Download - LIFE UPDATE 24-01-14
STUDENT LAPTOPS / IPADS 2014
• Year 8 – a brand-new iPad Air (latest)
• Year 9 – the iPad they had in 2013
• Year 10 – a brand-new Macbook Air 11”
• Year 11 – the iPad they had in 2013
• Year 12 – the iPad 4s that Year 9 had in 2013
THE IMPORTANCE OF AN LMS
• A Learning Management System
• Extension of the classroom
• Central location of subject/class resources
• Links to more subject/class resources
• Revision, missed classes, Exam revision
THE USES OF AN LMS
• Content Cell – notices and information
• Resources Lists – links to other websites• - files and documents
• - links to Portal Resources
• - links to Interactive Activities
• Embedded Cells – display Youtube, slideshare, Prezi, Vimeo, Ted video
WHICH WEB BROWSER
• Internet Explorer – not the best, definitely not IE 11 (Win 8)
• (Google) Chrome – very good
• Firefox – BCE recommended
LIFE PAGES – BASIC STRUCTURES• CELLS – the boxes that we put things into.
• RESOURCES – the things & activities we put into the boxes (cells)
• Content cells, Resource Lists, Embedded Object, iFrame cells (websites)
• Web 2.0 activities – blog, forum, stickies, posties
• Permissioning, permissioning, permissioning
• Publish the page (or no one sees it)
EXAMPLE PAGE – 10 SCIENCE
EMBEDDED EXAMPLES PAGE –
STAFF
STAFF TRAINING IN LIFE
• AC’s have a roster of staff responsible for LIFE
• Document of Levels of LIFE skills.
• DC available in some lessons
• DC will run some after school PD sessions
• All subject home pages in operation Term 1.
STAFF PAGES – LIFE TRAINING
RESOURCES• Accessible via Year 7, or Site Structure
• Available also on LIFE LEARNING CLOUD –LEARNOLOGY ACADEMB
• Documentation and User Guides are available
• Youtube instruction videos are available also at the above links.
WHAT CAN LINK TO LIFE
• Any WEBSITE
• YouTube, Vimeo, Khan Academy, Youtube for schools, TeacherTube, GodTube,
• Prezis, Slideshare, Edmodo, WordPress, Weebly, Kahoot.it
• And thousands more