Swansea University Inclusivity Links

I am always looking for new ideas and new approaches to learning and teaching. It is so valuable to share experiences with other practitioners especially from other institutions or disciplines. It is not only interesting, but vital to your own personal development to hear about creative approaches that have been developed and tested in the field. Pedro Telles, senior lecturer at Swansea University talks about how he used role play successfully in his teaching of law in the SALT conference this July.

Digital Fingerprint

Dr Bex Lewis describes herself as a ‘DigiExplorer’, she experiments in the digital spaces. She has a background as a cultural communications historian and a PhD in wartime propaganda. I have copied her bio from her website and included the website address is below for you to explore at your leisure. Let me know what you think!

In recent years Bex has provided the definitive history of “Keep Calm and Carry On”, quoted in a range of publications, including the New York Times, Independent and Daily Mail. Bex has over 17 years of experience in the digital environment, having built her first website for her PhD in 1997, been involved in usability and accessibility projects, and is an early adopter of social media tools.

She has a very useful website called Digital Fingerprint and has some great resources and information that you can use to get your started, or make you think as you travel on your own digital journey.

http://digital-fingerprint.co.uk/

http://digital-fingerprint.co.uk/2015/02/media-bbc-news-for-sid2015/

http://digital-fingerprint.co.uk/2015/02/media-top-10-internet-safety-tips-for-sid2015-premierradio/

A Space For Learning.: An Interesting Way to Teach.

A fabulous blog post from a year 3 Education Studies student. The module is Learning Environments and in this section of the modules we were looking at the place and value of animation for learning. Caroline has written a very engaging blog which is worth a read. But if you are short on time just check this post out.

A Space For Learning.: An Interesting Way to Teach.: Today I came across a fantastic visual literacy website; The Literacy Shed , that offers animation that can be used within educational plann...

Charlie's world: Website domains

An interesting post from a 1st year student. Although You do need to consider .gov websites, you can see how they change when the Government changes, so you still need to keep an open mind and to realise that it is still just 'current thinking' at best 'opinion' at worst! Thanks Charlie

Charlie's world: Website domains: What is a domain? A domain is an area that is controlled by a particulate person or company, for instance you may have heard of a lion...

Inspriation Shared

Marking my year 1 blogs The Principals of Change by George Couros was a blog that one of them recommended. I really is a great find for anyone interested in education today. Unfortunately, for me, I got side tracked as I read and listened to more and more of the blog! Quite inspiring, it is great to hear someone so passionate about things that you already believe and try to achieve yourself, and it is so well put. I particularly liked the podcast below. The author of the blog has the opportunity to talk about some of the things that are happening in classrooms around the world with the presenters of Calgary radio show.

In his post introduction paragraph George tells us that the conversation he had with the presenters of the radio show reminded him "...that we have these types of conversations with other educators all of the time, where we should have more of these conversations with our entire community.

They are at the Calgary Teacher's Convention, where George Couros is a Keynote speaker. George talks to Roger and Rob about today's classroom- And how students are using tech to get ahead.  There is a similar convention in Manchester at the end of February that looks great Education Innovation Conference and Exhibition. EICE is an accessible and highly focused event for a cross curriculum audience. It is designed for anyone interested in education. Whether you’re a primary school, secondary school, academy, college or university, EICE seems to have something to inspire. It advertises relevant content for teachers, head teachers, governors, lecturers, department heads, ICT managers, leaders, bursars, and it boasts that EICE is “an event that will inspire and engage all.” Now where is my diary?