’. Search for courses

Course Location: Pembrokeshire Exclusive

ADDRESS:  Bloomfield House Community Centre, Redstone Road, Narberth, Pembrokeshire SA67 7ES https://bloomfieldcommunitycentre.org/
* Delegates are advised to bring a packed lunch
TIMES:
  • Please arrive from 8.45am for Registration and tea/coffee
  • Courses will start at 9.15am