ISSUE 7 ; 19/11/08

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FANTASTIC FINALE TO BA1 RECORDS VOTING WEEK

Photography: Elizabeth Gayther

BA1 Records is well and truly launched and Moodle.

after a packed event in the Performance
Space in MAPA on Friday. A panel of
industry judges from HMV, The Chronicle
and Bath Spa University passed
comment as ten student
bands competed for the
prize of being immortalised
in vinyl. The public, staff and
students had been voting
all week for their favourite
tracks on Facebook, Myspace
All ten acts will be
available on iTunes
after 10th Dec.
Lascel Wood, Filo, All Guns Blazing and
Simple Instinct have each
won their own music video
and will be going on to vinyl.
Their tracks can still be heard
on the BA1 Moodle if you
missed the event.
The music was exciting
and varied, with some
wonderful live performances
accompanied by freestyle
dancing. Media students
filmed and photographed the event
which was hosted by Kelda and Phil from
the BA Music Production. The event was
tirelessly promoted by Max Weedon,
who has sold his soul to Facebook.
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course, just contact us.

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RESOURCES ROUNDUP
Slide Share ( www.slideshare.net )
This is an invaluable resource. Thousands of powerpoints produced
by lecturers and teachers, on hundreds of topics, available for
download. The site is free and though the quality of the powerpoints
varies, there are some real gems. I saved myself hours of trawling
around for relevant images and examples recently when preparing
for lectures on digital communication. A godsend.
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Academic and provocative
theories and debates on
the subject of ILT

Have a look at the poster. Is that you? I found

this article posted on the excellent Teaching and
Learning Design Blog. It struck a cord.
Teaching and Learning Design
No Teacher Left Behind!!
posted on 30/09/08 by dskmag
This is a poster for the ‘connected’ teacher. While
many talk about ’students being left behind’, or
‘preparing kids for the 21st Century’ etc., Then why
not a poster to reflect the thousands of teachers
who are totally insane and working towards a
shift in education - that even governments and
institutions recognise as vital (they just don’t
want to pay all the direct costs for it).
Personal Costs for Teachers
Teachers in my view need to at least have their there. Many of us have been lucky
home internet use funded in some way. Many enough to benefit from the BECTA
teachers are having to buy their own laptop or use Laptops for Teachers Initiative and the
their home desktop, most I know have to share a IT department are doing their best to
desktop computer at home – and bandwidth with provide as many of us as possible with
laptops but I can sympathise with the
family members.
comments about time away from the
http://deangroom.wordpress.com/2008/09/no- family. Perhaps you have some tips or
teacher-left-behind/ experiences to share. Why not discuss
Well, what do you reckon? The blogger is based this on the Teacher’s Learning Space on
in Australia so perhaps things are harder down Moodle (link on the Staff Portal).

!! COMPETITION WINNER !! THIS WEEK ON TEACHERS TV

The Camileo handicam goes to
Helen Roberts for use with the
dance students. As well as recording
performances, keeping an archive of
student work and allowing students
to analyse their own performances,
her idea for a session involved
students dancing with the camera,
using it to show the dancers’ viewpoint in a piece
and projecting the results onto a screen as part of a http://www.teachers.tv/video/2885
live performance. She also suggested a brief where ICT Special - A Broadband Education
the camera’s field of vision became a space for the A thirty minute film showing how broadband
dancers to fill and respond to. helped turn around a failing school.
Simon Robinson came up with the idea of a wireless
headcam to allow students to see close welding work NEXT WEEK
from a safe distance and Donna Jacobs is eager for a more ILT tips, Gambia and
camera to allow Early Years students to analyse their
interactions with children in the nursery. Keep an eye another fabulous
out for future competitions. Your time will come. competition