Availability
Open Now, Summertime
Availability
Open Now, Summertime
Sector
Primary
Course dates
02-08-22 to 18-08-22
Study time
20 hours
Target audience
All (primary) teachers
Places
Limited (all taken)
(Course full – enrolment closed.)
This summer course is about using digital technology to teach about climate action and sustainability in your classroom. Drawing on high quality resources from Scoilnet’s hub for ESD (Education for Sustainable Development), it will provide inspiration and ideas to bring these topics to life. You’ll learn how to create a climate-themed multimedia resource, choosing from formats including video, newsletters and podcasts. You will also have the opportunity to explore and evaluate climate-themed resources for your class.
Approved for EPV days.
At the end of this course, you should be able to:
There are five modules in this course.
Participant requirements: A high standard of meaningful participant engagement on this course is required for successful completion. This involves joining in a range of online discussions, communicating with fellow participants and the etutor, as well as completing a number of tasks (e.g., a lesson outline, a reflective learning log and a Learning Record). Other detailed requirements are covered within the course.
Note also the Department of Education requirement that, where a participant has registered for more than one course (with any course provider), courses may only be completed consecutively rather than concurrently.
Device: A laptop, desktop pc or tablet* with the latest version of Chrome, Firefox or Safari installed. An inbuilt or separate microphone, or a smartphone, may be required for recording audio for one assignment (only). A good broadband internet connection is essential.
*Most tablet devices work well with our course software but some older devices may not be compatible. Please do not use a smartphone to complete the course.
Software/Apps: While this course is free, the content includes examples of many apps and software titles for the purposes of illustration, some of which involve a cost. Also, the course requires all participants to create an account on a choice of (free or paid) apps for resource creation and sharing.
Participants enrolling in this course are asked to commit to participating in a follow up (impact) survey and a short course for reflection and sharing in autumn, on “Using Digital Technologies in the Primary Classroom”. This will enable participants to reflect on their practice and share their experiences of implementing learning from the course in their own classrooms with other teachers who completed the summer course.
About 45 minutes of your time is all that is required for these two items.
A course certificate is provided upon completion of this course. The course is approved for EPV days.
All participants must accept our terms of service when first accessing our online courses learning platform, which cover key participant undertakings, obligations and code of conduct in relation to course engagement.
By enrolling in this course, you also accept the following:
Course full – enrolment closed. Thank you for your interest.
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