Dear colleagues
Please see below two courses that may be of interest:
Creative Writing Activities Online
Presenter: Joe Press
Wednesday 18 January
9.30am-12.30pm
There are many opportunities to explore creative writing using online tools such as ComicLife, WriteOnline and blog pages. This course looks at how writing needs to change for web audiences and tools that are freely available for pupils to use, with an eye on web safety and copyright issues. Delegates will gain:
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an understanding of web publishing
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an understanding of some tools to use in creative writing
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projects - ComicLife, WriteOnline, blog pages
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An awareness of reader behaviour online
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Increased confi dence in creating imaginative content online
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An awareness of web safety and copyright issues of publishing online
Delegates will have a chance to discuss literacy ages, expectation, and responses to web-content as well as evaluate text viewed on
screen and have hands-on experience of using tools for children's writing such as ComicLife, blog pages and WriteOnline
£75
Publish your own eBook
Presenter: Jacob Turner
Wednesday 18th January
1.30pm - 4.30pm
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.
This course will look at
* the software, ebook formats and processes needed to create an eBook
* the process of transferring an eBook to a portable device from a computer
* how to host an eBook online for downloading
Delegates will also be shown how to acquire open source or free software needed to create an eBook and during the morning, gain
practical experience by creating a eBook themselves from an existing text document and transfer it to an eBook reader. £75
for more details, see our website www.towerhamlets-sls.org.uk <http://www.towerhamlets-sls.org.uk/> .
To book, email [log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]> with your name and contact details and invoice address if different.
with best wishes
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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