Transform Continuing Professional Development with Atomic Learning

Atomic Learning allows more freedom in teaching while giving pupils the opportunity to gain skills that may not be offered through classes or held by the teaching staff. The Atomic Learning library challenges educational institutions, teachers and pupils to use personal learning objects to create a higher level use of technology within the curriculum.

More freedom for teachers the teaching profession and other staff

Use Atomic Learning to transform the delivery of continuing professional development (CPD). Change the focus of CPD from skills training during face-to-face time to the discussion of effective classroom use of technology. When using Atomic Learning in CPD, teachers will find their learning challenging, engaging and motivating, as well as relevant to their curriculum.

• Focus on skills before CPD: The mentor/trainer can e-mail direct links to the tutorials before training. This will allow the teacher/pupil to come into a class with the basic skills necessary for a project.
   
• Provide follow-up after CPD: The mentor/trainer can e-mail direct links to the tutorials for skills covered in the training after CPD. The teacher/pupil no longer has the task of taking notes on where to click the mouse and can engage in conceptual discussions with the mentor/trainer and the participants. Atomic Learning has developed a tool that allows you to quickly embed video training tutorials with a few simple clicks.
   
• Encourage ongoing learning: Direct CPD participants to the Atomic Learning library. The depth and breadth of Atomic Learning allows teachers to continue learning outside of the CPD courses. With an offering of over 100 software titles and 25,000 tutorials with updates every 45 days, the learning will continue at all skill levels, even in areas not covered by current CPD courses.

Greater choice and opportunity for pupils

Classroom teaching using the Atomic Learning library helps to maintain a focus on curriculum. Atomic Learning will help ensure that children and young people are acquiring the full range of technology skills and abilities relevant to growing, living and working in the contemporary world.

• Extend teaching time: Teachers no longer have to use valuable classroom time to teach the skill sets necessary to run software applications. They can simply direct students to Atomic Learning for basic answers or pull the individual tutorials needed for the project at hand.
   
• Expand ICT teaching: The teacher does not have to be a subject teacher and an ICT teacher. Using Atomic Learning, a teacher can direct pupils to the software title on Atomic Learning. The student can learn the skills even if the teacher does not have the skill sets necessary to teach software applications for integration within curriculum.

A single coherent curriculum for all young people aged 3-18

• Atomic Learning supports learning on software titles that are used in all levels, from early to senior. This allows the pupils to gain confidence in knowing that as they grow in wisdom they can advance technology skills using Atomic Learning all the way through the learning process.
   
• Tech Integration Projects allow teachers to adopt the use of technology into structured lesson plans that can easily be adapted for the level of the learner.