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Introduction to Teaching Phonics
I have now completed 'Introduction to Teaching Phonics' with Prospero Teaching.
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I have some really good resource to help with this, as per a previous article so just need a chance to work in a school and develop further.
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#CPD,#Phonics,#Literacy,#Reading,#Writing
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Introduction to the EYFS
I have now completed 'Introduction to the EYFS' with e-learning at work.
This course aims to provide a gentle introduction to the expectations of the Early Years Foundation Stage and it can also act as a refresher for those wanting to update their knowledge.
It will introduce you to some of the key documents and legislation that relate to Early Years providers, the process for registering with Ofsted and the various policies and procedures that need to be in place.
It also covers learning and development requirements, how to observe and assess the progress of children in your care and the safeguarding and welfare requirements laid out in the EYFS Framework.
The course covers the following modules:
Introduction to EYFS Observations & Assessment Safeguarding and Welfare Requirements Ofsted
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I love free software day
February 14th is again the annual I love free software day a chance to celebrate free software.
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This year the fsfe are planning a gaming event with speakers and a chance to play some great games that are released under the gpl.
Game jam will take place on 14th of February 2022 at 18.00-20:00 CET
Please contact the fsfe for more info, you only need to register if you want to take part in the talks, you can still watch the talks and play the games.
Talks will be streamed and the interactive element of this will be via Big Blue Button.
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#Software,#Freedom,#FreeSoftware,#fsf,#fsfe
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Sending life to the stars
Reposting with an update
Interesting article from Science daily on Sending life to the stars. Looks like we are getting closer to being able to propel objects to near to the speed of light.
Granted this research they are looking at 20-30% but this is a big step forward.
Original Mastodon post
Happy do discuss on Mastodon, Discourse or at the Paignton Library STEM Group meetings.
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#Space,#Travel,#ScienceDaily,#PaigntonLibrarySTEMGroup
Citation
University of California - Santa Barbara. "Sending life to the stars: Scientists contemplate launching tiny lifeforms into interstellar space." ScienceDaily. ScienceDaily, 6 January 2022. <www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2022/01/220106133257.htm>.
Related (or seems to be) article from Biorxiv – Nematodes can survive in a suspended form of life for indefinite time
Lots of life which can survive in very harsh conditions.
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Trojans boot camp 6 2022
Fantastic work today week. Next session is on :-
Date : Sunday 6th Feb 2022 Time : 10 am —> 13:00
Location : Foxhole playing field, Bellfield Road, Paignton
2022 is here, so on with training and we are no upping the training to include contact football in preparation for the season ahead.
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Mobile Devices
Mobile Devices
I decided to write this article after reading the Free Software Journey article. This is part of the wider FSF Freedom Ladder
This article cites several projects that address Mobile phone freedom. There are different hardware options here, from dedicated phones running a FreeOS or ways to flash / install an existing phone with a new freedom respecting OS (sorry if the terminology is wrong here).
Android Based
Other
As you can see from the above list there are quite a few options, some are forks of Android, so I assume that Free Software repositories such as F-droid works and can provide a good range of Apps for users. See below as I am trying to find out about this.
However my area of concern is things like the Mastodon Apps It seems the only Freedom respecting app for Mastodon is Tooter, which is available for another OS called SailfishOS, so yet another option, so we have a really good, powerful social media replacement, but it seems rather limited connectivity from mobile devices, (unless you are running IOS or Android).
I don't feel this is very helpful. Sailfish, to its credit does have what looks like a very good section on development. I feel that for these alternatives to really take off, the apps need to be there, and not just in the hands of developers, but end users such as myself. I am not interested in using mainstream social media.
Also we need to make it clear if an app works on other systems that are derived from Android for example. (see below)
So we need several things
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Free Software and Hardware
Working on some ideas
I have created a thread here on Fediverse Town to try and ask for some information on which apps work on which mobile operating systems, so Android and importantly Android derived Operating systems.
I have also split the OS list up, so that the OS's derived from Android are clearly identified.
I am not making the assumption they just work or that they are in F-droid.
Updates
31-1-2022 – https://codeberg.org/fediverse/delightful-fediverse-clients
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#Hardware,#Phones,#Free,#Open,#Privacy,#Mobile,#mobile
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Help write Chilean Constitution.
Only a few precious days left, but I just saw the following post by Drew DeVault titled “Help Chile write free software values, privacy, and digital sovereignty into their constitution”:
https://drewdevault.com/2022/01/19/Help-Chile-promote-digital-freedoms.html
Relevant quotes from the post:
“The Chilean people voted overwhelmingly in favor (80% with a 50% turnout) of rewriting the constitution, a constitutional convention has been assembled, and a call has been made for the Chilean people to re-define their country’s values.
One of the answers to this call arrived in my inbox courtesy of Felix Freeman, a Chilean hacker and activist for free software, free culture, and free knowledge, who asked me to signal boost 'Propuestas constitucionales para Chile en la era de la información', three proposals to establish the following principles in the foundations of Chilean law:
Access to knowledge Technological and digital sovereignty Internet privacy
Each of these proposals needs 15,000 Chilean signatures to be proposed at the constitutional convention
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Opportunities like this one are vanishingly rare, and need to be taken advantage of before they’re gone. The call for signatures ends on February 1st — act fast!”
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2021 — CONFERENCE CHAMPIONSHIP
NFL CONFERENCE CHAMPIONSHIP
Sunday Jan 30th 2022
Torbay Trojans boot camp, Sunday 10-2
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Worlds oldest shipwreck
How the world's deepest shipwreck was found – BBC Future
This is a really interesting article from the BBC Futures website, US navy ship sunk during a battle with the Japanese navy during WWII has been found deep in the Ocean 70+ years after it was lost at sea.
As the article suggests 'We know more about outer space than the Oceans', however, there is another article following on from this on how NASA are using what we are learning about deep sea exploration and using that to help with space exploration. If you scroll down the page then you should find:-
Why Nasa is exploring the deepest oceans on Earth
Which gives more information, it shows how an interest or experience in what would seem very different, can be applied elsewhere, so an Oceanographer for example can work with NASA to help explore planetary systems.
So perhaps some very exciting things to come in the future.
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