IFL membership fees

Many Further Education teachers have withheld their IFL membership fees this year .
Following discussions with trade unions and employers, the Institute for Learning (IfL) has issued a statement setting out the agreements reached. For those who teach under 28 hours membership is no longer a requirement.
Membership fees at a a reduced rate of £68 for two years have been agreed and should be paid by Friday 22 July 2011
Further information from the IFL website

Facebook for The Grid 2

Smartbox has announced the launch of

Facebook for The Grid 2 .

The grids are easy to understand and can be used straight away – all you need is a Facebook account.(and be a user of The Grid 2!)

Potato wedges picture recipe

This picture recipe for potato wedges can be downloaded from My Box net.

Dance!

Chris Pavia features in the Mencap's 20 inspirational people with a learning disability.
Chris is a professional dancer with the Stop Gap Dance company.

Stop Gap are an intergrated dance company and include dancers with physical and learning disabilities. They recently toured a show Trespass. The company also do a lot of educational work. They are based in the south of England .

wheelchair symbol:ARASAAC

Wheel chair dance

Wheel chair dancing recently feature on BBC Three with the series

Dancing on Wheels. This BBC page has information and links about wheelchair dancing.


Wheel Chair dancing a 5 minute film on

Teachersmedia shows the pupils at Lancasterian School training for the national Wheelchair Dance Association Festival.

Teachers TV view the archive

All the 3,500 Teachers TV videos are now available at Teachersmedia. The videos are only available to view in the UK.

Viewpoint Hotlist 2011

Viewpoint Hotlist 2011, a set by Mencap's photos on Flickr.

Via Flickr:
Following news that just 1% of the British public can name someone who has a learning disability, Viewpoint has highlighted 20 of the most inspirational public figures

Calm

Do you have a favourite calming video which you use in the classroom /sensory room?


The 2nd largest aquarium on You Tube is my favourite




I also like


Earth one video you need to see on You Tube

Free symbol resources

Geranium from ARASAAC PICTOGRAMS

ARASAAC PICTOGRAMS is a free set of symbols with an English index by Michael Hjort-Pedersen.They are hosted on this Spanish website and can be found in English below the Spanish download option.

Sclera Pictograms also offer free symbols.

Sclera Pictograms were developed in Belgium(find out more here) and are available in English.


see my other blog entries on symbol resources

I like vegetables!

This You Tube Video from Parry Gripp is a bit of fun.The lyrics are all about liking vegetables and would be suitable for an Entry level group studying Healthy Eating.

Times Goes Nowhere

Times Goes Nowhere by Jo Lane is showcased on BBC Film network
'Carer Janet's time with Tommy, a young man with low functioning autism, is drawing to a close as he transitions into adult services. Janet reminisces over their time together and sees the world through his eyes one more time before realising she needs to let go.' BBC OUCH!