TV: RSC Northwest's own channel

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We currently have, running on Auto-pilot, this month's storyboard of 5 video clips (Looping approximately every 17:37 min) The clips are...

  1. Saving Money in Plain English (03:50 min)
    -CommonCraft produce the goods again: An introduction to the magic of compound interest and how it helps money grow over time. Part of a series on financial basics. Although based on the USD ($) an excellent clip. It can also be viewed at http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=KqDsevMW7Ds.
  2. Borrowing Money in Plain English (03:47 min)
    -A short explanation of the risks and benefits of borrowing money.
  3. How to insert a YouTube video into a SlideShare presentation (01:59 min)
    -Things are getting better - You can now embed YouTube videos into SlideShare. It's really easy. After uploading your video, go to your presentation. Choose the slide and paste the URL for the video. They add the slide in that spot with the video embedded. You can even embed multiple videos into the slide.
  4. Powerpoint Spotlight Tool (06:03 min)
    -This video clip, by Mark Purves from Ecclesbourne School, explains how to mimic the spotlight tool on an interactive white-board using PowerPoint.
  5. Edmodo - is a demonstration of the microblogging and communications platform Edmodo. Edmodo is an online microblogging system designed specifically for practitioners and learners.
    • Using Edmodo practitioners can create a microblogging network for their classes.
    • Edmodo allows practitioners to create a group specifically for their learners and exclude those not invited to the group.
    • Edmodo provides practitioners with a place to...
    o post assignment reminders,
    o build an event calendar, and
    o post messages to the group.
    • Users can share...
    o links,
    o videos, and
    o images.

Why not take a look yourself and go to http://TVrscnw.notlong.com and watch the RSC-Northwest's TV channel

RSC-NW TV Channel, will aim...

to provide programmes that will be informative providing ideas and support for the Higher Education, Further Education, Personal and Community Development Learning (ACL), 6th Form College, Work Based Learning and Specialist College Managers & Practitioners etc., that are supported by the RSC here in the Northwest.

...and to produce videos of events and/or training and to show them...
...as a loop and/or
...live
...so that those who are unable to attend face-to-face events, will be able to experience martini learning (any time, any place...)

Licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 2.5 License

Produced and edited by John Dalziel (eLearning Adviser) JISC RSC-Northwest - Lancaster University