I have used esnips to upload everything we have done in this module. I am unsure as to weather the interactive map will work now all the bits have been moved but fingers crossed it does.
Happy watching and listening!
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http://www.esnips.com/user/princesskrystalla
Monday, 16 March 2009
Thursday, 12 March 2009
Flowol
Today we are using a program called Flowol, this is a program in which you can make a flow chart and see how it affects an object. I have chosen to do a big wheel at each stage you have to decide what action to take and how long it should be for. I remember doing flow charts in both primary and secondary school. In primary school we used flow charts when creating instructions and I remember finding it very hard to visualise what each stage was. With Flowol you have a simulation to show you what effect all your decisions and commands have. I think that this will be good for pupils who are kinesthetic learners and visual learners.
Tuesday, 3 March 2009
interactive map - virual tour of plymouth campus
This session we focused on making an interactive map of plymouth campus. This can be used by teachers for children to explore different areas or topics. It could also be made by the children to research and show what they have found.
I found some of this task quite difficult. First we found the different pictures and sound files to use on our map. This was the simple part, we easily found them from a range of different websites. However when it came down to making the hyperlinks I came across some problems. I also had difficulties when trying to make the hyperlinks unseen. I have played around with the map at home and found it much easier to make the hyperlinks seen as little buttons on the screen. If i was to do this with children i would probably keep the hyperlinks seen.
I would like to try this again with pupils maybe linking to a geography topic of looking at differences between two communities. I think this would work well to stimulate independant research and learning.
I found some of this task quite difficult. First we found the different pictures and sound files to use on our map. This was the simple part, we easily found them from a range of different websites. However when it came down to making the hyperlinks I came across some problems. I also had difficulties when trying to make the hyperlinks unseen. I have played around with the map at home and found it much easier to make the hyperlinks seen as little buttons on the screen. If i was to do this with children i would probably keep the hyperlinks seen.
I would like to try this again with pupils maybe linking to a geography topic of looking at differences between two communities. I think this would work well to stimulate independant research and learning.
Podcast
This week we made a podcast using our superdupermusiclooper track as intro and outtro music. I was already really excited about using the podcasts from the lecture on monday. Seeing all the interesting ways which podcasts are being used in schools by children made me think of many more ways in which i would like to use podcasting with a class.
They create a way for teachers and pupils can be in contact outside the school day to continue the childs education in a fun way in which the pupil does not know that they are learning. They also provide a way of telling parents, teaching and other pupils about what they have been learning and show off the skills they have.
I think a school podcast run by different classes would be a great learning oppotunity for pupils as it can be made so cross curricular. Obviously it is ICT and links very strongly with Literacy but it can also be liked to geography, history, music, science and much more. The pupils will have a reason to be learning these different topics and gives them an audience who they can tell what they have learnt.
I found the softwear a little challanging at first as it was hard to find the tools I wanted to use. However after a short time playing around on it finding the different settings and tools we were easily able to start editing out blog. Pupils would easily be able to use this softwear with a demonstation from the teacher.
We had a lot of fun making our blog and after some inital winging about how our voices sounded we got into writting a script and editing to add different sounds etc. I think podcasting could build a lot of confidence in pupils especially those who struggle with writting as it is another way for to get their knowledge across.
They create a way for teachers and pupils can be in contact outside the school day to continue the childs education in a fun way in which the pupil does not know that they are learning. They also provide a way of telling parents, teaching and other pupils about what they have been learning and show off the skills they have.
I think a school podcast run by different classes would be a great learning oppotunity for pupils as it can be made so cross curricular. Obviously it is ICT and links very strongly with Literacy but it can also be liked to geography, history, music, science and much more. The pupils will have a reason to be learning these different topics and gives them an audience who they can tell what they have learnt.
I found the softwear a little challanging at first as it was hard to find the tools I wanted to use. However after a short time playing around on it finding the different settings and tools we were easily able to start editing out blog. Pupils would easily be able to use this softwear with a demonstation from the teacher.
We had a lot of fun making our blog and after some inital winging about how our voices sounded we got into writting a script and editing to add different sounds etc. I think podcasting could build a lot of confidence in pupils especially those who struggle with writting as it is another way for to get their knowledge across.
Friday, 13 February 2009
Music and Super Duper Music Looper
I came away from the music and ICT lecture on monday feeling more confident about teaching music with the aid of ICT. I have never felt particully happy about singing infront of anyone however it is something you accept you have to do infront of children and unforntunatly other adults as part of the teaching profession. If I was able to use something like the recording and words on the IWB to sing along with it, it would make me far more relaxed about having to so it. Other programs for recording the pupils singing and playing music would also be good for lessons as they could sing to their own creations.
This week our directed task was to create the intro jingle to the pod casts. The software we used was SuperDuperMusicLooper. I am not very good at music i dont have a very musical ear and I thought I would find this task really hard because of it. When we were given the software I found it really easy to access and start using. The program was so easy to use we had created a little tune in a matter of mins.
I think this software would be good for pupils in the classroom as it is so easy to use. Pupils of all ages could access it with minimal input from the teacher. They would enjoy these freedoms. The program also has a record fuction which can be used by very young children to record a short clip of them playing an instrument. They can then looop this in the program which will help them keep the beat for other instruments they are playing. There are so many different lessons and uses this program has in school, I cant wait to use it with pupils.
This week our directed task was to create the intro jingle to the pod casts. The software we used was SuperDuperMusicLooper. I am not very good at music i dont have a very musical ear and I thought I would find this task really hard because of it. When we were given the software I found it really easy to access and start using. The program was so easy to use we had created a little tune in a matter of mins.
I think this software would be good for pupils in the classroom as it is so easy to use. Pupils of all ages could access it with minimal input from the teacher. They would enjoy these freedoms. The program also has a record fuction which can be used by very young children to record a short clip of them playing an instrument. They can then looop this in the program which will help them keep the beat for other instruments they are playing. There are so many different lessons and uses this program has in school, I cant wait to use it with pupils.
Thursday, 5 February 2009
Work in progress - Animation
Well, we started our animation today and it was really good. It took a long time to do this part and we didnt get through the whole lot in the hour we were given. Im gonna put the link on here for the unfinished version but hopefully we can break into the computer room for some more editing next week.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YV_0v2d_z94
Animation is a really good activity for pupils to do, it links to lots of different topics and subjects. Literacy is the most obvious one however it links very well to history, georgraphy, PSHE, music and drama. It can also be used to support numeracy if done correctly. Animation can also be used to support and assess pupils speaking and listening skills, they are working together as a group discussing ideas and taking different roles in the group.
During my previous school experience I worked with a group of year 2 pupils to produce a snowman dance based on their Litracy topic 'The Snowman'. They became very excited when we attemped it and became very difficult to have a group of them working around a table. This can be solved by working with animation more often and allowing the pupils to investigate the program to understand it further.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YV_0v2d_z94
Animation is a really good activity for pupils to do, it links to lots of different topics and subjects. Literacy is the most obvious one however it links very well to history, georgraphy, PSHE, music and drama. It can also be used to support numeracy if done correctly. Animation can also be used to support and assess pupils speaking and listening skills, they are working together as a group discussing ideas and taking different roles in the group.
During my previous school experience I worked with a group of year 2 pupils to produce a snowman dance based on their Litracy topic 'The Snowman'. They became very excited when we attemped it and became very difficult to have a group of them working around a table. This can be solved by working with animation more often and allowing the pupils to investigate the program to understand it further.
Friday, 30 January 2009
You Tube
I have been uploading things to youtube in an attempt to be more technologically minded. It took me quite a while and a few moments of panic and fustration but i have done it.. I feel like i have acheived something. The only thing I have found fustrating is that there are so many adverts and things which pop up while you are trying to do it. Even though I had my advert pop up blocker on. I dont know whether this is to do with YouTube itself or something else but it really annoyed me while i was attempting to negotiate the site.
Im really enjoying blogging and the other things it is leading me onto.
Im really enjoying blogging and the other things it is leading me onto.
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