- Tuesday 7th of September 2010
This course will concentrate on the structure, content and delivery of Business Management and internal assessment including: Refining course content; Use of case studies in classroom; The importance of using command words in homework and NAB practice. The course will also include elements from the SQA Understanding Standards website to come into line with standardised marking procedures. The course will also include practical advice on timing and delivery of the course. Fully Booked!
- Friday 10th of September 2010
This workshop will provide teachers with the knowledge to:
- Use Scratch to deliver the TCH 2-09a, TCH 3-09a and TCH 4-09a outcomes of Curriculum for Excellence
- Support pupils to develop their skills in-line with the four capacities of Curriculum for Excellence
Delegates will also be provided with a set of materials, support notes and exemplar projects for use in their own classroom. NEW: In addition we are including for the first time in this course a summary of the new features in Scratch 1.4 and suggested solutions for F/G/C Standard Grade programming taks. Fully Booked!
- Wednesday 15th of September 2010
Providing advice on the delivery of the Higher ITFM (word processing, database and spreadsheet) element of the course (using MS Office suite 2007). This course has been updated in light of the 2010 paper and the updated NABs. The course will also include elements from the SQA Understanding Standards website to come into line with new Marking procedures.
- Tuesday 21st of September 2010
As technology becomes more and more used in the classroom by teachers and pupils alike, AOK would like to present a twilight course on the many aspects of a smartphone.
The aims of the course are to:
Find out about applications (apps) for: productivity, learning, professional networking, collaboration and communication
consider how your smartphone might be safely used during class to enhance teaching and learning
examine case studies of ‘good practice’
experience using the voice functions to create audio files and podcasts.
- Tuesday 21st of September 2010
This course will concentrate mainly on the differences between Office 2003 and Office 2007 – Access, Excel, Word and Powerpoint. The main focus will be on the requirements of Administration at all levels (basic to expert) and will be completely hands-on workshop format.
- Wednesday 22nd of September 2010
AOK Learning is pleased to offer a one day workshop on Islamophobia..
Islamophobia is perhaps the most misunderstood prejudice today;
In a 2007 article in Journal of Sociology Islamophobia is defined as anti-Muslim racism and a continuation of anti-Asian and Anti-Arab racism.
According to The British Social Attitudes Survey 2010, around a fifth of those surveyed responded negatively to only Muslims. (Telegraph 11 Jan 2010)
The objectives of the workshops are to:
Prevent racial and cultural stereotyping through understanding of cultural and religious needs and issues.
Promote confidence and competency of teachers and other school staff when working with students, parents and colleagues of other faiths.
Identify mechanisms to develop culturally sensitive service provision within our schools.
Raise awareness and understanding of the practices, customs and beliefs across Scotland.
Provide an overview and increase understanding of the legislation on religion and belief.
iiScotland is a unique Scotland-based training and resource provider focusing on Islam & associated cultures in the Scottish context. Established for over 10 years, delivering workshops and training to service providers including social workers, police officers, teachers, and personnel managers, amongst others.
“Extremely informative, relevant & interesting. Good presentation with plenty of time to explore questions raised” V.A. (Broxburn)
“I thoroughly enjoyed this course and find it very relevant to today’s climate; presenter was very clear and concise” C.S. (Kilmarnock)
- Thursday 23rd of September 2010
This course will concentrate mainly on the differences between Office 2003 and Office 2007 – Access, Excel, Word and Powerpoint. The main focus will be on the requirements of business documents etc in an office environment at basic and expert levels and will be completely hands-on workshop format.
- Tuesday 28th of September 2010
A one-day overview of the Higher Computing course, especially suitable for teachers who are new to teaching Higher Computing. We will consider: - course content and planning - choosing the optional Unit - available resources - good principles in teaching Software Development - preparing candidates for the coursework task and final exam - applying AifL principles to Higher Computing.
- Wednesday 29th of September 2010
Increasingly subject specialists are being faced with a range of complex needs within the mainstream secondary class. Within the Business Education class, there are specific challenges to be faced. Successful inclusion should benefit all pupils, but too often teachers can feel that they do not have the time or resources to cope with the demands asked of them. This course aims to deliver practical strategies to help teachers meet the needs of pupils in their classes.
- Friday 1st of October 2010
This workshop will provide teachers with the knowledge to:
- Use Scratch to deliver the TCH 2-09a, TCH 3-09a and TCH 4-09a outcomes of Curriculum for Excellence
- Support pupils to develop their skills in-line with the four capacities of Curriculum for Excellence
Delegates will also be provided with a set of materials, support notes and exemplar projects for use in their own classroom. NEW: In addition we are including for the first time in this course a summary of the new features in Scratch 1.4 and suggested solutions for F/G/C Standard Grade programming taks.
- Monday 4th of October 2010
This course is aimed at new teachers or teachers seeking new ideas or specialist support. It promotes understanding of SQA arrangements and investigates ways in which H Biology can meet the requirements of national initiatives. Hands-on sessions are included which are designed to improve delivery of lessons. Participants share ideas, explore techniques and work as a team to verify standards of marking.
- Tuesday 5th of October 2010
Blogging is now part of our way of communicating and disseminating information to a much larger audience in a simple way. This twilight workshop looks at how the teacher can create, maintain and ensure good practice through a blog.
Aims:
Discover ways of creating school and project blogs at no cost
find out about a variety of methods of publishing text and other media online
examine examples of ‘good practice’
experience using desktop and mobile technology to create a blog and publish text and other media
with your group, consider effective approaches and how to deal with practical issues.
- Wednesday 6th of October 2010
A Curriculum for Excellence states that young people will be able: “To develop the capacity for critical thinking, through accessing, analysing and using information.”
One way to promote this capacity is through independent research; however, for many pupils, this involves little more than the copying of facts and figures. This course aims to look at strategies to support pupils in the techniques of research, note-taking and writing a final report.
This course will look at:
setting clear tasks and time-scales,
use of guidance notes and writing frames,
involving parents/carers in delivering, appropriate support,
the use of ICT,
taking and organising effective notes,
presenting the final report.
- Thursday 7th of October 2010
How Art & Design contributes to the Curriculum for Excellence.
This one day, creative and participative course uses the Cross Cutting Threads of Creativity, Enterprise, Citizenship, and Sustainability to help Art & Design teachers explore the width and potential of the subject in a wide educational context.
The aim is to help teachers to generate learning which is empowering through ownership of the process and content. Looking at the current educational landscape and taking control of the changes and challenges of the Curriculum for Excellence, the course employs a range of teamwork approaches to stimulate ideas and strategies.
Participants will actively engage in:
Working together to explore overlapping agendas in CfE,
Working in small teams to creatively develop proposals for cross cutting projects,
Using a range of thinking and communication tools,
Breaking through the barriers which prevent progressing.
The course is aimed at Art & Design teachers and may also be useful for staff with responsibility for Enterprise, Citizenship and cross curricular development.
- Friday 8th of October 2010
Teachers of Computing are familiar with assessing knowledge and understanding and problem solving, but how should experiences such as ‘working in a group’ be assessed? How should a pupil’s progression in learning be recorded? How can these records be turned into reports that ‘take into account the breadth, challenge and application of learning’ in terms of ‘developing’, ‘consolidating’ or ‘secure’ in a level?
This one day course will give Computing teachers the opportunity to discuss and compare their courses and approaches to meeting the Outcomes and Experiences set out for Computing threads within the Technology theme before moving on to the approaches that they intend to take for assessing and reporting.
Working in teams they will consider a range of possible assessment and recording techniques for the outcomes and experiences. Teams will then agree on and produce an assessment instrument and recording system for one of the experiences.
Alternatively, if the instruments of assessment are available through the National Assessment Resource then these may be considered and adapted as needed.
At the end of the course, materials produced will be collated and circulated to course members to adapt and use within their school.
- Thursday 14th of October 2010
This workshop will provide teachers with the knowledge to:
- Use Scratch to deliver from Level 4 to Level 8 of Key Stage 3
- Support pupils to develop their skills in-line with Key Stage 3.
Delegates will also be provided with a set of materials, support notes and exemplar projects for use in their own classroom.
- Tuesday 19th of October 2010
This course will concentrate mainly on Higher level and will look at: Content and Structure of Paper 1 Section A – including finding a suitable case study; Content and structure of Section B; Balance and integration of content of Paper 1; Structure of Paper 2 (including consideration of Electronic files); Audit of content and audit of level of difficulty etc. The course will also include practical advice on marking to SQA new Understanding Standards. The course will also consider the structure and content of Int 2 and Int1 – especially auditing of papers for content, progression and headroom.
- Wednesday 20th of October 2010
aoklearning recognise there are a number of schools making little, or no use of Smartboard Interactive Whiteboards. The net result is an extremely expensive piece of equipment not being used to anywhere near its full potential.
aoklearning is offering training on the Smartboard Interactive Whiteboard. The training focuses on the use of the Interactive whiteboard in the classroom; the development of lesson plans, incorporating existing lesson plans and using the wide array of applications already developed for these whiteboards. Time will also be spent on familiarising staff with the various functions of the Interactive whiteboard. The workshop is based on a “hands-on” approach and encourages teachers to participate.
Aims of the course:
• To familiarise teachers with the set up of the Smartboard Interactive Whiteboard
• Build confidence on its use
• To make more effective use of existing lesson plans
• Creation of lesson plans
• Accessing and exploring the functions of the interactive whiteboard
- Wednesday 20th of October 2010
This course is aimed at those teachers new to delivering Higher mathematics or those looking for new ideas or wishing to share. It has also acted as a refresher course for those who have not presented at Higher for a while.
During the course we will examine: SQA conditions and arrangements; preparation for assessment (including NABS), planning, scheduling and their interrelationship; the collection of evidence for appeal purposes – exam balance and marking at Higher; approaches that might save you time; creation of IT resources to assist in delivery, assessment and problem solving; existing resources and record keeping.
The whole syllabus is considered but focus is given to the topics that are traditionally considered awkward or difficult.
- Friday 22nd of October 2010
This course is a practical and hands-on approach to managing and leading a department/faculty, aimed at those new to this and also those who would like further help and advice on the various aspects of managing a department. It addresses a wide range of management issues, including how to deal with challenges and underperformance in the team. There will be clear advice on effective leadership for learning in the context of Curriculum for Excellence, as well as structuring self-evaluation throughout the year to ensure improved attainment and achievement for all pupils. Other topics will include analysis and use of data to evaluate performance as well as how to prepare for an HMIe inspection.
Aims of the course: • To provide vital information to new principal teachers and faculty heads • To deliver practical information on managing a department • To monitor the performance of the department • To ensure improvements through self-evaluation • To examine leadership for learning • To prepare for HMIe
- Monday 25th of October 2010
This one day course offers an introduction to designing and casting pewter costume jewellery using an affordable lo-tech method which is suitable for use in the art room.
Beginning with “basic principles” drawing from source materials, progressing through a creative drawing process and working to a design brief, you will design and make an item of jewellery using simple pewter casting techniques.
This process is easily adapted to the art room and can be used as the core of a design unit Intermediate and Higher level pupils. Consideration will be given to writing the design brief and evaluation as well as to Art & Design Studies.
- Tuesday 26th of October 2010
This course is aimed at those who are about to commence teaching AH for the first time and for those practitioners who wish to tweak their existing plans. The course will cover: Managing the course, timing and planning and important deadlines; Teaching materials, what resources are out there that can help; IT material, some websites that are worth a look with time given to try some; Practical work, some ideas on planning and timing and the Investigation, a brief look at some ideas, managing the daybook and investigation.
- Wednesday 27th of October 2010
This course is aimed at those new to teaching AH chemistry and also those who would like further help and advice on the various aspects of this part of the course. The course will cover: Choosing a good investigation, one that provides opportunities for candidates to score well; Maintaining a day book and the advantages of keeping this; Managing the investigation, from teacher and pupil perspective; The final report, how to get a good mark from an average investigation and Marking of the final report, where are marks gained and lost.
There will also be opportunity to look at some examples of investigations and see how they were marked and also examples of some day books and what is required for them to be at an acceptable standard.
- Thursday 28th of October 2010
This course will concentrate mainly on Higher level and will look at: Content and Structure of Section A – financial accounting; Content and structure of Section B – management accounting; Balance and integration of content of Paper; Audit of content, progression, and level of difficulty of paper. The course will also include practical advice on marking to SQA new Understanding Standards.
- Thursday 28th of October 2010
This course will concentrate mainly on Higher level and will look at: Content, structure and use of command words of Section A – including finding a suitable case study; Content, structure and use of command words of Section B; Audit of content and command words (including balance of higher/lower order) and integration of content of Section A and B. The course will also include practical advice on marking to SQA new Understanding Standards.
- Friday 29th of October 2010
This course gives teachers an opportunity to prepare questions of a standard similar to those met in the SQA exams. Questions generated will be dissected and shared to be used as part of ongoing work, giving practice in various elements of the curriculum, or to prepare a prelim paper reliable for appeal purposes.
The course is designed to give teachers opportunities to:
discuss standards and arrangements;
agree a set of criteria for higher ability and problem solving examples;
write prelim-standard questions either alone or in collaboration with others.
It would be helpful if prospective participants indicated whether they are most interested in producing questions for AH, H, Int 2 or Int 1 students.
- Monday 1st of November 2010
This course will concentrate on the structure, content and delivery of Business Management and internal assessment including: Refining course content; Use of case studies in classroom; The importance of using command words in homework and NAB practice. The course will also include elements from the SQA Understanding Standards website to come into line with standardised marking procedures. The course will also include practical advice on timing and delivery of the course.
- Tuesday 2nd of November 2010
This course is aimed at new teachers or teachers seeking new ideas or specialist support; promotes understanding of SQA arrangements and ways in which H Chemistry can meet the requirements of national initiatives; includes hands-on sessions designed to improve delivery of lessons.
- Wednesday 3rd of November 2010
The focus of this course is the Critical Essay in Higher English and
aims to equip teachers with a clear understanding of the choice and
spread of texts for teaching and the assessment of this element i.e.
approaches to formative assessment, the generation of evidence, and the
application of recent marking advice to summative assessment.
- Thursday 4th of November 2010
This course is designed for new teachers or teachers embarking on Higher Grade who require support in specific areas. The SQA procedures will be covered along with preparation for internal and external verification and overall pupil assessment. Work- shops will be hands on with emphasis on marking practical performance and prepara- tion for prelim and final exam. Included within the course will be a workshop and discussion on how the Curriculum for Excellence will impact on Physical Education and how to prepare appropriate lessons.
Aims of the course: •The arrangements document •Internal and external Verification •Preparation for prelim and final exam •Assessing practical performance •Discussing the Curriculum for Excellence. Participants should bring with them updated arrangements documents and internal and external examiners reports.
- Friday 5th of November 2010
Curriculum for Excellence states that pupils should “use ICT effectively in different learning contexts across the curriculum to access, select and present relevant information in a range of tasks”.
This course will look at a variety of software programmes which support the use of ICT to enhance learning. As well as looking at the recognised main commercial software programmes used in schools, there will be an emphasis on utilising the variety of freeware and shareware software now available to schools and pupils. There will also be a focus on the use of ICT to support all learners within the subject classroom.
The software will include:
MS Office OneNote,
EduApps,
Wordbar,
Penfriend,
Mind Mapping software,
TextHelp: Read and Write Gold for schools.
- Monday 8th of November 2010
This course focuses on the choice of non-fiction texts for close examination and comparison, and
looks at the teaching of Close Reading skills in both narrow and broad
contexts.
Practice in the accurate application of Marking Instructions to Close
Reading Exercises is also covered.
- Tuesday 9th of November 2010
The need to work together and share ideas has never been more important than now. This workshop from AOK will allow teachers to create and maintain their own network using the latest tools available.
The aims of the workshop are to:
Examine case studies of ‘good practice’ in online networking and CPD
find out about the most effective tools and websites for creating your online professional learning network
learn about strategies for building and sustaining your network
examine the variety of professional work and learning which can be undertaken within an online network
start to create your network and share your intentions with the group.
- Tuesday 9th of November 2010
This course is aimed at new teachers or teachers seeking new ideas or specialist support; promotes understanding of SQA arrangements and ways in which H Physics can meet the requirements of national initiatives; includes hands-on sessions designed to improve delivery of lessons.
- Wednesday 10th of November 2010
Mind Mapping is now a recognised planning and revision tool used by many subject departments. The various mind mapping software packages that are available enable staff and pupils to plan and develop their work, and then import into other programmes. In addition, they can be used to deliver lessons to the whole class in an exciting and interactive way.
This course will look at the use of Tony Buzan’s mind mapping techniques through the use of ICT. There will be the opportunity to download and use the free software programme XMind.
The course will cover:
The basic rules of mind mapping,
Using mind maps for planning / revision,
Importing mind maps into MS Word and, PowerPoint,
Using mind mapping software as a whole-class teaching tool.
- Thursday 11th of November 2010
Participants have a day to explore the opportunities which ICT provides. There will be sessions which provide advice on the preparation and delivery of biology using SCHOLAR, BBC, and other web resources, and how such resources fit in with school targets for A Curriculum for Excellence and Assessment is for Learning. Recent participants have commented on the usefulness of sharing knowledge of the variety of prepared lessons that are freely available if you know where to look.
- Friday 12th of November 2010
This course will help teachers in the preparation of students for the
Advanced Higher Textual Analysis Option. Special reference will be made
to prose fiction and poetry.
- Monday 15th of November 2010
This one day course begins with creative drawing exercises which lead to the creation of your own unique comic strip character.
After devising a simple storyline for an A4 page of visual (no words except title and no captions) comic strip, and with a look at some examples, you will design the page and complete as a line drawing.
The drawings are scanned into computers and enhanced on Photoshop with tone, colour and textures as appropriate. The completed designs are uploaded to a free website.
This process can be most effectively used with pupils at all levels and with the availability of web publishing gives an enhanced sense of ownership to the learner.
- Tuesday 16th of November 2010
This course is aimed at teachers relatively new to AH; promotes understanding of SQA arrangements and ways in which AH Physics can meet the requirements of national initiatives; includes hands-on sessions designed to improve delivery and share exemplar investigations
- Wednesday 17th of November 2010
This course is aimed at those teachers new to delivering Advanced Higher mathematics or those looking for new ideas or wishing to share. It has also acted as a refresher course for those who have not presented at Advanced Higher for a while.
During the course we will examine: SQA conditions and arrangements; preparation for assessment (including NABS), planning, scheduling and their interrelationship; the collection of evidence for appeal purposes – exam balance and marking at Advanced Higher; approaches that might save you time; creation of IT resources to assist in delivery, assessment and problem solving; existing resources and record keeping. Some extra time is spent on topics that traditionally students find awkward (e.g. Vectors), or lengthy (e.g. sequences or differential equations) or outside their comfort zone (e.g. number theory and proof).
- Thursday 18th of November 2010
This course is aimed at new teachers or teachers seeking new ideas or specialist support. It promotes understanding of SQA arrangements and ways in which H Human Biology can meet the requirements of national initiatives. Also included are hands-on sessions designed to improve delivery of lessons. Participants share ideas, explore techniques and work as a team to verify standards of marking.
- Friday 19th of November 2010
Increasingly subject specialists are being faced with a range of complex needs within the mainstream secondary class. Successful inclusion should benefit all pupils, but too often teachers can feel that they do not have the time or resources to cope with the demands asked of them. This course aims to deliver practical strategies to help teachers meet the needs of all pupils in their classes.
The main emphasis of the course will be demonstrating practical strategies and exploring free ICT resources that support the learning process for the wide range of pupils within the subject classroom.
It will also look at:
definitions of Inclusion,
the challenges posed by some of the main hidden disabilities such as:
Asperger’s Syndrome, dyspraxia and dyslexia,
engaging and motivating all learners,
successful learning and teaching strategies,
using ICT to enhance learning.
- Monday 22nd of November 2010
This is an overview of the Higher Geography course, suitable for teachers who are new to teaching this course as well as teachers seeking new ideas and insight into the SQA system. During the day the following topics will be covered: • A review of the structure and assessment demands of the Higher Course
• Increasing active learning and the use of ICT in the classroom • Improving student motivation • An active workshop of SQA marking and examination standards • Revision skills including reading and writing techniques for students • Development of a teaching Unit • Preparation for NABs and external assessment • Contemporary development of a Geographical theme/ topic.
- Tuesday 23rd of November 2010
You've used Scratch with your S3 class, but unsure what to do next ... or you're wondering how to introduce object-oriented programming concepts to you AH Computing class. Greenfoot could be the answer! This course offers a practical introduction to Greenfoot - no previous experience required.
- Wednesday 24th of November 2010
Increasingly subject specialists are being faced with a range of complex needs within the mainstream secondary class. Within the Home Economics classroom, there are specific challenges to be faced. Successful inclusion should benefit all pupils, but too often teachers can feel that they do not have the time or resources to cope with the demands asked of them. This course aims to deliver practical strategies to help teachers meet the needs of all pupils .
This course will look at:
the range of additional support needs that may be present within a class and the implications for Home Economics teaching,
looking at the specific skills required in the Home Economics classroom,
engaging and motivating all learners,
successful learning and teaching strategies,
using ICT to enhance learning.
- Friday 26th of November 2010
This course is aimed at new teachers or teachers seeking new ideas or specialist support. It promotes understanding of SQA arrangements and investigates ways in which Int 2 Biology can meet the requirements of national initiatives. Hands-on sessions are included which are designed to improve delivery of lessons. Participants share ideas, explore techniques and work as a team to verify standards of marking.
- Monday 29th of November 2010
This new course allows teachers to explore the opportunities which ICT provides to: • Increase active learning in the classroom • Introduce a wide variety of available and existing materials which will enhance the delivery of Geography • Open up photographic and visual resources • Share techniques and ideas • Improve student motivation.
- Tuesday 30th of November 2010
This course is aimed primarily at teachers relatively new to AH, although many participants with many years of experience join us to refresh their ideas. It promotes understanding of SQA arrangements and ways in which AH Biology can meet the requirements of national initiatives, such as the proposed Baccalaureate. Also included are hands-on sessions designed to improve delivery and share exemplar investigations. Sessions on cross-marking and preparing a successful day book are included.
- Wednesday 1st of December 2010
Excel is not simply a spreadsheet. It can be used to great effect when delivering the Maths syllabus from S1 to S6.
Assessment and exercises can be made self-correcting and interactive; graphs can be made dynamic - used to teach and explore functions, transformation of loci, parametric equations and the complex plane. Quizzes, games, puzzles and recreational maths can be created which look nothing like spreadsheets.
Learn how to manipulate graphs using ‘form’ tools. Learn how to record Macros and edit them to best advantage. The finished articles are sophisticated educational routines and provide the teacher with a wealth of resources that can be used in the classroom.
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