http://www.wolverhamptonclc.co.uk Information, news, blog and podcast from Wolverhampton CLC. Wed, 03 Feb 2010 11:20:23 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en The Apple Teacher Institute (ATI) is a yearly event for teachers and school support staff interested in expanding their knowledge and experience of Apple's range of hardware and software solutions for the creative curriculum: the Macintosh range of laptop and desktops, the iPhone, iPods and iPad, the iLife media suite, ... http://www.wolverhamptonclc.co.uk/2010/02/03/apple-teacher-institute-2010/ During the Autumn Term, the CLC has worked with students from 6 Secondary schools from around the city. Here is a description of the projects that secondary schools have been involved in: The King's CE School Students from Year 10 at the King's School participated in a digital photography and film-making project. ... http://www.wolverhamptonclc.co.uk/2009/12/13/autumn-term-secondary-review-2009/ During the Autumn Term, the CLC has worked with learners from 20 Primary schools from around the city. Here are the projects we've been running with primary schools this term: 1. Junior Apprentice Day Schools who have taken part: Hill Avenue Primary, Bantock Primary, Loxdale Primary, Spring Vale Primary, St. Paul's CE ... http://www.wolverhamptonclc.co.uk/2009/12/13/autumn-term-primary-review-2009/ Scratch MIT is a free and very flexible piece of animation, game-creation and programming software for Windows and Mac. To support Wolverhampton LA's training of teaching staff in the use of the city's chosen learning platform, LPPlus, I recorded this screencast introducing Scratch and showing how Scratch creations can be ... http://www.wolverhamptonclc.co.uk/2009/12/12/an-introduction-to-scratch-mit/ The staff at The City Learning Centre would like to wish all of the students, teachers and Local Authority team in Wolverhampton a very Merry Christmas and Happy New Year. We look forward to working with you again in 2010. http://www.wolverhamptonclc.co.uk/2009/12/12/seasons-greetings-from-the-city-learning-centre/ Over the summer, the CLC has been working with the Local Authority Special Needs and Inclusion team to create a website to distribute information and documents to parents, children, schools, and other partners. The website, which can be found at www.specialneedsinclusion.org.uk will become a hub for all communications on the work ... http://www.wolverhamptonclc.co.uk/2009/09/01/special-needs-and-inclusion-website/ During the Summer Term, the CLC has worked with 5 Secondary Schools, 17 Primary schools, 5 Infants schools and 4 Special Schools from around the city. Here are the projects that we've been involved in: Secondary Schools Each of the five secondary schools participated in a two-day Internet Safety project. During the first ... http://www.wolverhamptonclc.co.uk/2009/07/22/summer-term-update-2/ Last week, the CLC worked with Year 8 students from Deansfield High School on a project exploring Dramatic Monologue in poetry. As part of the project, students prepared filmic background sequences to play behind poetry readings from "Porphyria's Sister" by Robert Browning and "The Sisters" by Alfred Lord Tennyson. Here ... http://www.wolverhamptonclc.co.uk/2009/04/09/deansfield-poetry-podcasts-and-performance-films/ This term, the CLC is holding a series eSafety Awareness sessions for Primary and Secondary school staff. Forthcoming sessions are on 3rd March (Secondary) and 10th March (Primary) and run from 3:30 p.m. - 5:30 p.m. During the sessions, attendees will learn about the potential risks of internet chat, social networking ... http://www.wolverhamptonclc.co.uk/2009/01/19/esafety-awareness-sessions-for-primary-and-secondary-teachers/ Over the last couple of months, there have been a number of articles popping up in my RSS newsfeeds in Google Reader, or shared via Twitter, that share a common theme: how can software and web tools support creative writing and story-telling? In a short series of blog posts, I'm going ... http://www.wolverhamptonclc.co.uk/2008/12/16/enhancing-creative-writing-part-1-creating-a-context/ Four Secondary Schools have visited the CLC since half-term to participate in three-day tailored projects with students. Feedback from all sessions has been very positive. Here is an outline of the projects that each of the projects. The King's School - Digital Imaging / Film-making Year 10 students from The King's School ... http://www.wolverhamptonclc.co.uk/2008/12/04/secondary-project-update-kings-northicote-colton-hills-and-parkfield-high/ During this half-term, the CLC has been running a series of six Social Confidence workshops aimed at Year 7 students. The sessions are planned and led in collaboration with the team from ComedySportz. ComedySportz specialize in improvisation workshops designed to improve students' social and team-working skills. Over the course of a ... http://www.wolverhamptonclc.co.uk/2008/12/01/clc-social-confidence-workshops-with-comedysportz/ On Monday, I worked with Year 9 students from The Northicote School in the first day of a three day project focussing on Science and Maths. We used a variety of technologies to explore two of the key principles of the Key Stage 3 Science curriculum; energy and forces. The use of ... http://www.wolverhamptonclc.co.uk/2008/11/21/exploring-science-with-web-media-and-simulation-technologies/ Wordle.net is an online tool for creating "word clouds". A word cloud is a visual representation of words in a piece of text, in which words are sized according to the frequency in which they appear. Here is an example, based upon the current content of the RSS newsfeed from ... http://www.wolverhamptonclc.co.uk/2008/11/20/wordlenet-create-word-clouds-online/ Today, I have been working with Year 9 students from The Northicote School to create a series of podcasts explaining science topics in the Key Stage 3 Curriculum. Group 1 [podcast]http://s107868650.websitehome.co.uk/clc_v4/wp-content/uploads/northicote_group_1.mp3[/podcast] Group 2 [podcast]http://s107868650.websitehome.co.uk/clc_v4/wp-content/uploads/northicote_group_2.mp3[/podcast] Group 3 [podcast]http://s107868650.websitehome.co.uk/clc_v4/wp-content/uploads/northicote_group_3.mp3[/podcast] Group 4 [podcast]http://s107868650.websitehome.co.uk/clc_v4/wp-content/uploads/northicote_group_4.mp3[/podcast] Group 5 [podcast]http://s107868650.websitehome.co.uk/clc_v4/wp-content/uploads/northicote_group_5.mp3[/podcast] Here are the topics for each podcast: Group 1 - Renewable Energy Resources Group 2 - The Solar System, Earth ... http://www.wolverhamptonclc.co.uk/2008/11/19/northicote-school-science-podcasts-1-to-5/ Today, I have been working with Year 9 students from The Northicote School to create a series of podcasts explaining science topics in the Key Stage 3 Curriculum. Group 6 [podcast]http://s107868650.websitehome.co.uk/clc_v4/wp-content/uploads/northicote_group_6.mp3[/podcast] Group 7 [podcast]http://s107868650.websitehome.co.uk/clc_v4/wp-content/uploads/northicote_group_7.mp3[/podcast] Group 8 [podcast]http://s107868650.websitehome.co.uk/clc_v4/wp-content/uploads/northicote_group_8.mp3[/podcast] Group 9 [podcast]http://s107868650.websitehome.co.uk/clc_v4/wp-content/uploads/northicote_group_9.mp3[/podcast] Group 10 [podcast]http://s107868650.websitehome.co.uk/clc_v4/wp-content/uploads/northicote_group_10.mp3[/podcast] Here are the topics for each podcast: Group 6 - Particle Model of Solids, Liquids and Gases Group 7 - ... http://www.wolverhamptonclc.co.uk/2008/11/19/northicote-school-science-podcasts-groups-6-to-10/ While searching for some resources to support a forthcoming session at the CLC, I came across Phun (http://www.phunland.com/wiki/Home). Phun is a fascinating tool for playing with the physics of objects. You can draw simple shapes, alter their physical principles (density, friction etc.) and manipulate them - throw or push them ... http://www.wolverhamptonclc.co.uk/2008/11/10/fun-with-phun-2d-physics-sandbox/ Tailored three-day projects with six Wolverhampton Secondary Schools are taking place at the CLC between now and Christmas. These projects have been planned in collaboration between the school and City Learning Centre staff. Here are the schools and the topics / themes they are going to be looking at: The King's ... http://www.wolverhamptonclc.co.uk/2008/11/10/secondary-tailored-projects/ If you're ever in need of some beautiful icons / graphics for a web design project, desktop publishing, or to smarten up a Powerpoint or Smart Notebook presentation, then check out this collection of beautiful free icon sets: 40 Beautiful Free icon sets Note: it is important that you carefully read the ... http://www.wolverhamptonclc.co.uk/2008/11/04/40-beautiful-free-icon-sets/ Apple computers are appearing in more of our schools. Small suites in Secondary Media Studies or Art Departments are not uncommon. A primary school may even have a couple of MacBooks or a Mac mini for podcasting or editing video. For most, the reason these computers have managed to break the ... http://www.wolverhamptonclc.co.uk/2008/11/01/beyond-ilife-mac-os-x-freeware-for-educators-and-students/