Workshop+May+2010

ICT Lead Teacher’s Workshop 6th May 2010

To start the day I pointed you to two websites one in which there were interactive games and the other a site to order books which will be delivered to the door without postage cost and at a price which could be as much as 30% cheaper than the bookshop price.

[|Ze Frank] [|Book Depository]

Whilst you looked at these sites I helped sort out the half dozen technical difficulties that had arisen for joining the internet.

1) We turned our attention to planning - how to provide e learning opportunities for students in authentic contexts. After a brief discussion our thoughts were collected and thanks to Jess, typed up and posted here on the wiki. See the bottom of the page for those ideas. (Authentic learning activities ) I shared a couple of contexts to think about:

[|Birdbox Project] [|Kath Bee]

Morning tea at 10.30

After morning tea we shared what was happening in schools with SOLO. What particularly caught my attention was Kathryn Cochet’s contribution when she described using SOLO in the planning stages and how that helped identify that most of the activities for a unit had been designed at a relational level and they were then able to address the uni and multi-structural level as a result. I shared with you briefly how I see the present situation across the cluster and in very broad terms how we will as a cluster, proceed for the rest of the year. I updated you on my perceptions of how other clusters are working and shared with you a number of links so that you could research for yourself. We then had a period for you to do just that.

[|ICT PD Newsletter] [|Coalface] [|RELLCO] [|ICT in Education newsletter] [|Web 2.0 Projects book] [|Stephen Heppell] [|Alan November]

Lunch

4) Effective use of classroom computers - more than just online games, what else can young kids use class computers for without support?

I shared the following thoughts on how to use the computer in the corner. a/ As a contributor - the child sharing their knowledge by explaining a process or concept b/ By inquiring into other classes using Skype. c/ A different way to record work (Audacity), equally useful for higher achievers, perhaps to move them from relational thinking to extended abstract. These thoughts could be used as the basis of the start of a new lesson. This could also apply to lower achievers who struggle with the pen but may easily demonstrate for you their knowledge. d/ For early readers to record their reading and to reflect on their own performance by playing it back. (Audacity)

All of this can be extremely purposeful data for teacher assessment and self assessment purposes.

__Lead teachers contributed__  Bevan - using the active inspire software(interactive whiteboards software) on computers, able students creating tutorials/interactives for next weeks maths lesson - using Google sketch up- with a list of 3D shapes so children can try to create shape within the programme. Anne - Use learnz field trips for older able reading groups to participate in as reading activity for the 2/3 weeks of the field trip. - Use Comic life ($4 per computer at the moment). For instructional writing, use speech bubbles to talk each instruction. - Ipod touches: anne asks how to use these in education. Any ideas welcomed. Listen to stories, use video and audio recording functions. - Inet online student conferences – used for able students.Yr 5-6. Topic given and related tasks. Children around the world contributing.  Targeted pages to go to for research etc, like bookmarked site etc.  Katie – some children typing at each handwriting time, improving. Bevan – has handwriting groups per week on the computer. Has a list of skills to be using, including highlighter etc. Could have cards printed out for this purpose.  Dean - Utube tutorials downloaded onto computer (so not accesing utube directly). So the children watch the tutorial and then go and do the activity at a table e.g. looking at creating a particular kind of art. Use Keepvid site or Utube downloader to remove video from the website. - Use Pivot: create stick figure animations.

Kath - At writing time 4 kids write on class writing blog instead of in books. 

5) I updated you on the situation on the Ning and that I will be bringing the data over to the wiki as a replacement.

[|Our cluster wiki]

I also shared that the facilitators in the Waikato and BOP regions are pooling resources in a wiki. [|how2doit]

6) Time did not permit much exploration of the remaining links.

[|Myebook] [|Vegas] [|Software For Learning]

**Authentic learning activities**

Learning to interview others. Using easispeaks to record listen back and then rate ourselves against SOLO objectives for this task.

Using PowerPoint to create cartoons when studying speech bubbles and thought bubbles in classroom reading.

Theme – when disaster strike – earthquakes Making an imovie demonstrating what we do when we have an earthquake drill.

Taking photos of a process, importing to ript and re-sequencing then using the resulting image as a plan to write instructions.

In early stages of podcasting Authentic context: 50th reunion, sports gatherings Next step to upload into pod bean or better and embed into blog.

Students creating own page on school LMS (ultra net) to network with on another Next step: creating a blog

Using Google images to search save and gain information about items (i.e. bicycles) and how they have changed through times. Topic – school jubilee

Kids have their own vege gardens at school. They grab the camera and take photos every week to show growth/changes in their gardens. Putting them into photo story with captions to create a diary.

Easy speak mics children to record voices – maybe reading – and record again in a few months to compare – how have they improved – next learning step.

Being a NZr Topic – the children have formed a relationship through pen pal letters and now Skype to compare and contrast country school and Auckland school.

Comic life – instructional writing

Using easy speak mic to read and to then listen back particularly good for year 1&2 checking obeying full stops etc. – older

Link the learning activity through a thinking tool.

Must be matched to learning outcomes not just used for a cool gizmo/website. Children using the digital video camera to record PE skills and then review
 * Although there may be times when something cool can be used for fun.

Children taking digital photos to document the growth of our class plants growing for ‘Kai at Kawaha’

Use of fax, email, Skype social networking to communicate with ‘pen pals’ in England.

Bilingual class recorded their pepeha using crazy talk.

Top reading group record a story on easy speaks mic and use for a listening post activity/resource.

Internet student online conference Learnz field trips Netguide Fair go awards Focus on lms Polls on lms Skype Bighugelabs.com – posters, montages

Greenbush interactive distance learning network Hissing cockroaches Skype with russ@greenbush [|www.greenbush.org] South East Kansas Edu Centre

Recording voice on easy speak for peer assessment of speeches.

Tutpup maths Group rostered on to play games against children throughout the world to practice basic facts.

Diary writing/free choice writing - 4 children rostered onto diary write directly onto blog, unedited, not checked by teacher. We ask for comments from the world that feedback and feed forward the writers. - Skype with a soldier in the UK – soldier in the British army linked to ANZAC Day. Children had used Skype before and really enjoyed doing it.