ITeC Trainee News Blog

Well done to the following learners on completing qualifications this week:

• Elizabeth Otten: Start IT
• Colin Williams: ECDL Essentials

Well done to all those learners who’ve ’survived’ the first week’s training — always a lot to take in!

Anyone who missed the workshop on Thusday afternoon,  using the blog for reflecting on your learning should use the first session on Monday morning to complete the writing frame and blog post.

Cheers for our new ECDL students – Tracey, Haili, Joel, Chanda, John and Anthony and I’m looking forward to our working together on your ECDL qualification.

Just to re-cap:

1. As a rule of thumb, within your first month of studies, you should pass 3 exams for Module 1 – Security, Module 2 – Fundamentals and Module 7 – Emails and Internet.

2. Passing mark for each exam is 75% or:
Module 1 – Security — 36 Total Questions; Pass mark is 27 out of 36.
Module 2 – Fundamentals – 32 Total Questions; Pass mark is 24 out of 32.
Module 7 – Emails & Internet – 32 Total Questions; Pass mark is 24 out of 32.

If you have any other questions or need any further assistance, please just let me know

Elena :)

Hello and welcome aboard Chanda, Janet, Michelle, Haili, Susan, Tracey, Anthony, Stuart, Joel, John, and Christopher.

Wishing you all success and hope you’ll enjoy your time with ITeC.

The numeracy workshops will be taking place from this Wednesday, in Training Room 1 (TFT-Lab)

They will be at 11AM-12:30PM, and the first sessions will be a general revision and looking over the areas people found challenging on the initial assessment.  Further topics will be agreed by the group.

All learners are welcome!

A CV workshop is scheduled for tomorrow morning and will cover:

• Things to include on your CV
• Layout and order
• Tips on creating a personal profile

If you already have a CV, please bring it in tomorrow and we can help you improve it – otherwise bring in relevant information, such as:

• Previous employment – dates and places
• Previous qualifications – dates, qualification titles and place of learning (include work-based training courses too)

Well done to those leavers who have completed qualifications this week:

• Sam Burton: Key Skills ICT Level 2, Improve Own Learning Level 1, eQuals Certificate for IT Users, and on improving Numeracy assessment to Level 1
• Andrew Green: Key Skills ICT Level 2, Improve Own Learning Level 2 and on improving Literacy assessment to Level 1
• Darryl Mackey: Key Skills ICT Level 1 and Improve Own Learning Level 1
• Andrew Mcnamara: Key Skills ICT Level 1, Improve Own Learning Level 1, and eQuals Certificate for IT Users
• Richard Jenkins: Key Skills ICT Level 2 and Improve Own Learning Level 2
• Karen Thomas: Key Skills ICT Level 1 and Improve Own Learning Level 2
• Diane Wilson: Key Skills ICT Level 2 and Improve Own Learning Level 2

Also a well done to current learners:

• Simon Foskett on completing ECDL Essentials
• Neale Harding on completing ECDL Essentials

Hi

I would just like to take this opportunity of wishing those learners that are leaving today good luck for the future and well done for completing your individual learning plans.

Don’t forget to keep in touch, and let us know if you take up employment, voluntary work or anything else.

We will be contacting you within 6 months in order to find out what you have been doing, if you have changed your contact details or email address, please let Tracey know.

Good luck.

Helen and all staff

For all those learnes that has recieved an exit meeting with Helen, please can you fill out an Skillbuild leavers evaluation form online (under feedback on Swansea-ITeC blog), see your tutor for password.

Many Thanks

Hi all :)

From Neale Harding:

Itec

ECDL Tools and Resources

Itec Trainee news Blog http://www.swanseaitec.co.uk/blog/ This is the web page, set as the home page in the web browser, on the computer you will use for your training at ITeC.

This is the main port of call for information and resources related to your course.

Includes links to-

• Itec web site-  http://www.swanseaitec.co.uk/ Information about our courses and services.

• Itec Moodle-   http://www.swanseaitec.co.uk/moodle/ A place to become familiar with, learn, revise and practice your course requirements.

• Google web mail account-  https://www.google.com/accounts Gmail account set up to use during training at Itec.

• Alison-  http://alison.com Free Online Courses, Interactive Skills Training for the Workplace.

Also used-

Google- http://www.google.co.uk/ Used for general research.

Search creative commons- http://search.creativecommons.org/ A collection of search engines for more specific searches including Google, Flicker, Yahoo and others.

Diigolet- http://www.diigo.com An online tool for keeping track of information and sources for research which can be accessed from anywhere with internet access.

Wordpress- http://wordpress.com/ An easy to use website for creating your own blog which can be kept private like a diary or can be shared with the world.