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Innovative Teachers. VIRTUAL CLASSROOM TOUR. Homepage. Title. Using ICT Toys To Ease Transition In P1. Objective/s.
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Innovative Teachers VIRTUALCLASSROOMTOUR Homepage Title Using ICT Toys To Ease Transition In P1 Objective/s To introduce ICT toys into the P1 classroom to help transition for pupils moving from Nursery into Primary 1. To create a fun environment where they are using familiar toys to build confidence and therefore support learning. Creator/s Theresa Mungall, ICT Staff Tutor, Early Years, Dundee City Council Lorraine Munro, READ Nursery Nurse , Dens Road Primary School, Dundee Date Nov 2007 ICT Nursery_P1 Transition Policy Documents Web Links HMIE Report
Innovative Teachers VIRTUALCLASSROOMTOUR About Learning Together in Dundee Background/ To raise the awareness of the potential of using ICT to support continuity in children’s learning it was planned to run a pilot to support transition. The focus was on developing spontaneous, planned and purposeful play using a range of ICT resources, in line with the emphasis on active learning in curriculum planning. This project is taking place in Dens Road primary school which has a nursery class attached. The ICT resources are to be used in the P1 class. Many of these resources, or similar ones, can be found in most nursery schools and classes in Dundee. The familiarity and confidence with these will enable efficient and effective use, empowering children to become more successful learners, confident individuals, responsible citizens and effective contributors. Rationale Dens Road Nursery to P1 Transition Policy Documents Transition play programme on LTScotland Web Links
Innovative Teachers VIRTUALCLASSROOMTOUR People Learning Together in Dundee People Theresa Mungall, ICT Staff Tutor Early Years Lorraine Munro, READ Nursery Nurse, Dens Road P.S. Rian Davies, P1 Class Teacher Wendy Chapman, P1 Class Teacher (NQT) P1 Children at Dens Road P.S., Dundee Dens Road Primary School Documents Level A - ICT Dens Road P.S. Web Links
Innovative Teachers VIRTUALCLASSROOMTOUR Project Learning Together in Dundee Project The project took place over the first two terms of children beginning in Dens Road P.S. The children were introduced to a selection of ICT toys and these were integrated into the play programme already in place in the classroom. Children were given the opportunity to experience these along with other aspects of ICT which were already in place within the classroom. The ICT Toys introduced were: *BeeBots *Electronic Photo Book *Musical Number Mat A more extensive list is below. Documents List of Resources Web Links BeeBot Website Role play toys
Innovative Teachers VIRTUALCLASSROOMTOUR Impact Learning Together in Dundee Impact A movie created using Photostory 3 of children using ICT resources in Primary 1. Photostory3 Help sheets Documents Photostory3 Download Web Links
Innovative Teachers VIRTUALCLASSROOMTOUR Impact Cont. Learning Together in Dundee Video of Dance Mat in P1 Click to view Listen to a view of one of the teacher’s involved in the project. Web Links Curriculum for Excellence
Innovative Teachers VIRTUALCLASSROOMTOUR Next Steps Learning Together in Dundee Next Steps • The teachers’ involved completed a transition evaluation form (the results can be viewed below). • A small group of children were also chosen to take part in the “Yellow Box” video booth. This gave us an opportunity to use an innovative tool that children could express themselves through about ICT. For the purposes of the Yellow Box we focused on the Photo Book, which was a small part of our ICT project. • Next Steps • Nursery to integrate ICT resources into their planning for children in their pre-school year. • Teachers to recognise the ICT skills children start P1 with and build upon these • Use the Yellow Box in future to gain pupils perspectives’ of ICT initiatives Documents Transition evaluation form Yellow Box Web Links