Teaching+and+Learning

=The Virtual Lesson Project - Extending the boundaries of the classroom= Steve Martin

Steve, June and Lynne attended this breakout which got off to a very poor start as Steve had to introduce the speaker. Luckily i managed not to make any bad jokes about Steve Martin and the impending comedy value.

Steve teaches at Howick college and has, quite rapidly it seems, developed his virtual lessons project. Starting as an idea to offer a more enriched out of class experience it is growing to include in class and whole school applications.

The project is intended to foster collaboration, be student-centred, and be available from anywhere at any time. It uses simple Word templates to allow the creation of Virtual Lessons for every learning objective within a scheme and incorporates resources existing on the web including digital flashcards, videos, animations, websites and various web 2.0 tools. All the software used is commonly available or are totally free. Students uploaded their Virtual Lessons onto the ULtranet for use of other class members.

The students collaboratively develop their own virtual lesson using a simple template into which many different medias can be embedded ([|you tube], [|dipity], [|GoAnimate]-check out 'Harry Chalk Secret Agent!' [|Study Bulb] .)

You can get more information from the [|virtual lessons project] website.

=Questioning= Trevor Bond

Based on the premise "effective thinking is a process of asking and answering questions". Developed taxonomy for developiing the type of questions students ask. More info on [|questioning]