Dear colleagues
Tower Hamlets Schools Library Service has embarked on a new e-resources/digital training element of its service. Whilst primarily aimed at the school librarian / school teacher community, there may well be courses of interest to higher education colleagues.
The training offered this term is as follows:
Publish your own eBook
Presenter : Jacob Turner
28th September 2011 9.30am - 12.30pm
As well as reading e-books, an exciting new possibility is to create your own. This course gives practical experience of software freely available and will enable you to work with pupils to design and distribute their work. SLS 13/11
Fronter for Libraries
Presenter : Jacob Turner
30th September 2011 9.30am - 4.30pm
Libraries of the future will include e-management of resources and Fronter as a VLE provides a vehicle for libraries to ensure pupils have access to the resources they need at the right time. This course will give practical advice on how to organise your library online. SLS 14/11
Digital Copyright
Presenter : Paul Pedley
Thursday 6th October 2011 9.30am - 4.30pm
This course will help you understand where licence agreements apply instead of copyright (ie. contract law), how copyright law applies to machine readable content, and how to minimise risks SLS 15/11
Copyright in a Web 2.0 World
Presenter : Paul Pedley
Wednesday 16th November 2011 9.30am- 4.30pm
Know how to get the required permissions when you want to use other peoples' content, be aware of the risks involved in using third party content on
web 2.0 applications, and learn how to minimise those risks. SLS 24/11
Introduction to Apple Macs
Presenter : Marion Reilly
7th October 2011 1.30pm - 4.30pm
Beginning with the basics, this course is for those who are thinking about including Mac computers in their ICT provision, and want to know a bit more about what they can offer SLS 17/11
Cartoon Creativity
Presenter : Joe Press
Wednesday 2 November 2011 9.30am -12.30pm
Use Comic Live software to promote creativity and literacy, and see the power of comics as campaigning, advertising and personal issue discussion tools. SLS 27/11
Picture Editing : Photoshop
Presenter : Jacob Turner
3rd November 2011 9.30am - 4.30pm
Create and edit high quality images confi dently. Graphics for presentations, printing and the web for beginners and intermediate users. SLS 23/11
Building your own Image Library
Presenter : Joe Press
Wednesday 23 November 2011 9.30am-12.30pm
With so many images freely available on the internet and the ease with which digital images can be created, it becomes critical to keep track
of photos so that they can be retrieved and used. This course looks at how to manage your own image library and make effective use of internet
resources. SLS 29/11
Raising your Digital Profile : using Free Web2.0 Resources
Presenter : Phil Bradley
Thursday 24 November 2011 9.30am - 4.30pm
There is a vast array of free web2.0 software available that can be used to great effect to market the library and library services. This
course will look at the range available and work through practical examples. SLS 30/11
Web2.0 and Libraries - the Future
Presenter : Phil Bradley
Friday 25 November 2011 9.30am - 4.30pm
You don't know what you don't know! Librarians and Learning Resource Centre Managers need to stay at the forefront of web2.0 technology. This course
will look at what is new and attempt to peer into the future and anticipate how libraries need to change to adapt to the new environment. SLS 31/11
Creative Writing Activities Online
Presenter : Joe Press
Wednesday 30 November 2011 9.30am-12.30pm
There are many opportunities to explore creative writing using online tools. This course looks at how writing needs to change for web audiences and
tools that are freely available for children to use, with an eye on web safety and copyright issues.SLS 32/11
Podcasting for Beginners
Presenter : Joe Press
7 December 2011 9.30am-4.30pm
Podcasting is a way of publishing sound files regularly to an audience. They are usually spoken word, in the form of a news report or audio magazine
or radio show. This course will introduce delegates to the basic principles of creating and managing podcasts. SLS 33/11
Searching Further: Alternative Sources of Information
Presenter : Joe Press
Wednesday 14 December 9.30am -12.30pm
Blogs, wikis, twitter - all can be used as sources of information in a rapidly-changing environment. In some cases, these can be the only available
sources of information, and so we cannot afford to discount them. This course looks at what is out there, how it can be searched and how to validate
and ensure integrity of information acquired through these channels. SLS 34/11
A whole-day course is £125 and a half day course is £75. All take place at the Professional Development Centre, English St London E3 4TA (Mile End tube). Lunch / refreshments are provided for whole-day courses, refreshments for the half day courses. A certificate of attendance will be provided to all participants.
To book, visit our website www.towerhamlets-sls.org.uk <blocked::http://www.towerhamlets-sls.org.uk> .
Please get in touch if you would like any more information
Gillian Harris
Head of Tower Hamlets Schools Library Services
Professional Development Centre
English Street
London E3 4TA
Tel 020 7364 6428
Fax 020 7364 6422
www.towerhamlets-sls.org.uk
Gillian Harris
Head of Tower Hamlets Schools Library Services
Professional Development Centre
English Street
London E3 4TA
Tel 020 7364 6428
Fax 020 7364 6422
www.towerhamlets-sls.org.uk
Gillian Harris
Head of Tower Hamlets Schools Library Services
Professional Development Centre
English Street
London E3 4TA
Tel 020 7364 6428
Fax 020 7364 6422
www.towerhamlets-sls.org.uk
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