We were given Sharon's number to text any questions we had before the lesson started. This makes sure that we are learning what we want to learn, which is an effective method or personalising our learning. This would help to answer any questions pupils think of and ensure that those pupils who feel too shy to ask a question, are having their voices heard! We were told that only 5% of the class are answering 95% of the time. This should help to involve all pupils in the lesson.
Using the "Life-casting" App on the i-phones, we took five pictures of "21st century thinking" and added audio to this. Children would really enjoy this and would use their teamwork skills to work collaboratively effectively.
A further advantage of "Life-casting" is that it can we used to make the link between schools and parents, through posting the groups' work online. At first I thought this would be a great task for upper primary pupils, but after discussing this in class I have realised that nursery children could manage this task. Why not introduce four year-olds to technology as:
"The next generation is growing up online, rather than adapting to it in their mid adult years" (Micah Sifry, p120) (cited in "The world is flat" by Thomas L. Friedman
Just think of how much children will be able to do if they start using technology at a young age!
We used Storyboards which is an innovative method of creating a story. I think Primary three pupils upwards could manage to create a story which they could present to the class. The children can focus on their imaginative writing rather than having to draw pictures in their stories. I think pupils would be proud of their work and keen to share with their peers.
Storyboards could also be used with the early years as I could create a story to fit in with a current context in the nursery. I will definitely use this tool in the classroom!
We joined the website "Voices of the World". We will use this website to interact with others from various countries in the world. This will help to share good practise. We looked at inviting people from different countries to say a set sentence. This is letting the children hear a variety of languages and might spark an interest!
Feel free to comment on this!
3 comments:
An excellent quote related to young children's uptake of ICT. Well chosen. Did you try the collaborative aspect of Storybird?
It will be interesting to see how you use the storyboards in the classroom and what the results are like.
I did not think about the collaborative aspect of making Storyboards. This would work well in groups as the pupil's could build on each others ideas and present the stories to the class.
Post a Comment