Learning from Home - Photography and Drawing

Beautiful photo taken by Reece, computer trainee

Drawing of a daffodil for level 3 Art & Design by Zikrullah, computer trainee

Remote Learning - Cooking Dumplings

Photos sent in by Troy of dumplings he made at home this week. Delicious 😋  

 

Top 10 best apps while staying at home

1. Pinterest
You create pinboards dedicated to a theme and pin (save) images you like to the boards.
It’s great for all kinds of design projects such as interiors, fashion, party planning and finding recipes.

2. Kindle App
Basically turns your smartphone or tablet into a kindle (e-reader).

3. Snapseed
An effective and easy to use photo-editing app. 

4. Zoom
A valuable communications platform for video meetings and conference calls - you can virtually meet with others - either by video or audio-only or both.  It’s main features are one-one meetings, group video conferencing and screen sharing.

5. FitOn
A free at home fitness app offering fitness video and workout plans.

6. Tasty
A recipe app with swipe-by-swipe video instructions, which lets you, export ingredients lists and save your favourites.

7. Microsoft Office
Offers a mobile way to create documents in Word, Excel and Powerpoint.  Use your phone camera to scan and convert images to office documents.

8. Google Docs
Allows you to access, create and edit your documents wherever you go — from your phone, tablet, or computer — even when there's no connection.

9. Duolingo
A popular app for learning a new language with mini games to test your reading, writing and speaking skills.

10. Borrowbox
This app lets you borrow eBooks and eAudiobooks free from your library.

Compiled by Janell

Tech Week - Scratch

As part of Tech Week I am taking a look at Scratch. With Scratch, you can program your own interactive stories, games and animations. Scratch helps young people learn to think creatively and reason systematically. This is a great fun easy to use tool for anyone interested in gaming and coding. It is free to download onto a PC or Tablet by clicking on the following link:  https://scratch.mit.edu/download

For excellent tutorials and activities click on:  https://scratch.mit.edu/ideas

  For more information on Tech Week go to:  https://www.techweek.ie/

Social Distancing tips from our Trainees

This week we’ll be posting some positive experiences and tips our trainees have been sharing with us about how they are coping with Social Distancing.

Today they tell us about all the things they’ve managed to achieve at home while social distancing.

"I have reorganised the bedroom, cleaned the house and even started back running by myself again.  I have learned that social distancing is something that everyone should take heed of.”  (Kyle, Sports Trainee)

“I have been keeping the chores up to date such as loading and reloading the dishwasher, doing the laundry and cleaning the floors.  I have also been able to improve my drawing skills and hope to start working on a story or a comic to keep me busy during the weeks of quarantine.”  ( Alex, Hairdressing Trainee)

“Babysitting my niece, I was helping to clean the house.” (Katie, Catering Trainee)

“Got the time to do things I enjoy I don't usually have the time to do, spent more time with family.”  (Anonymous, Sports Trainee)

“I’ve started to read a book.”  (Reece, Computer Trainee)

“I cleaned out my room and I’m doing things around the house to help out.”  (Makayla, Sports Trainee)

“I am working at home doing course work.”  (Zikrullah, Computer Trainee)

“Done circuits daily.”  (Oskar, Sports Trainee)

"The positive thing is that I help the family clean the house and my room"  (Ahmad, Computer Trainee)"

“I have fixed up my room helped my mum around the house and watched films”  (Alice, Hairdressing Trainee)

“Painting the house, reorganising my wardrobe and working on cars.” (Dylan, Computer Trainee)

“Reorganised a few things in my room.”  (Joey, Computer Trainee)

“Cleaning and arranging the house, sterilizing cans from stores, sterilizing electronic devices, repairing things if needed and retrieving the family’s memories.”  (Anonymous, Computer Trainee)

Check back in tomorrow for more ‘Social Distancing’ tips from our trainees