learningTECH College leads the way


By Simon Barrable


We were all delighted when Portsmouth College won the Jisc Award for the Effective Use of Technology in Further Education in last November’s Association of Colleges Beacon Awards. In particular, the award


recognises the outstanding and innovative work the college has done through our Curious and Creative Learning cross-college project, which is aimed at all our mainstream 16-18 learners. The project involved equipping


staff and students with iPads for use in teaching, learning and assessment. As a result, the way teachers deliver their lessons and the way students learn, both inside and outside the classroom, have been transformed with a positive impact on their learning, progress and outcomes. A number of teachers have


reported that the iPads are helping them improve their professional practice. Gemma Conway, a biology


teacher, said: “The use of iPads has enabled me to spend much less time delivering content, and much more developing high-order thinking skills.” Lisa Arthur, a psychology


teacher, said: “The iPads have enabled me to turn my students into genuine independent learners through the ‘Flipped Learning’ model.” Students also responded


positively. George Elliott, Level 3 health student, said: “iPads are great for developing my digital skills and confidence, ready for HE.”


Liam King, economics and maths A level student, said: “I submit all my work on my iPad. I get instant feedback on how to improve. It’s a brilliant research tool to enhance my independent learning.” The Beacon Award also


recognised the positive impact of the programme on attendance and the growth in student numbers.


Simon Barrable is deputy principal of Portsmouth College.


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By Geoff Rebbeck First, two contrasting applications that manipulate words taken from a web page or a passage of text to show the frequency (and thus key words or concepts) found in the text that’s being explored. tagcrowd.com reproduces the text but resizes words, allowing analysis of themes. Very useful to pick out key words and responses that emerge from a set of student respondents, for example. wordle.net also resizes text, but


manipulates the words into a shape or object outline. Tagcrowd is more analytical, wordle more decorative and is oen used as a logo o a unit of learning, but giving a clue to the topics coming up.  codes ae essentiall iage files


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that can be read by a code scanner. Scan readers are freely available from app stores and QRstuff.com allows the free creation of codes as images. These can be embedded into ‘how to’ posters, pointing to a video, or added to point at ‘more information’. Add one to an opening presentation slide (pointing to a PDF version of the slides). Another use is placing one next to displayed student work – for eale, ointing to a ideo selfie by the student explaining the work. Safety check: students should only use a QR code where they trust the creator of the code. Finally, students and teachers can


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It’s been recommended before in inTuition but Padlet is a great, free tool which allows you to create a shared space to be used for collaboration. Available on the web and in an app, Padlet allows anyone to create a ‘board’ which can be shared through a short web link (and that can be password-protected). Those with the link can then post text, images and links to the board, with links to popular media services being automatically converted into embedded content (such as YouTube videos). This all happens in real time, so imagine sharing the link and then displaying the Padlet board on a projector for your group of learners to see. Students can then add their content using any device with a web browser. At the end of the session the board is saved and can be exported or printed. Padlet is free and available at www.padlet.com @tomandrewuk


use a free version of evernote.com as a personal scrapbook for any items and articles in notebooks. Students can carry on referring to and using tei ok, souces and files, knoing they will stay with them when they leave college. A huge private space is available, but Evernote allows direct capture and also adding through other apps. It allows sharing, collaboration, and presenting. A ‘log in once’ feature akes it ast and ites esie to fit the viewing device.


Geoff Rebbeck is a further and higher education teacher. He is an award winning expert in e-learning and is a ello o  isit eos website at goo.gl/Rbf9TX


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