Office 365 for Education
‘Learn how to develop and enhance 21st century skills in your classroom using Microsoft’s Office 365 in conjunction with the Microsoft’s Education Centre. 21st century skills” are the skills that today’s students will need to be successful in this ever changing world and include communication, collaboration, critical thinking and creativity, social and emotional intelligence, technological literacy and problem solving.’
Course Modules
- Introduction to Office 365 Education, OneDrive Storage, Digital Stories with Sway, Self Grading Assessments with Forms and the Microsoft Education Centre portal.
- Office 365 Tools to help support Collaboration with Teams, PowerPoint Recorder and Stream.
- Use OneNote to create lessons, collaborate and support students with literacy.
- Digital Learning and School Self Evaluation (SSE) – The Bigger Picture
- Developing 21st century skills in your classroom
Technical Requirements
All our courses require broadband Internet access (Min of 5mb recommended) and participants need to be familiar with using the internet, downloading and installing software.
Course Objectives
This course is designed to introduce teachers to creative ways of developing 21st century skills such as collaboration, skilled communication, problem solving, knowledge construction and use of ICT for learning. Participants will exposed to variety of Office 365 tools and resources to support the development of these skills and have the opportunity to reflect and assess their use of ICT in their classrooms. Participants will also explore ways they can change their own practice to focus on students using technology to support their own learning and the development of their 21st century skills.
Expected Outcomes
Participants will be aware of the key 21st Century Skills: communication, collaboration, critical thinking and creativity, social and emotional intelligence, technological literacy and problem solving and understand how these relate to the key skills framework. Participants will learn how technology use can enhance opportunities to develop 21st century skills and assist in the creation challenging tasks that will motivate their students.
Course Duration
Delivered online, this course can be taken anytime between March 1st and May 31st 2021. Participants will be encouraged to engage meaningfully with course content for approximately 20 hours.
Cost:€69 | Enrol| Current Courses