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Using technology to develop skills and collaborate
*Joining the dots
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*Jack Sloan
*Chorlton Park Primary School, Manchester
*Ferry Lane Primary School, Tottenham
Using technology to develop skills and collaborate
*Firstly…
*Technology does NOT make for good learning: Teachers do
that…
*Secondly
Don’t try to be ahead of the game in your use of technology…
You’re not cool
enough…
*So what AM I doing here?
*Practical ideas on how to combine collaborative teaching structures with ICT.
*Ways technology can help you collaborate in the classroom; with parents, and with people outside your school community.
*Free and easy to use tools you can use tomorrow in your school.
*Collaborative storytelling and
film-making in KS1
*Collaborative storytelling and
film-making in KS1
One week, Whole class
•Learn around the project
One week, mixed ability
3s
•Design phase
Two weeks
, mixed ability
3s
•Writing, editing and making phase
One week, mixed ability 3s/wh
ole class
•Putting it all together
One week, mixed ability 3s/wh
ole class
•Evaluation phase
*Extending for Key Stage
2
*Skills developed through this
approach
*Collaboration/cooperation
*Creativity
*Critical thinking
*Writing skills
*Art skills
*ICT sk ills…
*Microsoft Movie Maker
*Camera skills
*Audio-recording/editing
*Voicethread
*Photo-editing skills
*Word-processing skills
*Internet research skills
*Using the internet to develop an audience
*Blogging
Blogs
Children at
school
Children at
home
The rest of
the world
Parents
*Joining t
he dots
*Some figures from our class
blog
*1,925 comments
*467 posts (mainly children)
*>10,000 unique visitors
*More than 100 countries
*In 7 months…
*Our children have quite an
audience!
* Some collaborations with the outside world
*How do we communicate with
our parents?
Distributive
CollaborativeIf THEY want to write on our
blog, why won’t our parents?
“A blog is a website where you learn how to improve your writing… BLAAH, BLAAH!” . Oh come on, think outside of the box. Of course you will learn to improve your work. However, when have you ever thought that billions of people from around the whole world would even bother to comment on your work? Well it has happened, and you’ll never guess who commented on my work. No it wasn’t an Arsenal football player, or Cheryl Cole. In fact it was someone ten times better. VALERIE BLOOM!! You know, the famous poet, an inspiration to all. I just came to school like regular and all I heard for the rest of the day was ” Oh Sharon you lucky girl, Valerie Bloom commented on your work AAH!” I felt like fainting (literally!) And from that day forth I had a term full of opportunities glimmering in my heart.
*Tools we have discussed…
*Wordpress
*Voicethread.org
*Windows Movie Maker
*Audacity
*Sumopaint
