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  • 13: What is blended learning?
    The phrase ‘blended learning’ is everywhere at the moment, but what does it actually mean? And how can educators make use of blended approaches going forward?
    In this podcast, educators from the Connected Learning Centre discuss the different definitions of blended learning, pulling out the various strands and approaches that can be taken in the classroom.

    Hear about the CLC’s BlendEd programme of free resources and support and learn more about how schools across northern Europe are approaching blended and personalised learning.

    This podcast also rounds up some of the CLC’s exciting CPD opportunities on offer to teachers in the coming weeks, including the Computing and Online Safety conference and the BETT show.

    If you’d like to hear more about the Empower to Learn project referenced here, check out our podcast with Katarina Sperling, project partner and International Project Coordinator at the Department of Education, Norrköping.


    18 min
  • 12: London CLC podcast episode 12: personalised learning in the classroom
    Show notes

    Personalised learning in the classroom has become a hot topic, especially with the move to remote and blended learning. As lockdown hit, schools and educators were increasingly asking how to do remote learning in a way that really helps teachers have a personalised dialogue with students and enables feedback.

    In this podcast, educators from London CLC, along with Katarina Sperling from the Department of Education in Norrköping, Sweden, tackle this exciting subject through the lens of the Erasmus+ project Empower2Learn (E2L), which has been looking at different approaches across Europe. 

    Hear about stories of promising practice which can help that personalisation process, including how a Swedish school developed a digital portfolio that made learning more visible to parents and a London's school's successful use of SeeSaw.

    This podcast also rounds up some of London CLC's exciting CPD opportunities on offer to teachers this term, including virtual sessions around assessment and feedback,  a new to computing subject leadership course and a digital security for schools briefing.

    Plus, early news of a new national programme of support to make sure teachers have the right tools and skills and pedagogy they need to ensure children can continue learning whatever the circumstances, and developments with the Tate Exchange programme for schools.

    Presented by:
    Caitlin McMillan, teaching and learning consultant, London Connected Learning Centre

    Guests:
    Sarah Horrocks, director, London Connected Learning Centre
    Katarina Sperling, International Project Coordinator at the Department of Education, Norrköping
    Rowan Roberts, teaching and learning consultant, London Connected Learning Centre
    Peter Lillington, teaching and learning consultant, London Connected Learning Centre

    Links to resources mentioned in the podcast

    Exploring AI in the classroom: Empower2Learn kicks off

    Co-creating a digital portfolio for a primary school: case study and insights for teachers and edtech startups

    Rosendale School’s remote learning journey with SeeSaw

    Blended learning resources from London CLC

    25 min
  • 11: London CLC podcast episode 11: Creative uses of technology for home learning
    Show notes

    How are schools using technology in creative and innovative ways to stay connected to children and parents? London Connected Learning Centre's Caitlin McMillan talks to a head and a teacher from two London primaries about how they are maintaining a sense of belonging and teacher presence during lockdown, from responding to the register with an emoji and five-minute tours of Peru to phonics tasks and dance routines from a class puppet called Chocolate Chocolate Button!

    Presented by:
    Caitlin McMillan, teaching and learning consultant, London Connected Learning Centre

    Guests:
    Kate Atkins, head of Rosendale Primary School, an outstanding research school in south London, CEO of the Great North Wood Education Trust
    Lucy Coates, teacher at Reay primary school, Lambeth
    Sarah Horrocks, director, London Connected Learning Centre

    Links to resources mentioned in the podcast

    Remote learning page with links to a host of resources including our essential guide to remote learning

    Remote learning in an emergency: six best practice principles from Rosendale Primary School

    Bridging the digital divide: latest evidence and advice on remote learning and digital equality in schools

    Teacher CPD during lockdown: what works and top tips
    40 min
  • 9: London CLC podcast episode 9: art and technology – what goes on at Tate Exchange?
    What happens when you give nearly 200 primary school children the freedom of a floor of Tate for two days? Creativity, learning and fun!

    In this podcast Sarah Horrocks, London Connected Learning Centre's co-director, and Caitlin McMillan, a London CLC teaching and learning consultant, discuss the annual Tate Exchange programme, in which a floor of the famous London gallery is given over to Tate Exchange associates to curate. 

    As long-standing Tate Exchange associates, in February we worked with 170 pupils from 20 schools to deliver our Making Moves workshop. Activities included digital sound manipulation, robot programming, animation, film and puppetry.

    Hear in the podcast from children and their teachers about the experience and their highlights. 

    Sarah and Caitlin also look ahead to next February's Tate Exchange project, which will involve not only London primary schoolchildren but also children from Finland, the Netherlands, Sweden and Denmark as part of the Co-Think Erasmus project. Together they will explore concepts of power, next year's theme, through art and making, both digital and analogue. 

    This podcast also rounds up some of London CLC's exciting CPD opportunities on offer to teachers this term, from a special project with First News to our ever-popular Primary Computing Conference. 
    11 min
  • 8: London CLC podcast episode 8: Linda Liukas, Hello Ruby creator, on computational thinking and the coding backlash
    Recorded in Tampere, Finland, Linda Liukas, creator of the Hello Ruby resources, discusses computational thinking, different practices across the world, her experience of the coding backlash and how her illustration and storytelling background helps her explain concepts.

    Plus, Sarah Horrocks and Rowan Roberts talk Co-think, the Erasmus project looking at inclusive teaching of computational thinking and different approaches in different European countries.

    Find out more about Co-think: ‘Lära ut’ and ‘Lära sig’: Learning from European educators in our Erasmus KA2 project

    13 min
  • 6: London CLC podcast episode 6: what makes a critical learner in the digital age?

    What’s a critical learner? What are the skills children and young people need to develop in order to question and safely engage with information they come across online? How can educators support them to develop these critical skills? 

    In this podcast experts from the award-winning London Connected Learning Centre look at the latest research to explore what’s different about criticality when it comes to digital, discuss the tools educators need to feel confident teaching information and media literacy in a digital sphere, and share how to help children to become more aware of the collection and monetisation of their data – all the while taking care not to raise the level of mistrust and disengagement in our current age of information crisis! 

    It’s a fine line to tread but in the podcast we hear about specific activities teachers can do with children of all ages to help them to understand how web pages are produced, how photos and videos can be manipulated and how easy it is for anyone to put anything online – and that with publication come responsibilities. The take away message of the activity is that people exist behind the web pages we browse. For every piece of text we read and every image that we see, someone has made a decision about putting it there and so, inevitably, there are choices, biases and personal opinions involved that need to be recognised. 

    The podcast draws on the acclaimed talk the London CLC team gave in the main arena of the Bett Show earlier this year, as well as the work of the News Literacy Network, of which London CLC is a member. The News Literacy Network brings together research organisations and those on the ground, such as educators and journalists, in a shared mission to empower and equip news consumers of all ages with the critical skills they need in the digital age. 

    Find links to all the resources and organisations covered in the podcast in the show notes below.

    SHOW NOTES 

    Hosted by Julia Lawrence with:

    Sarah Horrocks, co-director, London Connected Learning Centre Peter Lillington, teaching and learning consultant, London Connected Learning Centre Caitlin McMillan, teaching and learning consultant, London Connected Learning Centre 

    Links to resources mentioned in the podcast

    Bett 2019 Fact or Fake talk and resources

    LSE T3 Commission Report: Tackling the Information Crisis: A Policy Framework for Media System Resilience

    National Literacy Trust Fake News and critical literacy: final report

    LSE Children’s data and privacy online: growing up in a digital age (December 2018) 

    BBC iReporter news story simulator 

    Guardian news navigator 

    Guardian news literacy ideas for secondary schools 

    Guardian news literacy ideas for primary schools 

    National Literacy Trust fake news and critical literacy resources 

    News Literacy Network 

    NewsWise 

    Shoshana Zuboff: The Age of Surveillance Capitalism 

    A Data-Day in London poster 

    Who knows what about me? Report from the Children’s Commissioner for England 2019 

    Ofcom: Children and parents: Media use and attitudes report 2018 

    Children’s Commissioner: simplified Ts and Cs 

    5Rights 

    First News

    28 min
  • 5: London CLC podcast episode 5: digital exclusion and entitlement

    According to the recent Carnegie Trust report on digital inclusion, Switched On, 10% of households have no access to the internet and 11.3 million people in the UK lack digital skills. This has far reaching impacts. Increasing numbers of basic services, from benefits to housing, are accessed online, not to mention job searches and shopping around for the best value goods and services. Digital skills and access are becoming fundamental to participating in society, accessing services and connecting with friends and family.

    “I’ve learnt that it’s never too late to start using a computer whether you’re 35 and want to brush up on your IT skills or 85 and want to learn how to switch on a computer. It’s always such a pleasure to see people gaining some new knowledge.” – Digital Champion

    This podcast explores this critical issue - and how it can be tackled - through the lens of Lambeth's three-year Digital Champions project. Run by the London Connected Learning Centre it offered free training and support for all things digital. The course was co-created with its users and took place where they were: children's centres, libraries and job centres. The project also trained up learners on the programme to be paid digital mentors to deliver the sessions - people who could say "don't worry, I used to be where you are, I did it - you can do it too". The project was a huge success, delivering more than 2000 sessions, reaching more than 1200 people, and seeing significant increases in knowledge and confidence. 

    In this podcast you'll hear how this was achieved along with the views of some of the digital champions and those they mentored. 

    “What I enjoyed most about being a digital champion was being able to share my knowledge and being able to impact the community in which I live.” – Digital Champion

    Podcast guests

    Ben Butcher, London CLC, business and operations manager

    Sue Tovell, London CLC adult learning tutor

    Recorded interviews with Digital champions

    Hosted by Julia Lawrence

    30 min
  • 4: London CLC podcast episode 4: digital literacy

    Welcome to the latest episode of the London Connected Learning Centre podcast.

    What is digital literacy and why is it important? How and where should it be taught - as a subject in its own right or weaved through computing, citizenship, history, English or all subjects? Should ‘fake news’ always be published in Comic Sans font…?

    Having the skills to be critical about information that’s encountered online has never been more important. In the fourth episode of our podcast series, and our first of the new academic term, presenter Julia Lawrence and expert guests are tackle this topical issue and suggest a range of useful resources for teachers and parents.

    Our blog post - What is digital literacy and what’s it got to do with fake news? - is a great companion read to this podcast. 

    Podcast guests

    Sarah Horrocks, London CLC director

    Peter Lillington, teaching consultant

    Caitlin McMillan, teaching consultant

    Podcast show notes - links to resources mentioned in the podcast

    Center for Media Literacy definition of media literacy

    http://www.medialit.org/media-literacy-definition-and-more

    Andreas Schleicher - The OECD thinks schools should teach how to evaluate news on the internet. Good idea, but it’s not the whole answer

    https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2017/apr/02/the-guardian-view-on-the-uses-of-literacy-knowing-how-you-know

    LSE Media Policy blog - Media literacy: everyone’s favourite solution to the problems of regulation

    http://blogs.lse.ac.uk/mediapolicyproject/2018/05/08/media-literacy-everyones-favourite-solution-to-the-problems-of-regulation/

    Machine Learning and Human INtelligence by Rose Luckin

    https://www.ucl-ioe-press.com/books/education-and-technology/machine-learning-and-human-intelligence/

    BBC iReporter https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/resources/idt-8760dd58-84f9-4c98-ade2-590562670096

    The Economist Education Foundation 

    https://economistfoundation.org/

    National Literacy Trust Fake News Commision

    https://literacytrust.org.uk/policy-and-campaigns/all-party-parliamentary-group-literacy/fakenews/

    Fake news and critical literacy: final report

    https://literacytrust.org.uk/research-services/research-reports/fake-news-and-critical-literacy-final-report/

    Education for a Connected World Framework

    https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachmentdata/file/683895/EducationforaconnectedworldPDF.PDF

    Digital Literacy scheme of work from SWGfL

    https://digital-literacy.org.uk/

    Book on eventbrite for free CPD Making the News workshop:

    https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/making-the-news-free-cpd-session-for-ks2-teachers-tickets-50164247615

    34 min

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