by Susanna Brandon, PDNorth Northwest TLA exchange As part of the PDNorth TLA (Teaching, Learning & Assessment) professional exchange, our Myerscough Director of Quality and procedures Sue Keenan facilitated an afternoon showcase of our latest digital skills projects and teaching tips delivered by members of the Myerscough digital skills team and selected teaching staff with […]
Robert Broome, a practitioner from our online action research exchange, explores how language and context matters when embedding Functional Skills. My name is Robert Broome. I’m a level 1 course team leader in professional cookery at North Hertfordshire College and I am also completing my PGCE teaching degree at Bedford college. As part of my […]
A colleague asked me about digital resources for teaching English so she could support one of her exchange groups. They were looking for resources with low impact on workload but positive impact on learners. I thought I’d reformulate my reply into a blog but then decided that sharing my email reply would be just as […]
At PD North HQ, we are extremely excited to be moving into year three of the programme. PD North is going from strength to strength, and our ever growing membership list is bursting with passionate practitioners from across the North (and beyond), each of whom are as excited as we are about improving teaching, learning […]
My thoughts and learning as I prepare training on alternatives to ‘death by Powerpoint’. By Nicki Berry, PD (Y&H) Digital. I have to confess that of all the Microsoft Office applications, PowerPoint is probably my least favourite. I used it briefly as a primary school teacher, many years ago, but quickly switched to Smart Notebook […]
By Chloe Hynes (PDNorth Social Media Comms) I first heard about Screencasting about 5 years ago during a small action research project being carried out at work between a few colleagues and myself. We were exploring ways of giving learners feedback that’s individual to them, personalised and not following the ‘one size fits all’ department […]
A story of two digital “dinosaurs” foray into blogging and other digital unknowns! A couple of members of the PDNorth team (Sue Lownsbrough & Petrina Lynn) have begun a journal detailing their journey navigating digital literacies from personal to organisational/work to classroom/training use. They cordially invite PDNorth members to follow them on their journey… […]
by Vicky Butterby Member of PDNorth: North east & Cumbria When I was 25 I was adamant I was leaving the teaching profession. I was working in a large secondary school where I taught over 300 different young people each week. The pace was intense and my entire day was mapped out, from who […]
by Colette Butterworth Why is teaching English in the community so important? As a teacher of English to members of the Muslim community, I deem teaching the English language within the community to be exceptionally important. If students are unable to communicate by using the English language in the UK, this becomes a barrier […]
by Susan Keenan, PD (Lancs) TLA I have recently joined a North West Professional Exchange Network for Teaching, Learning and Assessment. Our first meeting was fascinating as we discussed the common issues and challenges of working in FE. One of our topics of conversation focused on how important it is to look after teachers […]