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Session Resources: How Digital Tools Can Help with Creating and Presenting

On this page you’ll find everything you need to revisit information from our @FalkirkLiteracy and DigiLearnFalk session ‘How Digital Tools Can Help With Creating and Presenting’. This session focused on tools and features available on iPad that can help children and young people create learning artefacts that present their ideas, it is focused on talking and listening skills. There is a recording of the session on YouTube which can also be found at the bottom of this page.

Session Slides

You can view a PDF copy of the slides below or download them by clicking on the three dots and selecting ‘Download PDF File’. 

 

Additional Content

Our sessions tend to have a lot of live demonstrations within them. The remainder of the page outlines the digital tools covered in the session in a format which can be easily revisited or passed along to colleagues who were unable to attend the session.

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Rehearsing

Rehearsing a traditional style presentation in front of the class or a group can be one of the more challenging areas to support young people in. There is often limited time to allow learners to get one-to-one feedback when rehearsing, it can be difficult to facilitate peer rehearsal in class we often ask young people to rehearse or practice presentations at home. There are a few digital tools which might help encourage rehearsing.

PowerPoint Presenter Coach

PowerPoint Presenter Coach allows you to rehearse presentations and give you feedback on your performance.

Pages Presenter Mode

Pages Presenter Mode allows young people to practice the speech part of their presentation using an auto cue style approach.

Projecting to the Board

Many of us ask children to make some form of presentation on PowerPoint, Google slides or Keynote and then we ask them to present it to the class. Allowing your pupils to share their presentations via Apple TV not only speeds up the sharing process but allows learners to make use of presenter view. Presenter view built into Keynote and PowerPoint allows children to see their slides and their notes at the same time.



PowerPoint

Keynote

Doing this brings together the visual elements and the prepared speech in the form of notes into the same document. Which means that when we are making the presentation, we are thinking about it as a whole entity Which oftentimes makes for a better presentation.

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Podcasting

Podcasting is a significant medium in the modern world with over 504.9 million podcast listeners worldwide in 2024. There are many ways to publish podcasts once you have a completed audio file. Podcasts can be a great way to showcase learning without worrying about being on screen or getting caught up with visuals.

Garageband is an app built into all iPads that allows you to create a podcast. While it might seem overwhelming at first, many schools use GarageBand to create their own podcasts including our very own Carronshore Primary School and St Bernadette’s RC Primary School.

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Session Recording

Here is a full recording of the session for those who wish to watch it again or who missed it.



Case Study: Festive Door Fun

This case study explores the story of how @Primary1_CPS and @Cpsmrsw used digital enhancements in their schools festive door challenge set by Elfis – their school elf!

Context

Primary 1

The main learning goals of this lesson was to create a classroom door display for a whole school competition. Traditionally this would have been an Expressive Arts lesson and children would have drawn an elf face and coloured it in with crayons/pencils. We were prompted following a training course with Connected Falkirk on using Keynote. We were inspired by a display we saw online that used children’s pictures instead of a self-portrait/drawing. We were keen to develop the learner’s iPad skills.

Primary 6

Our classes were set a challenge each day by Elfis our school Elf. We had to decorate our classroom door and as a Connected Falkirk 1:1 class we are always eager to use our ipads. We decided to level up our baubles/decorations by researching christmas facts from around the world and then recording these and turning into a QR code for others to scan.

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What did you do?

Primary 1

We started with a teacher demonstration of how to use the camera on an iPad and children took pictures of each other. We then airdropped these to the teacher iPad. We opened Keynote and inserted pictures. I then used the tools within Keynote to crop the pictures and printed these. These were then added to the children’s elf bodies that they had cut out to create the final pieces for the door.

Primary 6

We designed our baubles and researched Christmas facts on projectbritain.com before we rewrote them using our own words. We then voice recorded our facts onto our Seesaw journals and printed out the QR codes which linked to our facts and stuck them on our baubles so that others can scan the QR codes on our door and hear all of our facts.

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What was the impact?

Primary 1

The children developed their digital skills and knowledge. They saw how digital can be used in the everyday classroom. We saw the real value in this and pupil engagement increased. Following this, I will be planning a series of digital skills lessons in the new term. I am always looking for ways to use digital to enhance the learning experience.

Primary 6

The children are proud of their work and it up levelled the task from a simple draw a bauble to a more level 2 type activity which used a much wider combination of digital and material skills. We also won the competition alongside P1 and got a candy cane and an extra playtime from Elfis!

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Pupil Voice

“I found my Christmas fact fascinating. I didnt know anything about Sweden at Christmas before I did this job.” – P6 Pupil

”I hope people learn new facts when they scan my bauble. It was fun to use my ipad to complete this task I recommend trying this task.” – P6 Pupil

“I learned lots about art” – P1 Pupil

“I liked using the iPads. Can we use the iPads more?” – P1 Pupil

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Where next?

As a result of these tasks both Primary 1 and Primary 6 are keen to work more with their iPads. P6 are going to be looking into more exciting and varied ways to make use of QR codes to showcase their learning. P1 and their teachers are going to be looking into more ways to use iPads within their play pedagogy environment. 

Make your Own Digital Planner

What is it?

You may have seen a few ‘back to school’ Tweets about digital planners, these are highly customisable digital versions of the traditional planner. If you’re sick of lugging your hefty planner back and forward from school, a digital planner might be for you!

How do make one?

There are many options for creating a digital planner on your Connected Falkirk device. As with all apps there are pros and cons of each one, but choosing the right one that works for you should be relatively easy with this handy ‘at a glance’ guide.

OneNote

OneNote is free on Glow and is a popular choice for teacher planners due to people’s relative familiarity with Microsoft apps and functionality.

Pros:

  • Easy to set up
  • Excellent page size with plenty of room for information
  • Syncs across all of your devices

Great for:

  • People who want a quick start with digital planners
  • Those who go between PC and iPad a lot

Get Started by opening a new OneNote notebook and begin constructing your planner using the sections and pages functionality. There are loads of YouTube video guides on making OneNote planners so be sure to check these out for inspiration.

Google Slides

Google Slides is also free on Glow and is a favourite for those seeking an alternative to PowerPoint, despite being a presentation software it does much much more – digital planners being just one of the many things it can be used for.

Pros:

  • Simple and sleek design elements
  • Easy to copy and share templates
  • Syncs across all of your devices

Great for:

  • People who are familiar with Google tools
  • People looking to keep it simple with a page by page planner

Get Started by opening a new Google Slides project and constructing your planner. Remember you can add images which can be drawn/typed over. You can also check out these YouTube video guides for tips.

Keynote

Keynote is one of the most versatile apps on your iPad so it is no surprise that you can also use it to create a digital planner.

Pros:

  • Easy to add content such as photos and videos straight from your device
  • Easy to copy and share templates
  • Great way to familiarise yourself with core Apple app functionality

Great for:

  • People who who want to get to know their iPad better
  • People looking to keep it simple with a page by page planner

Get Started by opening a new Keynote project and constructing your planner. Remember you can add images which can be drawn/typed over which is great for Apple Pencil users. You can also check out these YouTube video guides for more tips and tricks.

Canva

Canva is an free to use online graphic design tool. With over 600 templates for teacher planners many use it to make highly customised page types to create a planner that works for them.

Pros:

  • Huge amount of customisation available
  • Can be accessed online or as a copy saved to your device
  • Brilliant for making personalised planners

Great for:

  • Design lovers and people who like things to look lovely
  • People looking for particular types of pages 

Get Started by creating a free Canva account. Search for ‘teacher planner’, pick a template and get started customising it. You can get some help from these YouTube video guides. Once you’re done you can either use the planner in Canva or export it as a PDF, save it to the Files app on your Connected Falkirk device and write on it using MarkUp.

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