Supporting and Developing ICT as a Teaching and Learning Resource Day Four Tutor: Emma Hallinan Assistant Tutor: Shakira Kelly

09.30: Roll, Layout of the Day 09.45: Finding Educational resources online. Creating Literary Resources e.g. Wordsearch, cloze, crossword 11.30: Break 12.00: Britannica –Webinar (35 minutes) & World Book Video (5 minutes) 12.45:Powerpoint – Storytelling in Powerpoint 14.00: Finish – Merry Monk Layout of Day Four

WIKI Workspace

Scoilnet Resource Bank Image Bank – Publishing stories on Scoilnet Story Time - Fís Bookclub Scispy – Encyclopaedia Britannica World Book through Scoilnet The Internet

Explore Scoilnet Scoilnet – resource finder

Explore Scoilnet Scoilnet Storytime Scoilnet – Publishing stories Normally takes 2 working days before story is approved. Minor edits are made to stories Contact us will remove a story.

World Book Kids Online

Fís Bookclub

Excellent Irish Art website with videos, responding to art images and lesson plans. Excellent science website based on the Irish curriculum. Great lesson plans and include videos on topics. Fís Bookclub

Teacher’s Pet - Wordsearch – Teachers Direct Wordsearch Creation Utility Cloze Procedure – Oxford New English Cloze Maker Crosswords using Eclipse Crosswords Creating Literary Resource

Teacher’s Pet - Once installed a toolbar will appear in Microsoft Word. In Microsoft 2003 – Teacher’s Pet is a very visible toolbar In Microsoft 2007 it appears in the “add in” tab on the top. Many of the tools in teacher’s pet are free some need to be paid for if you wish to use them. Teacher’s Pet

Highlight the text you want jumbled – Each sentence separately. Click on teacher’s pet and it will jumble them. Teacher’s Pet – Jumble Text Teacher’s Pet – Bingo Cards Put words in a vertical column (not in boxes). Highlight the list and click teacher’s pet and Bingo Card Maker. You will be asked how many bingo cards, columns, rows etc. After this your cards will be created and ready for printing.

Have some sentence for the worksheet (put a + sign where you want the break to occur. Highlight the sentences (altogether) and click on “Pair Matching Puzzle” in the Teacher’s pet toolbar. e.g My name is +Emma I live in +Ballina I have +two sisters I have +one dog Teacher’s Pet – Create a match-up worksheet

To create a crossword you need to have an answer followed by a clue. madra+dog asal+donkey capall+horse cat+cat coinín+rabbit bó+cow caora+sheep Teacher’s Pet – Create a Crossword

Free to use Create IWB versions Differentiation Supports modern foreign languages Hundred’s of ready made resources Can be tailored for your curriculum needs As well as ordinary wordsearches you can make wordsearchers with a cloze passage or definitions. Children must find the missing words from the passage in the wordsearch. Can be saved as a “pdf” for use again. You can also make an interactive wordsearch for the IWB Wordsearch – Teachers Direct Wordsearch Creation Utility Manual page 130

Wordsearch – Teachers Direct Wordsearch Creation Utility with Cloze Maker Example: Wordsearch with cloze

Free to use Differentiation Need Flash player Can be tailored for your curriculum needs Activities can be printed out or copied to word for more editing. Making Cloze Activities – Oxford New English Cloze Maker Manual page 133

Fun way of reinforcing spelling and the meaning of words/comprehension Free to use Differentiation – you control the level of difficulty depending on clue. Can be tailored for your curriculum needs When you log onto website you are asked do you want to download it. You can print your crossword, save it, or save as a web page (This will allow you to publish the crossword as an Interactive web page) Crosswords using Eclipse Crosswords Manual page 135

This site provides educational ICT activites linked to the English National Curriculum.. These games are generally targeted at infant school teachers and parents of infant age children.

Crickweb free to use educational interactive resources for Primary Schools. 30 free to use fun games for kids aged plus links to free interactive, image and software resources. 16 'Flipcharts' to download and use on your Promethean IWB.

Britannica Online Video (5 min)

Sourcing Images and Audio Free loop music: (sound loops)

Storytelling/Slideshow using powerpoint Manual page 202

Ideas for powerpoint Storytelling and PowerPoint