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Keeping 'IT' Exciting. Deidre Senior 2009 Ministry of Education E-Fellow Microsoft Innovative Teacher of the Year - 2009. Why should ICT be kept to the fore?. 21 st Century Connected learners The life of our students Wide range of resources available to enhance learning.
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Keeping 'IT' Exciting Deidre Senior 2009 Ministry of Education E-Fellow Microsoft Innovative Teacher of the Year - 2009
Why should ICT be kept to the fore? • 21st Century • Connected learners • The life of our students • Wide range of resources available to enhance learning
Why ICT in classrooms? • Improves learning outcomes? • Presents opportunities that wouldn’t usually be available • Motivation and therefore engagement
Keys to Success in the Classroom • Purposeful use • Authentic use • Students see the connections • Supports your model of teaching • Integrated into the classroom programme • IT NOW MUST GO TO ANOTHER LEVEL!!!
“Teachers transform lifeless equipment into useful tools” Source unknown
Resources to Access http://mylittlespace.edublogs.org
Audacity • Free download • Use with ‘cheap’ microphones • Children can • Interview • Read aloud • Practise/Listen to how they speak
Sequencing of events • Language of comics • Brevity of language • Use of visuals and language
Cameras into the hands of students Capture an event/trip Share highlights
Ideas to Use • Reporter of the day
Photostory3 • Simple • Achievable for all students • Used in a variety of ways
Web 2.0 tools • School or Class Blog
OIS Reading Log Blog • Reluctant readers are buddied with Mentors. • Both post reviews of books they have read • A post consists of a review, podcast, and photo of the book cover • Others in the school read the reviews and make comments on the blog • ONLINE READING CONVERSATIONS!
Scratch • Develops creativity • Develops problem solving skills • Supports graphing concepts • Can be used to create animations or games • Allows students to have ownership of a ‘product’
You need time . . . • To ‘play’ • To practise • To try out new ideas • To collaborate • To refine • To reflect LEARN BY DOING!