Essential Skills Kilwinning

Independent tweets from the #coreskills lecturing team at Ayrshire College (Kilwinning); sharing class news, random snippets and useful tips. #essentialskills

[Ayrshire College @AyrshireColl]

NC Photography students are holding a Studio Day. 📸

Monday 9th May, Kilwinning campus. 📆
9.30am. ⌚

Portraits will be available for £5, with all proceeds going to UNICEF'S Ukraine efforts.

If interested in this event, please contact Richey Bell at [email protected].

[NCPhotographyExhibition @exhibition_nc]

Find out more about our exhibition and photo shoot day below or by giving this page a message

@AyrshireColl

[Essential Skills Kilwinning @ESKilwinning]

@laurennhowieson @AyrshireColl Well done Lauren.

[Essential Skills Kilwinning @ESKilwinning]

Looking for information on #coronavirus? Make sure that you are using reliable, current sources for your information. Apply what you learn in your #coreskills classes to everyday situations. #coreskills are #essentialskills.

https://t.co/s2oybuuHVa

[Essential Skills Kilwinning @ESKilwinning]

@DawnMcArthur2 It is now my default search page! It has a counter which records the number of searches you do so you can keep track of the number of trees you helped to plant
🌳🌳🌳🌳🌳
#ClimateAction #environment #ecosia

[Essential Skills Kilwinning @ESKilwinning]

#DidYouKnow that 1 Google search is equivalent to 0.2g of CO2? (3.5 billlion Google searches per day.)

#coreskills ICT students looked at different search engines. We found #Ecosia which uses ad revenue to plant trees. 45 searches=1 tree. Save the planet 1 search at a time!

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@mtholfsen @MicrosoftEDU @ZeroProjectorg @MSFTEnable @jennylayfluffy @design2research @RobynHrivnatz @sdelafosse @sparvell @KarenJan @eustace_stephen @hminto @NeilMilliken Our students use this! It is an amazing tool. We find it particularly useful for students who struggle to proofread due to #dyslexia

#accessible #inclusion #coreskills #essentialskills

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Challenging sectarianism; Dave's the man! Students @AyrshireColl Kilwinning had a visit from Dave Scott @NBMScotland Plumbing and Connect to Careers students tested their listening and speaking skills discussing #breakingdownbarriers #sectarianism #bigotry #equality

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Community ECO Awareness Supported Learning students @AyrshireColl did a Santa Dash to raise funds to purchase Greggs vouchers for #FoodbankFriday @TrussellTrust

#communitymatters

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Students and staff from @haysholm_school had a great time today @AyrshireColl selling fantastic handmade #Christmas goodies created by the school’s pupils. Joe and Gary helped take cash and hand out change. They made a big impression on all who met them 🎅🌲🦌 #tistheseason

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Hair & Beauty students @AyrshireColl had a go at creating professional social media posts in their #coreskills ICT class today.

#instagram #facebook #buildabrand #DigitalSkills

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Plumbing students @AyrshireColl were encouraged to start 'thinking about their drinking' as part of #AlcoholAwarenessWeek . They discussed alcohol and individual choices with John and Roberta (Peer Recovery Workers) from @NorthAADP

#NAHSCP #PositiveChoices #PeerSupport

[Essential Skills Kilwinning @ESKilwinning]

Level 5 Health & Social Care students @AyrshireColl had a fantastic morning visiting the 'Thinking Different Doing Better Experience' @NAHSCP to learn about the myriad of community based services and partnerships #NAHSCP facilitate in @North_Ayrshire

#futurecareer #Inspire

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#WordWednesday #rootwords expand your #vocabulary

Root word 'CISE' means 'CUT' in Latin. Related words: INCISION (literally means cutting into), SCISSORS and CONCISE (because you cut it up). Can you think of anymore?

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#WordWednesday #RootWord Phobia = fear.

There are lots of phobias, a modern day #phobia is nomophobia, “a fear of being without your mobile phone”. A combination of “no”, "mobile" and “phobia”. #Nomophobia was Cambridge University’s “people’s word of 2018” #vocabulary

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#Foodbanks rely on the support of local communities to help end hunger. #OneStudentOneTin #OneLecturerOneTin is a great idea! @SkillsAyr Get involved on #foodbankfriday

Remember that you can also donate non-perishable food in Room 2-37, Kilwinning Campus @AyrshireColl

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#DidYouKnow that a colon can completely change the meaning of a sentence? For example:

Jane ate her friend's lunch.

Jane ate her friend's colon.

A gruesome gag for #Halloween

#coreskills matter!

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Have you ever volunteered? Heard of the @SaltireAwards? Early Years students @AyrshireColl had a visit from @TAyrshireCT and learnt that developing skills, gaining experience and boosting your CV are just some of the benefits of#volunteering.

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Another week of #DigitalSkills training from @techcoachinguk @AyrshireColl done! Today students have been learning about staying safe online. They particularly enjoyed writing their own #phishing scam, and getting into the mindset of a hacker! #essentialskills #phishingphriday

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Got a problem? There's an #app for that! Nursing and Early Years students @AyrshireColl look at using #digitalskills to help with #problemsolving @techcoachinguk