1. Hertfordshire County Council www.hertsdirect.org - new stuff and things to do with it Using New Technologies to involve and captivate learners

2. Hertfordshire County Council www.hertsdirect.org - new stuff and things to do with it Using New Technologies to involve and captivate learners New kit Hardware and software technologies... and how to use them  in the classroom and outside it

3. Hertfordshire County Council www.hertsdirect.org - new stuff and things to do with it Using New Technologies to involve and captivate learners New kit Today we will look at: Hardware  voting system  sympodium Software  wikis

4. Hertfordshire County Council www.hertsdirect.org - new stuff and things to do with it Using New Technologies to involve and captivate learners Voting systems What is a voting system? Hardware  handsets  receiver (IR and RF) Software  question setting and recording  powerpoint

5. Hertfordshire County Council www.hertsdirect.org - new stuff and things to do with it Using New Technologies to involve and captivate learners Voting systems What can they do?  involve a whole class in questions and answers;  get instant responses;  produce graphs and charts of responses;  measure response times;  set up sequences, presentations and quizzes within lessons;  get a report on a sequence of responses.

6. Hertfordshire County Council www.hertsdirect.org - new stuff and things to do with it Using New Technologies to involve and captivate learners Voting systems Possible uses  quick quizzes  summative assessment  record-keeping and analysis  poll pupils for opinions and ideas  prompts for discussion  assessment for learning (AFL)

7. Hertfordshire County Council www.hertsdirect.org - new stuff and things to do with it Using New Technologies to involve and captivate learners Voting systems Different systems  CPS/Optivote  Promethean Activote  Turning Point  Educlick  Qwizdom  Geeneus

8. Hertfordshire County Council www.hertsdirect.org - new stuff and things to do with it Using New Technologies to involve and captivate learners What to look for  size of handset;  right/wrong feedback on handset;  import of powerpoint and export to Excel;  will it run as a toolbar (in verbal mode);  response time measurement;  charting features;  price.

9. Hertfordshire County Council www.hertsdirect.org - new stuff and things to do with it Using New Technologies to involve and captivate learners Wikis What is a wiki?  communal blog  evolving site  free  example: wikipedia.comwikipedia.com

10. Hertfordshire County Council www.hertsdirect.org - new stuff and things to do with it Using New Technologies to involve and captivate learners Wikis Have a go. Go to: http://web1t.e2bn.net/hertswiki/index.php/Main_Page  Choose ‘conference’  Click on the Edit tab  Choose the link button  Replace the text with your name (or a link name)  Click save  Click on your link  Choose the Edit tab and away you go

11. Hertfordshire County Council www.hertsdirect.org - new stuff and things to do with it Using New Technologies to involve and captivate learners Wikis Features  fully editable  can add links and new pages  can be password protected  discussion aspect  can upload files (including pictures)  complete history (including comparison)

12. Hertfordshire County Council www.hertsdirect.org - new stuff and things to do with it Using New Technologies to involve and captivate learners Wikis Possible uses  news page(s)  instructions  diary  group work  peer review

13. Hertfordshire County Council www.hertsdirect.org - new stuff and things to do with it Using New Technologies to involve and captivate learners Sympodium A smart screen (controller)  can face the audience  no height issues  no need to stand in the beam

14. Hertfordshire County Council www.hertsdirect.org - new stuff and things to do with it Using New Technologies to involve and captivate learners Sympodium Suppliers  Smarter solutions (http://www.smarter-solutions.ltd.uk/)  Geneeus (http://www.interactive-education.co.uk/)