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Online Safety: Pupil Voice

Using your school’s online safety policy as a starting point, a CLC film-maker will work with members of school council or your Digital leaders to create a short film to explain  the key content of the policy to the wider school community. The day will combine discussion on good online safety practice, with the afternoon spent creating a short film that can be uploaded tot he school’s website. (this session is designed for small groups only).

Having attended this course teachers will...

Coding and Animation with Scratch Jr

In this workshop pupils get the chance to create their own interactive animation using the visual programming app Scratch Jr.
Scratch Jr is a free app available for iPad and Android tablets. It has been created by MIT to introduce young children to the basic principles of coding through an easy to operate, drag-and-drop interface.

Having attended this course teachers will...

• Have a go at one of the tutorials posted on Scratch Jr’s website
• Take a look at Scratch Jr’s Twitter feed where they post regular updates and advice
• Check out the Scratch “Help” page to see what else is possible

Performing and Reading Poetry

In this workshop pupils explore the features of poetry, and use examples by the likes of Grace Nichols and Michael Rosen to inspire them to construct their own haiku poems. Working in groups, pupils then create short films in which they recite their poetry, editing in images that complement its themes.

Having attended this course teachers will...

• Check out CLPE’s Poetryline resources
• Keep an eye on Michael Rosen’s Twitter feed; he frequently makes interesting posts about poetry in education
• The BBC Teachers’ archive contains some useful poetry based activities, including this game

Coding & Animation with Scratch Jr

In this workshop pupils get the chance to create their own interactive animation using the visual programming app Scratch Jr.
Scratch Jr is a free app available for iPad and Android tablets. It has been created by MIT to introduce young children to the basic principles of coding through an easy to operate, drag-and-drop interface.

Having attended this course teachers will...

• Have a go at one of the tutorials posted on Scratch Jr’s website
• Take a look at Scratch Jr’s Twitter feed where they post regular updates and advice
• Check out the Scratch “Help” page to see what else is possible

Online Safety Interactive

Pupils will better understand how to keep themselves and others safe online by creating a digital campaign to promote online safety, with a focus on social networking. On completion, pupils will receive DigitalMe’s SAFE Certificate in Safe Social Networking.

Having attended this course teachers will...

Digital Citizens: Understanding the Internet

We are all citizens of the Internet. In this workshop pupils learn how information can be shared between networks across the world through the Internet, and get to grips with the basics of HTML – the language of the World Wide Web.

Having attended this course teachers will...

• Take pupils on a 360° video tour of one of Google’s data centres
• Ask them to create their own Newsround article using Mozilla’s X-Ray Goggles
• Learn more about HTML, CSS and other tools for building web pages with W3Schools online tutorials