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Labels should help you find information. For example if you want to know when the next meeting is, click on "meetings".

For information about the pay campaign click on "pay"

ICT course for NUT members 2008

Free ICT courses are available for members in 2008


Click here for information

NUTS about Facebook

There is a group for everything on Facebook. There is now even a group for NUT members.

Click here

ICT- your questions answered.

If you have a problem with wordprocessing, spreadsheets, powerpoint, Moodle, turning your pupils' work into videos or any other aspect of ICT you can now join an open discussion group on Sackville Moodle.

To do so you will need to email your wsgfl username (not your password!) to dmcmillan (you do not need to add the @wsgfl.org.uk if using the wsgfl system). It is as simple as that. You can then join and create forums on any lifelong learning topic.

If teachers don't believe in lifelong learning who does?

Free computer classes in Uckfield

You probably thought the Silver Surfer was a Marvel superhero and you would be right.

However Silver Surfers' Day is on 25th May 2007 and there will be Silver Surfer taster sessions using the public access computers in the library. Staff will be there to help. Please phone to book a session. They will run in the morning and afternoon. Please phone to check times. You need to be over 50 (or at least look over 50!)

There is no charge for this event.
Please note that booking is required for this event.

Venue

Uckfield Library, High Street,
Uckfield,
East Sussex,
TN22 1AR

Facilities and refreshments

Disabled access: Yes.
Toilet facilities: No.
Refreshments: None.



Further information

Contacts: Sally Parsons or Lyndis Franklin.
Contact telephone: 01825 763254

Lifelong Learning

May 2007 interim report on LLL questionaire

West Sussex Teachers’ Association has almost 2000 members.. So far 40 questionnaires on lifelong learning have been returned.

Of these 14 were the paper version and therefore 26 were the online version. I expect the ratio to improve as more paper versions are distributed. It always seemed cruel and unusual to ask people who seek basic ICT training to fill in an online form on the internet.

Our old friend “anon” returned 19 forms. Naturally we welcome information from members. It is more useful however to have the names and addresses of people who want, for example, ICT courses. They can then be put on the database at HQ. This will not only put them in the queue for future courses but it will also make it more likely that there will be courses in West Sussex when HQ realise the demand.



Click on the graph if you find it too small)


The type of courses requested are shown on the graph. In the “others” column, members requested
* Things to keep my brain active
* Creative ICT
* Dealing with Stress
* Yoga
* Healthy Schools

You can fill the questionnaire in online at
http://wsta.org.uk/test.htm

More ICT skills courses

More ICT skills at the intermediate and multimedia level are being planned for the summer term 2007 in the Brighton and Hove area.

These are courses for teachers who have basic ICT skills but want to develop them further.

Although Brighton and Hove is outside West Sussex, many of our members live there and are entitled to attend.

Want to have a go? Email wstalearn(at)yahoo.co.uk putting in an @ sign instead of (at) and we will forward your details to HQ. Individual emails will go out to as many members as possible.

If you are keen on basic ICT skills then let us know because courses will be organised in the future.

Technical note - not putting email addresses which can be read by bots on a website or blog is a way to cut down spam!

WSTA Helpline ICT advice

WSTA Helpline ICT advice

The biggest area which teachers find interesting for lifelong learning as well as continuing professional development is ICT

To this end the NUT organises courses at both basic and intermediate level. If you are interested contact wsta_addresses@yahoo.co.uk

You can also get help straight away. Experimentally, we are using Yahoo Messenger, which can communicate with Windows Messenger and MSN Messenger to provide fast advice to NUT members who want it. I am available most evenings. If you leave a message I will respond as soon as possible. All you need to do is to add wstalearning as a “friend” If I don’t know the answer to a question on basic ICT I will usually know someone who does.

If you do not have Yahoo Messenger:
Go to http://messenger.yahoo.com and click on “Get it Now”
Follow the onscreen instructions to download messenger to the desktop
Click on the desktop icon to install yahoo Messenger
When it is installed, I recommend:
Click on the word Messenger
Click on Preferences
Click on General
Click on a tick to remove it, click on an empty box to put a tick in it.
Change the General Preferences until they look like this:



This will mean that Messenger will only be there when you want it to be.

Then click on the OK








Click on the plus to add wstalearning as a friend.

You will have to set up a yahoo identity to use yahoo messenger but this is free. If you do not use yahoo you can still email queries to wsta_addresses@yahoo.co.uk

We few - we happy few.

First results from the learning needs survey.

So far we have only had the survey online and 8 people have responded. We have a membership of about 4000. More emails about the survey will be going out every Wednesday from now on. WSGFL mail enables us to contact a large number of our members, effectively for free.





The survey is online at
http://www.wsta.org.uk/test.htm

The NUT is providing Intermediate ICT training at Central Sussex College this term at no cost to West Sussex County Council. However the demand for ICT courses is high. We already have 38 members expressing an interest in ICT courses.

In the light of this we will be promoting the setting up of self-help groups and seeking the assistance of schools - such as the use of ICT equipment after school hours .

The NUT maintains a database of members interested in ICT training. If you email us at the address below with the following information you can be added to the database.

Name
Home address or school address
Whether you want a basic course or an intermediate course.

If you want further information email wsta_addresses(at)yahoo.co.uk replacing the (at) with an @ sign. You can also ring the helpline 01342 410805

Wikipedia

Wikipedia is fast becoming the standard online repository of all knowledge and wisdom. Although it contains much that is inaccurate, the rigorous scrutiny each new entry received from around the world means that inaccuracies do not remain on the books for long.

There is even a page about the West Sussex Teachers Association

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WSTA

And like everyone else on the internet, you can edit it.

Multimedia ICT Course

The NUT are planning multimedia ICT courses in Crawley for the summer term 2006. This will include interactive whiteboards, use of digital photography and Publisher. These are intermediate level courses. (You need to be able to wordprocess, send email and manage your files before going on this kind of course). It starts in April and has 12 twilight sessions. It is free and there are only 15 places.

Ring Masuma Begum 0207 380 4822

The NUT also runs basic level courses. Details from Derek McMillan on the helpline 01243 410805 or by emailing wsta_addresses(at)yahoo.co.uk replacing (at) with the @ symbol!