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Learning Systems Update Term 4 2008

Learning Systems Update Term 4 2008. Kathy Danilatos SR Implementation Coordinator IT Directorate. NSW Department of Education & Training NSW Public Schools – Leading the Way www.det.nsw.edu.au. EMAIL. How to find the “How to” guides: My Portal School’s support documentation

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Learning Systems Update Term 4 2008

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  1. Learning Systems UpdateTerm 4 2008 Kathy Danilatos SR Implementation Coordinator IT Directorate NSW Department of Education & Training NSW Public Schools – Leading the Way www.det.nsw.edu.au

  2. EMAIL How to find the “How to” guides: • My Portal • School’s support documentation • Click on new student email • Then click Learning Tools Project • Then clickSupport information for projects • staff email - student email

  3. Connected Classrooms Program Suite • DET Intranet/ICT Service Desk/Connected Classrooms/Connected classrooms program/FAQs and 3D CCP Model. • Support information for schools • User manuals

  4. ActivStudio Software and IWBs FAQs - How do I download ActivStudio?

  5. ActivStudio Resources Tale • Link in DET Portal • Click Secondary or Primary • ActivStudio Flipcharts(RH side) More useful links: • Flipchart viewer • Sites2See Activstudio support for DET teachers Activtips Vids, Promethean learning – online training, Promethean Planet

  6. What is a flipchart? A flipchart (.flp) is the document type used in activstudio and Activprimary in the same way a Word document (.doc) is used in Microsoft Office. It is designed to be used with an Interactive Whiteboard (IWB). A flipchart can contain: • rich text • images and graphics • video and audio clips Activstudio software can be used to capture text, drawings, screen shots, images, video and audio into a flipchart. Other types of content such as PowerPoint files can be imported into a flipchart.

  7. What does a flipchart look like? • Being Australian (Activstudio flipchart) • What if Australia only had 100 people? (Activstudio flipchart) • Gordon Bennett “The Outsider”

  8. Advantages of using flipcharts and IWB in Teaching and Learning • Quality lessons can happen without a whiteboard however at a basic level using flipchart software with IWB: • teachers can adopt within existing practice • saves time scribing, photocopying • provides a focal point • motivation is increased through large bright images and colour, easy to read text and an enlivened interaction amongst students and teacher • potential for sharing resources • potential for better lesson structure - use of scaffolding and logical sequences

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