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Literature Review/Research • ICT impact on administration and management • CPD within school in relation to ICT • Mobile technologies and their impact in education • PowerPoint as a pedagogical tool • The’ digital divide’ what does it represent now • Data projectors/IWB, has their implementation led to a transformation of learning and teaching
Why PowerPoint? • Just one of 30 million taking place today • Predominantly for the business sector • “Death by PowerPoint” (Garber 2001)
What not to do with PowerPoint When people put every word they are going to say on their PowerPoint slides this can be very distracting. This is compounded if the presenter quotes verbatim of the screen. Although this reduces the need for you to memorise your talk, it will make your slides very crowded uninteresting and boring. More than likely you will loose your audience attention and they will start looking at their watches and think OMG we have got another 40 minutes of this, I wish I was back in the classroom.
Bullet Points • It • is • not • a • good • idea • to • fill • your • presentation • with • bullet • points • as • the • audience • will • quickly • switch • off • and • start • talking • to • each • other
Background colours Using the wrong colour combinations can be detrimental to your presentation Never mind what your front room looks like at home, you do not need to re-create it in the classroom A light background with a dark text or A dark background with a light text
With PowerPoint and the internet What you see is not always What you get www.whorepresents.com www.expertsexchange.com www.penisland.net www.speedofart.com www.powergenitalia.com
Using ICT in the classroom to promote engagement, reduce inappropriate behaviour and most importantly deliver quality Learning and Teaching
15 ways to use ICT in the classroom Including: • Free classroom resources • Inexpensive classroom resources • Tools to encourage collaboration outside of the classroom • Suggestions for the implementation of new hardware to improve learning and teaching
Number 1 Visual stimulus to control noise levels
This is a good level of noise Everyone is able to work well Well done Keep it up!
The noise level is rising ACT NOW TO RETURN TO GREEN Possible Consequences If we move to red
The noise level is too high It is stopping us from learning Consequences Will happen Act Now!
Number 2 Using a wireless slate (approx’ £200)
Number 3 Use ‘Snagit’ to capture screens Freeze a movie Capture the image Create a PowerPoint or Movie (approx £20.00 from RM.com)
Number 4 Group selector
Number 5 Use ‘CrazyTalk’ animation software (approx £28.00 softwareload.co.uk)
A whole new way of making poetry interestingWritten by John Clare in a Northampton Lunatic Asylum 1844
Number 6 SlideServe is a free service which gives users the power to easily share and view PowerPoint presentations online. Ideal to use with your pupils so they can view an earlier presentation from your lesson and use it to work outside of the classroom, or if they have missed the lesson for some reason.
Number 7 Wallwisher A fantastic online resource which allows users to contribute text, video or audio content to an online collaborative wall
Number 8 Use Audacity to mix music tracks free download http://audacity.sourceforge.net Name the 2 artists
Number 9 Wordle Wordle is a very useful tool that allows you to create word clouds from text Here are some examples: 48 ways to use Wordle
Number 10 Writeboard • An excellent tool for students to use to collaborate on various pieces of work. • Every 'Writeboard' created has a URL, so you can get to it from any computer at any time with a modern web browser. Save every edit and roll back to any version.
Number 11 • Visuwords VisuWords is a web-based visual dictionary and thesaurus tool. Search for words to look up their meanings and associations with other words in a visual interface. Can be very useful as a whole class teaching tool.
Number 12 Mouse Mischief
Number 13 HTML to PDF Converter Convert any web page to a pdf document No need to download any application just click on: http://html-pdf-converter.com/
Number 14 Authorstream • Add videos, images or 'YouTube' clips into your PowerPoint presentations simply and easily, using this free software. • You can also share your presentations and have access to a library of other worthwhile presentations, for use in the classroom. Today's Presentation:
Number 15 Shape Collage • Make your classroom photos into a collage in seconds, using this free application. • Design your own shape to put your photos into. • Use the 'YouTube' video link to get a fast and informative tutorial before you start.
Bonus The magic ‘B’ button
For more 21st Century Resources • http://www.bgfl.org/bgfl/65.cfm • My e-mail: e.duffy@frankley.bham.sch.uk Presentation available at: ‘Authorstream’ http://www.authorstream.com/Presentation/EAMONN-834466-bartley-green-presentation/ ‘Slideserve’ http://www.slideserve.com/presentation/89362/Bartley-Green-Learning-and-Teaching