This Blog is a record of teaching & learning on our computer course,'Using Computers for Research & Discussion' by the Foresight Minster Group in Scunthorpe.
We are a group of adult learners who have additional needs & we have a variety of skills & abilities.
The overall aim of our course is to develop our ability to use computers & other digital solutions as they become available (e.g. Tablets & smartphones, digital cameras & voice recorders) to research a variety of interesting topics and to discuss them in a social purpose context.
Also to develop the ability to think freely & participate in group discussions.
That might involve, for example:
Finding out what a healthy lifestyle involves & illustrating it in a visual form.
Use of interactive images to create an illustration of a healthy or unhealthy meal & making audio recordings of comments to demonstrate understanding of concepts.
Comparing foods & drinks & deciding on their nutritional value, safe & unsafe levels (such as units of alcohol) according to the information available on packaging.
Extracting information from text, images, icons & colour coding & illustrating understanding of them in a storyboard.
Finding out government guidelines about portions & recommended limits & holding a group discussion to encourage thinking skills & confidence building.
Learning to compare & appreciate weights & measures, not only from numbers, but by learning how to measure using containers.
Discussing sports & alternative activities such as countryside walks, gardening & household duties that can contribute to a healthy lifestyle.
Collecting students' opinions in voice recordings.
Evidencing learning using illustrations, pictures, videos & new technology such as 'Augmented Reality'.
Our Blog will be a comprehensive digital portfolio which supports the work of students, complements the course outline, individual lesson plans, group & personal learning goals. It is intended to help us to produce excellent teaching & learning in accordance with the requirements of the RARPA 5 stage learning process.
Please follow our progress for each session & we welcome constructive & supportive comments.
