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The content is developed collaboratively between our facilitators Abel Makonga and Agness Tembo at Chalimbana Basic School and our team at the Centre for Commonwealth Education. We currently only have English language versions. However, you can use Google Translate to view  
The content is developed collaboratively between our facilitators Abel Makonga and Agness Tembo at Chalimbana Basic School and our team at the Centre for Commonwealth Education. We currently only have English language versions. However, you can use Google Translate to view  
[http://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=auto&tl=fr&u=http%3A%2F%2Forbit.educ.cam.ac.uk%2Fwiki%2FOER4Schools French], [http://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=auto&tl=pt&u=http%3A%2F%2Forbit.educ.cam.ac.uk%2Fwiki%2FOER4Schools Portuguese], [http://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=auto&tl=sw&u=http%3A%2F%2Forbit.educ.cam.ac.uk%2Fwiki%2FOER4Schools Swahili] and other language versions.
[http://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=auto&tl=fr&u=http%3A%2F%2Forbit.educ.cam.ac.uk%2Fwiki%2FOER4Schools French], [http://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=auto&tl=pt&u=http%3A%2F%2Forbit.educ.cam.ac.uk%2Fwiki%2FOER4Schools Portuguese], [http://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=auto&tl=sw&u=http%3A%2F%2Forbit.educ.cam.ac.uk%2Fwiki%2FOER4Schools Swahili] and other language versions.
= Other resources =
== Lesson and activity templates ==
* [[OER4Schools/Lesson plan template|OER4Schools lesson plan (blank)]]
* [[OER4Schools/activity template|OER4Schools activity template (blank)]]
== Classroom activities ==
* [[OER4Schools/Netbook familiarisation]]
* [[OER4Schools/Collaborative writing with EtherPad]]
More assets (both classroom activities and suggestions for workshop activities, as well as other supporting materials) are available [[OER4Schools/assets|here]].
== Further resources ==
* [[OER4Schools/LfL|Leadership for Learning]]
* [[OER4Schools/ChaUni Effective use of ICT]]
* You may also be interested in exploring the [[ORBIT|resources of the ORBIT project]], hosted on this wiki.
* [[Interactive pedagogy in literacy teaching]]
There are a number of key texts, often given in references in the [[OER4Schools]] units. These include:
* Alexander, R. (ed) (2010), '''Children, Their World, Their Education: Final Report and Recommendations of the Cambridge Primary Review.''' London: Routledge.
* Maddock, M., Peacock, A., Hart, S. & Drummond, M.-J. (2012). '''Creating Learning Without Limits.''' Maidenhead: Open University Press.
* '''index for inclusion''', http://www.csie.org.uk/
* Links to the literature review: http://www.educ.cam.ac.uk/centres/cce/initiatives/projects/ict/index.html
== Taster sessions ==
* [[OER4Schools/Taster_materials_UNISA|Taster activities for UNISA]]
* [[OER4Schools/Taster_Workshop_KCE|Resource for taster workshop at KCE]]
* [[OER4Schools/Taster_Workshop_NISTCOL|Resource for taster workshop at NISTCOL]]
* [[OER4Schools/Taster_Workshop_UNZA|Resource for taster workshop at UNZA]]
== Videos ==
Much of our resource draws on video specifically produced for this programme. You can view a number of videos here:
* [[Video/Abel rectangles|Video clips from a lesson on rectangles]]
* [[Video/Eness Vertebrates|Video clips from a lesson on classifying vertebrates]]
* [[Video/Exponentials|Video clips from a lesson on the power of two / Exponentials]]
* [[Video/3D shapes|Video clips on 3D shapes]]
Many of the videos used in our resource are also available from our YouTube site,  http://www.youtube.com/user/OER4Schools.
{{: Video/Introduction to Chalimbana Basic School.m4v }}
== Conference presentations ==
* BERA 2012: http://tinyurl.com/BERA2012
* [[OER4Schools/ICT_forum_SA_2012|Information about ICT Forum 2012]]
* [[/eLA2012|e-Learning Africa 2012]]
== Alternative page versions ==
* [[OER4Schools/1.4 Effective use of ICT and collaborative writing v2]]
== All-in-one pdf ==
* You can get a full pdf of all units so far here: [[ORBIT:Books/OER4Schools]] Note that some of the formatting isn't perfect just yet!!
== ICT ==
The following ICT-tools are used throughout this programme (with example activities given in brackets):
* {{tooltag|Geogebra}} (see e.g. [[OER4Schools/Introduction_to_Geogebra|introduction to Geogebra]])
* {{tooltag|Spreadsheet}}
* {{tooltag|Word processors}}
* {{tooltag|Mind-mapping}}
* {{tooltag|Images}} (see e.g. [[Topics/Using images|Using images]], [[OER4Schools/Introduction to slideshows with OO|introduction to slideshows with
OpenOffice]])
* Typing tutor (see e.g. [[OER4Schools/Typing practice with students|typing practice with students]])
{{todo|Need an educator note that the educator needs to familiarise themselves. Ideally collect a set of exercises for each tool together, so that the facilitator can do these in advance.}}

Revision as of 20:29, 19 December 2012

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Introduction

The Centre for Commonwealth Education
The Commonwealth Education Trust

This is the professional learning resource of the OER4Schools project at the Centre for Commonwealth Education. For more information about this project, visit the OER4Schools project page. To learn more about the aims and content of the resource, see Overview. If you are planning to use this resource, then do contact us to see whether we can collaborate in some way.

The resource was collaboratively authored, primarily by Sara Hennessy, Bjoern Hassler, Nitu Duggal, Wei Shin Leong, and Janet Blair of the University of Cambridge Faculty of Education, and Abel Makonga and Agness Tembo of Chalimbana Basic School (Chalimbana, Zambia). Other contributors to specific pages are acknowledged there. A number of aspects of the OER4Schools programme at Chalimbana Basic School have been supported by http://www.aptivate.org.

Units in the professional learning resource

Overview of the resource:

See the detailed outline for more information.

The content is developed collaboratively between our facilitators Abel Makonga and Agness Tembo at Chalimbana Basic School and our team at the Centre for Commonwealth Education. We currently only have English language versions. However, you can use Google Translate to view French, Portuguese, Swahili and other language versions.

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