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Course Title:  NEW Learning Platform – extra Tools and Resources available online

Northumberland’s teaching and Learning Environment, NorTLE,  has undergone significant changes over the summer and to promote this we are running a number of training sessions around the County for staff to drop in and find out how they can access this fantastic resource.

These sessions are for any member of staff who wants to become familiar with NorTLE’s new teaching and learning resources.  Schools that already have the NorTLE platform will also find it useful to hear about the great new tools and applications available

We live in turbulent times educationally and many of the changes to the platform, as well as improving how it works, will also help us to ensure that schools continue to have access to the wide range of Northumberland online digital learning resources in the future

Some of the key features on NEW NorTLE include:

·         A new desktop publishing programme accessible from school and home.

·         An infant toolkit including writing, drawing, graphing, charts, simple control and publishing tools.

·        The ability for pupils to make, share and collaborate together on simple web pages within NorTLE

·        An online filestore for use between home and school

·        The  Numeracy Interactive Resources Online will be accessed through NorTLE, so teachers will not require a separate logon

·        Linking NorTLE to Sims for easy set up of staff and pupil accounts and transfer of data

·        Online training materials for e-safety and PSHE

·         Over 500 of Northumberland’s own resources are being moved to the platform from the NGfL website including favourites such as Little Red Ship, the MFL materials and maths resources.

·         All the shoofly materials – Twisted Tales, Moonbuddies, Angel Boy etc.

·         A personal and school based calendar.

·         New tools to track pupil progress against APP, provide reports to parents and monitor progress.

·         Secure email tool

All of these resources are available online, accessible from home and school, and great for using with any computer be it desktop or netbook PC.

Feedback from schools who have trialled the new learning platform and its tools has been fantastic and we are busy building platforms for all schools in the County to ensure everyone has access.

We would love to see someone along from your school to find out more about how you and your pupils can get the most from the new Teaching and Learning Environment.

All sessions are free and will run from 4.00pm – 5.00pm.  The dates and venues are:

Please contact Julie.Keenlyside@northumberland.gov.uk to book a place or use the online application form below.

 Please click here for an online application form
 

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