Homerton Children’s Centre ICT and Creativity Harriet Price

Harriet PriceHomerton Children’s Centre 2 Creative Development 1. Explore colour, texture, shape, form and space in two and three dimensions 2. Recognise and explore how sounds can be changed, sing simple songs from memory, recognize repeated sounds and sound patterns and match movements to music 3. Use their imagination in art and design, music, dance, imaginative and role play stories 4. Respond in a variety of ways to what they see, hear, smell, touch and feel 5. Express and communicate their ideas, thoughts and feelings by using a widening range of materials, suitable tools, imaginative and role play, movement, designing and making, and a variety of songs and musical instruments

Harriet PriceHomerton Children’s Centre 3 To support children’s creativity are we using IT creatively? Software Programmable toys Overhead projectors Digital images Role play toys Music and sound

Harriet PriceHomerton Children’s Centre 4 Stages of Development With all of these applications we need to consider stages of children’s development: Stimulated by Explore Practice/rehearse Use as intended and for a purpose Creative Development

Harriet PriceHomerton Children’s Centre 5 Why use? Children can do what they can’t normally - stars, rainbow paint What would happen if….undo, rub out, start again “Clean” Art - Explore mixing digital and traditional media Software – Art programs And don’t forget……. Combine use with photocopier, laminator, digital Cameras, scanners, OHPs, Pixies What’s available? My World 3 - tiles 2Simple – 2Paint and 2Paint a Picture Revelation Natural Art from Logotron IWBs & software – e.g. Smart notebook

Harriet PriceHomerton Children’s Centre 6 Programmable toys Download a Pixie template and use in an art program Draw with Pixie 2Go-Program a computer program to tell it what to do Make story worlds using photos or scanned images and Pixie Use Bee- Bot’s with other resources and create opportunities for problem solving

Harriet PriceHomerton Children’s Centre 7 IWB’s, projectors and screens, light boxes, torches and overhead projectors

Harriet PriceHomerton Children’s Centre 8 Web cams, digital cameras camcorders and microscope

Harriet PriceHomerton Children’s Centre 9 Using ICT creatively in role-play Software for role-play and everyday technology If you are lucky enough to have a laptop or can fit role-play around your computer try role-play software to develop a realistic setting e.g a café Make role-play ‘boxes’ that include technology so children are able to access them in their play easily Use everyday technology in role-play to provide children with realistic settings Use technology toys for imaginative play e.g. Bee-Bots Children can record role-play with digital cameras and movie makers Provide a ‘junk’ box of defunct technology for children to explore

Harriet PriceHomerton Children’s Centre 10 Using ICT to support Music & Dance USE ICT to: Explore new techniques, new sounds Compose, record audio/video and playback Value different styles of music & Dance Develop a sense of rhythm and movement Support all areas of learning

Harriet PriceHomerton Children’s Centre 11 Foundation.e2bn.org Creative Development