Meeting with John Low and his inspiring team this week at West Lothian was more like chatting with friends. There was a real and natural connection with what we were doing at Do Be and where West Lothian are aiming in the use of emerging technologies in their schools. The material in the Teach-It classroom resource seemed to tick all the boxes for them.
West Lothian have implemented the online version of the Teach-It across all of their schools to achieve maximum impact and to give their teachers and learners quick and easy access to the material.
John and his team firmly believe that the use of ICT in the classroom is central to the learning of the children in this day and age.
To Launch the Teach-It we organised a twilight session in West Lothian Education and Training Centre with over 80 schools attending. Stephen took the teachers through each section of the Teach-It using an interactive whiteboard to give the teachers an idea of how easily the resource could be used in the classroom with instant results.
Teachers commented on how the lesson ideas were so simple yet powerful in their design and could see uses across both Primary and Secondary schools in every example.
The partnership does not end there! We are returning at the start of the year with a session aimed to re-launch the Teach-It to any teachers that could not make it to the first or would like to revisit the the first launch. This, in turn will be followed by a session to support staff with any questions as their use of the pack becomes more in depth.
Early next year a full ‘Use-It‘ session will be conducted providing the complete hands-on approach as part of a CPD training day.
We’d like to thank John and his team for their dedication and hard work in getting this up and running in West Lothian. We look forward to working with you all again soon.
