Colin Thomson
Flip Video Cameras – Saint Patrick’s Coatbridge
Kate Campbell
Nintendo DSI- Overtown Primary
Primary Five, Six and Seven used the DSi to beat their recorded time on Brain training. The DSi encouraged and motivated the children as well as sharpen their mental maths agility. They loved the challenge of beating their own score and that of others in the class. The children did get frustrated when the DSi didn’t recognise their figures but they enjoyed the novelty of using it in school. The DSi is a useful maths resource and a great incentive for the children to complete work too.
Nintendo Wii – St. Patrick’s Kilsyth
We borrowed a Nintendo Wii from the lending Library. It was used by classes as a reward during Golden Time. The children wanted to make sure they didn’t lose any time so they got their time slot to play. It was a great incentive.
Whilst doing some co-operative learning tasks the primary 7’s used it as one of there stations as a way of working together.
Here are some of the children’s comments. “We had fun together in our cooperative groups.” “We brought in some of our own games and looked at how we could use them for warm ups in PE.” “Golden Time was great fun.”
Web Cameras – St. Patrick’s Kilsyth
Background
We had the i can animate software in the school but were using the built in cameras in the ibooks to film. This was working alright but I borrowed a set of web cams so we could evaluate if we should purchase cameras to use.
How ICT supported learning and teaching
- Able to give the after school group and pupils confidence and skills to embrace new technologies.
- Pupils have been able to work cooperatively in groups to create dialogue, action and events for a short animation. Each group was responsible for filming and editing their work.
- Impact / conclusion
Airliner – St Marys PS Coatbridge
P7 really enjoyed using the airliner slate in conjunction with the class SMARTboard. It allowed all children to actively participate in all lessons without having to leave their seats. They soon became accustomed to it and found it was an enjoyable way to participate in lessons. It was especially good for children who weren’t too keen on standing up in front of the class writing on the SMARTboard.