Atomic Learning is an online resource which provides an effective and affordable solution to software training for your whole community.

It's like having a personal trainer available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week to answer those “How do I do that?” questions we all have when using computer applications and Web 2.0 tools. The Atomic Learning library has more than 35,000 tutorials covering over 120 of the software applications that you use in education and administration.

Sample courses:
A beginner's course in Word 2003
An advanced course on Photoshop CS3
(Most series are available in Windows and MacOS versions)

Here are some links toindividual tutorials. Most can be used without being a subscriber. (*Some require you to log in, you can use the evaluation password if you have one)

The library includes Microsoft Office (Including Vista and 2007), StarOffice, Open Office, Macromedia and Adobe products, Apple software, Inspiration, Kidspiration, IWB software, film editing and many, many more. Most of the software you use in education is included. The Windows and Macintosh operating systems are covered in depth.

Workshops cover podcasting, video podcasting, blogging, Wikis and Web 2.0, setting up a course in Moodle or Blackboard and more.

Typically there are between 50 and 150 tutorials for each piece of software depending on its complexity. Check the current catalogue for an up-to-date list of software titles with links to comprehensive lists of tutorial topics.

Atomic Learning is a comprehensive library of short tutorial movies (usually one to two minutes) and each demonstrates one specific skill. Atoms of learning delivered via the Internet, exactly when and where you need them, 24/7 at work or at home. You can watch them as often as you like, stop them, rewind them and play them over again. Windows and Macintosh operating systems and all applications are covered in one subscription.

To get a quick overview of how Atomic Learning works, watch the following short tutorials:
Overview - gives you a broad look at the entire website
Our Tutorials - shows you how to find what you’re looking for using the tutorial series index
Resources - gives you an overview of all the curriculum resources Atomic Learning offers
Project-Based Lesson Accelerators - introduces hands-on technology projects that can be used in the classroom
Download a printed "Getting Started Guide" from the support page.

All these and more are available on the new support page to help you get the best out of Atomic Learning.

Atomic Learning solves the problem of improving software skills for your whole community. Popular software has beginner, intermediate and advanced tutorials.

Some tutorials are grouped into Workshops so you can see the whole process of searching the web, using charts, designing a newsletter or performing a mail merge.

• Web 2.0 Workshop
• Blogger Workshop
• Wordpress Workshop
• Podcasting
• Video Podcasting
• Search The Web Workshop
• Advanced Web Searching
• How to Keep Your Internet-Connected PC Running Smoothly

The Atomic Learning library can be used in a variety of ways:

Browse

• You can browse through the library using the drop down menus and look at any tutorial or series of tutorials. This can be useful if you have just acquired a new application and want an overview ot are considering a new application and want to see what it does.
• You can direct people to specific courses, for example:

  A beginner's course in Word 2003 or Powerpoint 2003

Search

• You can use the search facility at the top of the screen to find help on a specific topic such as “tabs” or “crop” or “styles” and limit your search to a piece of software such as “Inspiration” or “Powerpoint”.

Custom Training

• You can build direct links to tutorials which can be embedded into your curriculum materials as learning objects (see next section).

Remote Help Desk

• You can include direct links to tutorials in email to provide a customised remote help-desk facility or follow up after a face-to-face workshop (see later).

Solve most of your training problems without leaving your desk. Embedding Atomic Learning tutorials in your own curriculum materials is simple. You can use this feature to build your own customised competency checks, training modules and cross-curricula materials and provide help via email.

Here is an example which shows a Twenty Minute Skill Builder in Word 2003 but the same concept can be applied to any area where skills need building.

15 Minute Skill Builder on Styles and Tabs (Word 2003)

20 Minute Skill Builder on Outlook 2003

Just add the following URL to your web pages, office documents or email and change the key number to create your own customised resources. It's as simple as that. Every tutorial in the library has a unique URL.

http://movies.atomiclearning.com/uk/almovie?key=12845
The 4/5 digit code identifies the tutorial.

You can find the tutorial's unique ID number next to it's title in the tutorial listings or by using the search facility.

You can see a tutorial and print instructions here.

You can use Atomic Learning to provide remote help-desk support like this: (This example will only work if you are a subscriber and logged in. You can use your evaluation log in.)

Al at the help desk has a standard email and just changes the 4/5 digit code by looking at a chart on the wall or searching Atomic Learning. Easy!

The Atomic Learning licence includes unlimited access for all your staff, students and their parents.

Your administrative and clerical staff are included at no extra cost.

Unlimited home use is included in with a site licence.

Atomic Learning is purchased as an annual subscription which provides unlimited access to the entire library and all updates.

When purchased as a school site licence, the price is based on total FTE staff and student population and is very much less than the individual price. Ask for a quote and free trial for your organisation, you will be surprised how cost effective Atomic Learning is.

If you subscribe to a site licence, your administrative staff, clerical staff and parents are included in the licence without being counted as part of the whole school population. Home use is included for staff, students and parents.

There is a minimum site licence but small schools can subscribe as part of a cluster of schools to benefit from better pricing.

For larger organisations with licences of over 5,000 users, the per capita price reduces as the population increases.

Contact bjones@atomiclearning.co.uk for a quote for your organisation.

The library is updated every 45 days to include the latest software. Between 500 to 1000 new tutorials are added in each update. Updates are scheduled in response to requests from users.

During your annual subscription, you will automatically get access to all upgrades at no extra charge. A regular newsletter will advise you of updates and they are immediately available to all users.

Atomic Learning is a just-in-time solution to software skills development and training which is considerably more effective and economical than traditional methods.

All your staff and students have full-time access to training whenever and wherever they need it without waiting for help, without having to attend workshops, without the need to travel to other locations and without expensive teacher relief.

Training is provided at the point of need in a way that is easy to follow, easy to remember and under the learner’s control. Improve productivity and reduce frustration by letting AL solve your software problems.

If your school is too small to have permanent IT support staff, you can have exactly the same quality of software training and support as larger schools.

Most schools don’t have staff that are expert in programmes such as Photoshop or Dreamweaver but Atomic Learning makes that expertise affordable and available to all your community every day of the year. You will have the assistance of software experts that are always on hand in a way that was not possible in the past.

Atomic Learning helps to change the attitudes of your staff and students by making them more self-reliant and more able to help themselves when using software.

Why send one or two of your staff to a 3 day seminar when for the same cost you can provide training for all your staff and students for a whole year.

Atomic Learning is owned and operated by educators, former educators and technology coordinators, experienced in education and technology in the K-12, university and college systems.

Atomic Learning is a registered provider of software under the UK eLearning Credits project which involves rigorous scrutiny of the product and the company.
http://www.curriculumonline.gov.uk

Atomic Learning is listed on the approved "Software for Learning " site for New Zealand schoools.

The Atomic Learning library has won major awards including:

• "Best Professional Development Product or Service for Educators", 2005 Codie Award.
• “Top 30 Software Products for Professional Development” from Scholastic Magazine
• “Award of Excellence” from Teaching and Learning Journal as one of the best education software and web products of the year.
• ISTE 100 member.

A large organisational licence offers significant benefits compared to individual school licences.

• The per capita cost is lower and the minimum school fee is avoided for small schools.
• There is consistency of resources across all schools when staff and students transfer.
• System wide training can be provided to maximise the benefits of Atomic Learning for all users.
• Resources developed by individuals using embedded links to Atomic Learning tutorials can be shared across the whole system.
• Significant savings can be made if some traditional face to face training is replaced by or supplemented with Atomic Learning.
• Staff can be trained to make customised tutorials to provide training in specialised software used within the organisation.

The Atomic Learning subscription provides access to a range of bonus curriculum material including:

• Lesson Accelerators - ready to use ICT projects with built in tutorials.
• DiDA - Diploma in Digital Applications - ready to run courses for multi-media classes.
• Video Storytelling Guide - will teach you solid production techniques that can greatly improve the quality and effectiveness of your video stories. The Guide includes hot links to term definitions and to video examples that illustrate the major concepts presented.
• Video Storyboard Pro - is designed to give teachers, students, and home movie makers a tool to plan ahead when creating video projects.
• Self Assessment - a quick online form to benchmark yourself and your colleagues.
• Teacher2Teacher - 200 ready made classroom activities

Effective Strategies for using Atomic Learning

If you would like an evaluation account which will give you full access to the Atomic Learning library for review and demonstration purposes, please contact us.

Contact bjones@atomiclearning.co.uk for more information

For an evaluation account complete this form

Home Page http://atomiclearning.co.uk

If you would like Atomic Learning to provide access to the tutorials or sponsorship for a seminar, conference or workshop, please contact us.

Bryn Jones - Atomic Learning - Australasia