Dear colleagues
 
Please see below a list of courses offered by Tower Hamlets Schools Library Service next term.  For more information, see our website www.towerhamlets-sls.org.uk.  
 

 

Web Presence for Libraries

Presenter: Phil Bradley

Thursday 8th March

9.30am - 4pm

 

Librarians need to make sure they have a coherent and integrated web presence as an effective marketing strategy.  This course looks at how to plan, create and manage a far-reaching and integrated web presence using home pages, facebook, twitter, blogs and other social media tools and how to overcome some of the restrictions placed by firewalls and controls in place in most educational establishments. £125

 

Truth, Lies and the Internet - an update

Jamie Bartlett and Carl Miller

Thursday 15th March

9.30am - 4pm

 

This report into young people's digital fluency, published in September 2011, raised serious issues about the ability of pupils to effectively evaluate information they find on the internet.  The authors of this report came to this from studying how conspiracy theories take hold and how terrorist organisations recruit members.  They are hosting this seminar to present their findings, discuss what needs to be taught in schools, and start to examine how to do it.  £125

 

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. £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. £75

 

Junior Librarian Workshop

Presenter: Jacob Turner

Wednesday 25th January

9.30am - 12.30pm

 

This is a workshop for all who use "Junior Librarian" to manage primary school libraries.  Delegates will learn about new features of the software, and can bring along their own questions and problems for solving.  £75

 

Fronter for Libraries

Presenter: Jacob Turner

Wednesday 25th January

1.30pm - 4.30pm

 

Libraries of the future will include e-management of resources and Fronter 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. £75

 

Using the Internet Safely

Presenter: Marion Reilly

Friday 27th January

9.30am - 12.30pm

 

The e-Safety issues arise when using the Internet and associated technologies - this course looks at how to develop an e-Safety policy, and embed it across the curriculum, as well as resources and organisations to support e-Safety for schools, children and parents. £75

 

 

Cartoon Creativity

Presenter: Joe Press

Wednesday 8th February

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. £75 

 

Adobe InDesign Workshop

Presenter: Jacob Turner

Wednesday 16th February

9.30am - 4.30pm

 

This course covers the process required to plan, design and prepare a document, book or poster, the essential tools of InDesign  - text entry, editing and formatting, image entry and formatting and graphics and layout and how to prepare your document for the printers. delegates are invited to bring a piece of work they want to develop along, or can start from scratch with ideas provided. £125

 

Adobe Photoshop

Presenter : Jacob Turner

Wednesday 29th February

9.30am - 4.30pm

 

Images are essential to any marketing strategy, but it is not always easy to find the right one.  This course will show delegates how to create and edit high quality images confidently and discuss graphics for presentations, printing and  the web for beginners and intermediate users. £125

 

Working with Green Screen: creating fantasy worlds with video cameras

Presenter: Joe Press

Wednesday 7th March

9.30am - 12.30pm

 

This course explores fantasy worlds within the curriculum and how creating green screen video can support creative writing.  Delegates will script a scene for a film, use digital videocameras to shoot and edit a scene, superimpose your characters on a background of your choice and finally use pinnacle software to edit your characters into your fantasy world. £75

 

Podcasting for Beginners

Presenter: Joe Press

Wednesday 21st March

9.30am - 12.30pm

 

Podcasting is a way of publishing sound files 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.  Delegates will gain an overview of the publishing process, understand how to capture edit and broadcast, record a piece and edit it using Audacity, publish a piece on Audioboo and embed podcasts on your website or blog. £75

 

E-book Provision in your School

Presenter: Jacob Turner

Thursday 22nd March 

9.30am - 4.30pm

 

There are many issues to consider when buying e-books for pupils to use in school and at home.  This course will introduce delegates to the range of e-book formats and how easy or difficult they are to use as well as covering  licensing arrangements for the purchase of e-books and the lending of them, the costs both overt and hidden, where to find useful online resources and how to make them accessible. £95

 

 

Reduced prices are available for subscribers to Tower Hamlets Schools Library Services

 

Happy Christmas!

 

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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