ICT in Libraries – Social Media Online Communication and Collaboration Units

Check out the interactive poster here – http://bit.ly/ZkQ4R4

Find out more about the Social Media Units of the Professional Development Award for ICT in Libraries qualification delivered by Coleg Llandrillo Library.

If you previously took part in the ICTL before these units were added, please GET IN TOUCH!

Find out what our previous learners said about the course….

 

Foundation Degree Tweet-up!

Monday 18th February – Set your Twitter accounts to Stun!

Learners on the Library Foundation Degree courses in Grwp Llandrillo Menai and Glyndwr University are linking up for the whole week through Twitter – sharing, advising, supporting and ultimately helping each group explore the possibilities of Social Media for collaboration and professional development.

Using the hashtag #FDLIB Glyndwr learners will be completing their ‘Group Work in a Week’ project to develop a marketing campaign for World Book Night. You can also follow contributions from @LlandrilloLib and @glynlib

This is hopefully the first of many Tweet-ups Library Foundation Degree course learners can take part in to link across the region and work collaboratively to see the benefits of Social Media for study, work and life! We’ll be keeping track of the conversation here and on Storify, so if you can’t access Twitter during work you can still contribute.

Good luck out there!

THE 33 DIGITAL SKILLS EVERY 21ST CENTURY TEACHER SHOULD HAVE

Med Kharbach has compiled this excellent post of free digital tools that includes the following:

Audio Editing                                           

Video Tools

Blogs and Wikies

Social Bookmarking

Photo Editing Tools

Infographics

Internet Safety

Plagiarism Detector

Copyright Issues 

Safer Internet Day – tomorrow 8th Feb 2011

Safer Internet Day

“Internet, it’s more than just a game – it’s your life”

Learn more about staying safe online, supporting digital life-skills and become web savvy by checking out -

InSafe the Safer Internet Day organisers

Safer Internet Day on Facebook

UK Safer Internet Centre

Race Online 2012

Twitter Safer Internet Safety Day updates and #SID2011

Beat Bullying Cyber-Mentors

 ECrime Wales Space Invaders!

our delicious.com be_safe_online bookmarks

Coleg Llandrillo Staff and students can also use the E-Safety resources crreated by Library staff on Moodle. Log-in and click on ‘cross college resources’ then click on the ‘e-safety’ link.

Llandrillo Library and Intro Connect students win CyMAL Information Literacy Grant

 Coleg Llandrillo Library staff with the help of the Intro Connect students have won a share in a recent  CyMAL Information Literacy grant award! While the group didn’t win the separate overall student prize, the resources created were well received and their winning entry will help to support other Intro Connect and ILS groups throughout Wales.

The short screencast entitled ‘Think Before You Click’ was created during tutorial sessions with the students and their tutors while discussing e-safety and web awareness. The students shared their ideas for the slides, gave feedback on the draft presentations and recorded their own voice-overs for the final edit. The screencast is part of a wider bi-lingual resource package with powerpoint slides, handouts and a short quiz. These are now also being used on the Llandrillo E-Safety pages for the college.

Information officer Síona Murray said ” the students were a fantastic group to work with, very enthusiastic and full of ideas. We had a great time recording the audio tracks and deciding on the slides. The class tutors were very supportive of the whole project from the start and very generously set aside class time to enable the students to get involved.”

For more information on the project and general e-safety activities for FE, please contact siona.murray@llandrillo.ac.uk or @Llandrillolib on Twitter!

Anti-Bullying Week at Coleg Llandrillo

 

This week is Anti-Bullying Week nationwide – how are you involved?

Coleg Llandrillo ILS and IT@B students will be selling BeatBullying wristbands in the heartspace today – get yours to support the cause. You can also get them at the Student Union shop on campus.

 Beat BullyingUK has started their Big March campaign – join up to spead the word and get access to some great resources

 Cybermentors is a online support forum when young people can support others who are the victims of bullying

 

 Don’t forget – the College Student Welfare team have specially trained mentors to help you if you are being bullied and also with any other concerns and challenges you might face during your time here.

**You can get more information on E-Safety and Fighting Cyberbullying on the College Moodle pages**

From telegrams to SMS – teachN yr studnts 2rite

The Digital Ethnography group at Kansas State University highlighted the above paragraph from a reflection on teaching in 1898. How things have moved on ….. or have they?

Fast forward over 100 years and instead of telegrams, what about (SMS) text messaging, (IM) instant messaging and Twitter posts – can you harness these everyday technologies to get your students to think about how and what they are writing? Can they write a story synopsis, a one line review, an emergency announcement or an online advertisement?

If you want to know more, contact your library on ext.342 or library@llandrillo.ac.uk to find out more practical uses for Web 2.0 technology in the classroom.

ERIC – Education Database

http://www.eric.ed.gov/

ERIC (the Educational Resource Information Centre), is an online, searchable database of indexed journal articles, conference papers, technical reports, policy papers and even dissertations all relating to education.

Where possible the full text versions of the item are linked to, often in PDF. Where full text is unavailable, links to library stock or publishers websites are provided.

If you search for resouces on ERIC, but cannot access the full text, please come to the library counter and we will help you find the resource. You can check your ATHENS password with us or we may be able to source the text through the British Library.

New Hairdressing Training Online – Mimas

This new online training programme from Mimas launched on the 6th May. The programme can be linked to NVQ Levels 1, 2 and 3 Hairdressing and NVQ Levels 2 and 3 for Barbering.

An easy to navigate and well laid out site, you do not need to log in to access the resources. Topics covered include sections for Male and Female cuts, full lessons on multiple topics such as Skincare, Blowdrying, Health & Safety and also a useful section on Equipment and Skills.

Bonus features include the video demonstrations available and you can also download quizzes and worksheets to help.  

Google Earth & Climate Change Education

The University of Wales Newport have produced a learning resource exploring the impact of climate change. http://admin.rsc-wales.ac.uk/news/show_story.asp?nid=336 It aims to help educationalists and climate change activists use Google Earth to explore the impact of climate change on a global scale and it should be of use to teachers and students alike.

This e-publication provides a case study that employs Google Earth in examining climate change impacts and sustainable development issues in North Africa. Click the link below to access it.

http://idl.newport.ac.uk/celt/sandsoftime/