 Park View CLC has been working with a group of teachers who have signed up to be ICT Champions. They have already created some exciting projects and resources and we are looking to expand the project to more teachers. ICT champions are subject teachers in schools who are interested in using ICT to enhance teaching and learning in their lessons. Training, kit and support is porvided by Park View CLC.
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Animation Outreach Seminar |
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 Animation can be difficult to teach in schools so Park View CLC can come out and do it for you! We have 5 Apple laptops loaded with the software and CLC staff who will deliver the session and allow your pupils to create a completed animation. The film can cover any subject or topic.
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 In collaboration with Punch (based in Birmingham) Park View CLC put on four sets of DJ workshops, 3 based at network schools and 1 at the CLC itself.
Punch has developed, over a number of years, a strong reputation for music-led arts workshops with children and young people.
Pupils were able to learn from professional musicians and DJs and use the latest technology to create music in after-school clubs.
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Blackwell Court Residential |
 The purpose of the residential trip is to allow Gifted and Talented pupils from different schools to interact, improve their ICT and subject skills and to experience a wide range of confidence-building activities. The trip has been run successfully by Park View City Learning Centre for 4 years.
The residential is based at Blackwell Court International Scouting Centre which has 100 acres of land, numerous activities and qualified staff on site.
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 The Apple Outreach solution was first developed in Birmingham by Park View City Learning Centre and has been part of our Outreach programme for the last four years, initially with Primary schools and more recently with Secondary. This involves a class set of laptops being loaned to a school for a year, with a lap safe trolley, projector, printer and various other equipment. Schools therefore have access to an up-to-date resource to trial new classroom techniques.
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 Park View CLC worked with a GCSE Art and Design group Saltley School to introduce them to the use and art of digial photography. CLC Staff visited the school for several sessions, taking out cameras and laptops. Pupils were instructed in the use of digital cameras (zoom, macro, exposure etc) and then were able to manipulate their images to show off their talents. Staff and pupils reported excellent results which would have been hard to achieve without thehelp of the CLC.
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Year 8 pupils from Park View School came over to the CLC to record podcasts of scripts they had written. The scripts were commentating on a piece of football footage. Pupils recorded their voice and edited the pitch to make it sound like there were two people talking. These were done in 30 minutes! we are hoping to have the class back to add sound effects and a bit of music..
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Park View City Learning Centre created 10 "radio stations" for our network schools to create and broadcast their own content. The CLC sourced, prepared and delivered the kit and also provided staff training and outreach support.
Schools were then able to upload podcasts to the Radiowaves website and a wide variety of programmes were produced - comedy, news, music, interviews and much more!
Most of the radio stations are still active, providing content to the Radio Waves site.
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 During the Summer Park View City Learning Centre run a four day Summer School on Video Game Creation. The sessions focus on creating a Game World, Characters, Music, Pop-ups, Rules and much more.
Students are able to create a 3D world, populate it with characters and create rules to operate within their game. Pupils are quickly engaged by the software and able to create impressive results very easily.
More able pupils will be able to import jpgs, videos and music into their game to further personalise it.
Students will be able to take away their game to play at home at the end of the Summer School.
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 During the first week of Summer, Park View CLC will run a Science Revision Summer School.
The aim will be to enable pupils to gain extra tuition on Science subjects that they may feel unsure about. Guidance will be provided in how a pupil can utilise their revision time effectively giving them the ability to research topics and gain the correct information required.
The pupil will then go through a revision session on the science subject going through topics that are defined by the syllabus.
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 Park View CLC has hosted a number of Lego Robosoccer tournaments with local schools. These involve building a robot footballer and then programming it to play a game against another team's robot. The result is played on a special pitch and results in tense matches and much noise! All round winners have proved to be St Alban's School.
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 Park View CLC worked closelt with Holy Trinity School to produce a series of short films based around the Back to Back Houses in Birmingham . Pupils visited the site and then spent time at school writing scripts. The pupils, in costume, then were filmed at the Back to Backs. The resulting DVD contained short films on Victorian Life suitable for use by Key Stage 2 pupils. Editing and filming was done by Park View CLC and music was provided by local musician Phil Lewis .
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 After using Robolab successfully at the CLC we trialled the use of Robolab Online, which uses simulations of the robots to achieve learning objectives. These were received positively by visiting teachers and after a little "market research" the CLC invested in online licenses for several of our schools. This allowed schools to use the simulations to enhance work done at the CLC and proved an excellent alternative to using the robots themselves.
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 To enhance the learning of Year 6 pupils, Park View CLC oganised a number of trips to Leicester Space Centre. These allowed pupils to see concepts they had learned about at the CLC and in school in real life. The highlight was using the excellent Challenger mission - the staff are enthusiastic and the setting is very authentic. Pupils gained a lot from the experience and many were awed by the giant rockets on show.
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 Using a game called "School Tycoon" pupils from loal Primary Schools planned and ran their own school. Starting with cards and paper they first thought about priorities for education and what buildings/employees would be needed. After that, they had a game of "School Tycoon" to get familiar with the interface. Finally, they were able to play the game on "sandbox" mode - trying to maintain grades and their financial balance! It gave all pupils a new insight into the running of their own school and, in particular,showed them the importance of school staff like cleaners, caretakers and kitchen staff.
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