Jill Hammonds Core Education Ltd

What does ICT mean for you? What do you understand by the term? What does it encompass? How does it impact the children in your room? How does it impact the classroom? (management, programme, physical layout, resources, teacher input)

An ICT is any tool or process that man has created in order to aid the sourcing and use of information, and or to facilitate communication.

So what are the problems and frustrations that you would like to get sorted today? Management of students Management of computers Equipment woes Where to start Make a list and then we’ll sort it.

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Make attention getters for your students to have by the computer. The flag / paper cup / bell (1 chime only or watch out!) simply means I’m working on a problem, and would appreciate some help when you have time... Not MrS H get here now! LOL

Good routines and rules make for a happy teacher and class: When working with a group you are not available! (unless the room is on fire or someone is dying!) Use the experts not me! Nothing you are doing is so important that it can interrupt the work of others You lose it - you find it! Make a note and see me later.

What are the qualities, attributes, characteristics of the children in our junior classroom?

Active Learners and short concentration span Short, simple tasks. Use creative software e.g. Paint, Kid Pix Regular access Value and display their efforts. Use wide range of ICTs. Unpack how you will cater for this:

What is the world going to be like when our children leave school? What skills will they need to have developed?

Flexible Adaptable Thinkers Students who are ready to accept and move with change. They apply learning confidently and successfully to new and different situations. Self Directed / Reflective Learners Students who are intellectual processors and competent thinkers. They reflect on their findings and evaluate, validate and discriminate. Effective Collaborators Students who have skills to work effectively with diverse individuals and groups and within a range of situations to achieve common goals. Effective communicators’ Students who are able to convey and receive information confidently and competently in a range of different contexts.

Communication Skills – using the technologies of today. Numeracy Skills Information Skills – in a wide range of contexts Self Management Skills – from day one. Social And Cooperative Skills Work and Study Skills Problem solving Skills Physical Skills

Thinking - creative, critical and metacognitive Using language symbols and texts - see Literacy Learning Progressions document Managing Self - their learning, motivation, “can do” attitude, self assessment, resourceful, resilient etc. Relating to Others - active listening, co-operation, negotiate and share Participating and contributing - actively involved in community (including online) - purposeful!

Relating to others/ Participating Audio conferencing Video camera recording of children expressing ideas Multimedia programmes Use of spreadsheets & graphs & Online projects. Unpack how you will cater for this: Formulating questions Practising use of phone Focus on message and presenting

Literacy learning Progressions - a copy of the pdf file is available at

Literacy resources

What impact does that have for the way we plan our classroom programme?

Challenging, stimulating, positive and child directed Risk taking encouraged and managed Discovery learning and lots of discussion - Children working in Groups Children taking responsibility for their own learning Teacher modelling of the process (daily) Access to resources Short but regular sessions using ICTs.

Start from the Curriculum Define the focus - begin with the end in mind and “unpack” the process Model the process – computer at the mat Use flexible rotation systems - 3 Chairs Foster independence – independently achievable tasks Work in groups at the computer Create opportunities for Discovery learning Enforce routines Place computer within teacher view. Utilise Computer Suite systems Use Visual Aids to memory

Model the process daily! Have your computer by the mat and record your children’s daily news e.g. on Kid Pix, PowerPoint etc. Make this the starting point for your first round of word work for the day. Have the children spend time completing the next step and then using it as a reading/ shared reading resource for the week.

Tuesday 17 th February Text box set up here to record the news items. Animation can be customised in template format. Children’s art can be added later.

Independent writing Teacher conferencing Refining Publishing

n Easy to use n Very motivating for the children and teachers. n Create a very professional look with minimal skill n You save on printer cartridges n Very visual for parent and community days or sharing with other classes e.g. on the school intranet n Becomes a valuable teaching and learning resource for children to use for consolidating learning – children will revisit happily. n Available to schools through the Microsoft deal.

I love eating an apple.

I went to the lake and I took my remote control car.

In autumn the leaves fall down on the grass. I have to rake them up.

I had a cake for my birthday.

In the picture above it has what a light looks like when it is on. The battery is the electricity source. The power runs from the battery through the wire and into the screw. When the metal strip is touching the screw the power can flow so the light glows. When you switch off, the metal strip lifts off the screw, the power can’t flow and the light goes off.

Two men began to dig a hole out in our soccer field. They piled the dirt around the sides. The dirt was very, very soft. The pit they dug was made deep enough to put in hot irons and two metal baskets. They were digging a pit for our hangi.

A fire was laid beside the pit. When they stacked the wood, they criss-crossed it. The steel hangi irons were on top of the stack of wood. The stack was taller than ME. The day was wet and we saw a wonderful rainbow.

The fire was lit and flames flew up into the air. The fire burned for about two hours. As the flames died down, the men dragged the hot irons out of the glowing embers and heaved them into the pit.

Two baskets full of food were carefully put on top of the hot irons. A clean wet sheet was laid over the top, then dripping wet sacks. The men shovelled dirt over the sacks and let the hangi steam away.

Two and a half hours later, they shovelled off the dirt and took out the yummy Hangi food. The wet sacks were carefully peeled off. Hot steam poured out of the baskets as they carried them to the long serving tables. Mmmmmmmmmm.

The mothers and the teachers served the food to all the hungry children. The Hangi smelt delicious.

We ate our plate of yummy Hangi food by the new playground. We had potato, pumpkin, stuffing and chicken. I ate all of my food. I loved my plate of Hangi. It was nutritious and delicious.

Numeracy Spreadsheets for surveys Paint programme for geometry and symmetry Kid Pix number sentences Digital camera for geometry, cardinal number etc.

These shapes are round. A round shape is a circle.

Buddies Parents/Grandparents Former classmates People traveling overseas Collaborative online projects See Katikati Index Page

Inspiration Use the Rapid Fire Button to bounce out the new ideas. Add in notes on bubbles. Add hyperlinks to info on the web. Check out the templates. Kidspiration Check out the templates Webspiration - beta online version of Inspiration Works like Inspiration but used online.

Example

Blogging Examples Helpful Hints

Wikis for educators For subsequent wikis use Examples:

Turn photos into a slideshow Suzie’s How to Wiki page Examples

Your class have made a great presentation and they’d like to share it with family via the web... Just sign up and upload up to 100Mbs per presentation.

And check out Glogster for embedding online posters into sites. No need for me to show you - view Jess’s how to video in Suzie’s wiki here

NetVibes to set up your internet sites for easy access by the kids. Make your home page their selection page.

For more help with ideas and the “how to”, check out our Time4Online Conference from This has everything you need to know to get underway with lots more web 2.0 tools Or see Suzie Vesper’s wiki at

The sky’s the limit! Make sure you, the teacher, are not! Jill Hammonds Core Education Ltd Copies of this presentation are available at