DSi’s – St Marys PS Coatbridge

February 24, 2011 Mrs Pickering

P7 enjoying using DSi’s for their mental maths.

The children really benefitted from using the DSI’s to enhance their mental maths skills.:) They viewed it as a fun way to learn and were sad to see them go 🙁

Flip Camera

FLIP Cameras Clarkston Primary

February 20, 2011 User deactivated

Background

Following a whole class enterprise discussion in was unanimously agreed that our enterprise this term would be a short WW2 drama. As this was going to be presented to the whole school I suggested to my pupils the possibility of using FLIP cameras during the process, it if fair to say that they were more that interested.

How ICT supported learning and teaching

Self and Peer Assessment: The FLIP cameras provided excellent opportunities for both self and peer assessment. Pupils were able to watch recordings of their performance and provide suggestions as to how they could improve their use of space, voice and facial expression.

Listening and Talking: In small groups pupils worked together to produce a short introduction to the WW2 drama. The use of the FLIP cameras allowed this learning activity to be pupil led with greater pupil responsibility.

Literacy: Using the drama script, pupils recorded weekly fluency lessons.

Impact / conclusion

The opportunity to use FLIP cameras has had a very positive approach on the outcome of this enterprise. The pupils, through self and peer assessment, were able to critique themselves and improve upon their performance. They were highly motivated and developed greater confidence in their abilities. Many staff enquired about the FLIP cameras and as a result our school recently purchased seven cameras, one for each stage.

Guitar Hero

Guitar Hero – Braidhurst High School

January 10, 2011 User deactivated

Background

This is the first year our new S1 ICT course, Guitar Hero, has been run. The idea is that pupils work in groups for two periods a week to organise a world tour for their own band.

The course is broken down as follows

1. In groups pupils research the potential cities where they will plan their tour and work out a route round the world working out carbon emissions

2. Pupils “book” hotels, flights and venues for their concerts

3. They create publicity material including poster and tickets

4. They create a website to promote their band and tour

5. They create a promotional game based on their tour using scratch

6. They make a presenatation to an X Factor style judging panel who decide on an eventual winner.

It has been really useful having a play station with guitar hero as we have been able to use it as a reward and incentive for hard working groups.

Pupil Feedback

Here are some examples of pupil feedback from the course although we are only halfway through it at the moment

Brilliant as you have to use your imagination.

Fun because you do your own research on the internet.

Really good that you get the reward of playing guitar hero.

Good as you get to design posters on the internet.

You get to play guitar hero.

I think the course is good because you get to plan venues and hotels and it’s so realistic.

I like it because it is fun and I get to work with my friends.

I like it because we get to work with your friends.

I like this because you get to play guitar hero and you learn about a tour and currency.

I think the course is good because there are loads to do and it is fun.

I think the course was good because I enjoyed finding things out about countries.

I think Guitar Hero course was very good because we got to make posters and more in our groups. I would definitely do it again.

I liked the course because I liked making the glogster posters and I liked working out how much the hotels cost.

The course we were doing is very fun and enjoyable and very hard working. Its good for team work and friendship. I would definitely do it again.

I liked it because we got to do different things each week and cooperate with other people.

Nintendo DS

Nintendo DS – New Monkland

December 23, 2010 User deactivated

Class set of Nintendo Ds were borrowed by New Monkland Primary School.

Primaries 2 – 7 were timetabled 1 week access. The children were very so excited about having

them in their class. The software was more suited to the upper school. Primary 7 used them

as part of problem solving / active maths lessons.

Nintendo DS

Using the Nintendo DS at Chryston Primary

November 8, 2010 Mrs Nicolson

We borrowed 10 Nintendo DS with the intention of using the Brain Training in P.4. However, after a trial period it was decided it was more suited to the upper school.
They were used in active maths lessons in P.7 each day. The children were keen to improve their scores and stayed motivated throughout the block.

Flip Camera

Flip Cameras – Kilsyth PS

October 8, 2010 User deactivated

Background – This year I am teaching a primary 1 class. The children are developing their reading skills and the focus just now is ‘reading with expression’. Included in the class is a child with elective mutism, (undiagnosed), who has never spoken to adults either in her 2 years nursery experience or since starting school.

How ICT supported learning – A group of 7 children were instructed to video each other while reading with a focus on reading for expression. I left the children in the open area while I worked with the remaining groups. On playing back the videos through the Smart board the class watched and talked about the way each was reading. I was then amazed and delighted to hear the child who had not spoken, reading to her partner.

Impact -The FLIP camera has provided a wonderful opportunity for all the children to demonstrate their reading skills and to talk about good reading skills and how to improve theirs. However the greatest impact was concerning the child whom I had never heard speak. Firstly she now knows I am aware she can speak. Moreover I had been very concerned about how I would assess her and this could provide an appropriate medium for assessment. I feel this camera could provide an essential tool to open up the child’s ability to communicate.

Monika Dickson