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.
Friday, 30 January 2009
Thursday, 29 January 2009
This is a video my year 2's did on teaching practice. It was linked to literacy, science numeracy and art. The pupils spend a morning planning and creating the snowmen, then they spent the next morning creating the stop frame animation in small groups of 6. They then put the clips together and edited them to add the visual and sound effects.
you can check in out at http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=DgOO1p2rn38
or by seaching Snowman dance on youtube.com
Let me know what you think!
you can check in out at http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=DgOO1p2rn38
or by seaching Snowman dance on youtube.com
Let me know what you think!
Animation
Todays seminar and Mondays lecture made me really excited about the task we have to do this week. As soon as animation is mentioned my mind started goin over loads of different things we could make our 30sec stop frame animation about and planning different props and charactors. If this is what I got like as a 20year old students, imagin how excited and imaginative a child would be.
It is something i feel can be linked in with any subject in the curriculum. It links especially well with literacy planning and writing stories, story boarding, charactor development etc. It also works well with history and telling the different stories throughout time.
Hannah and I are going to be doing our clip on Henry the 8th and his 6 wives. This would be a fantastic way for pupils to sum up and show others what they have learnt throughout a topic.
When we are finished we shall post it up here for all to see.
xXx
It is something i feel can be linked in with any subject in the curriculum. It links especially well with literacy planning and writing stories, story boarding, charactor development etc. It also works well with history and telling the different stories throughout time.
Hannah and I are going to be doing our clip on Henry the 8th and his 6 wives. This would be a fantastic way for pupils to sum up and show others what they have learnt throughout a topic.
When we are finished we shall post it up here for all to see.
xXx
Monday, 26 January 2009
Web 2.0 continued..
I have been thinking of what to write about the different uses of web 2.0 in schools.
To begin with I started to think of how it could be used to comunicate with pupils outside of school.
Homework can be posted online as a reminder or as a way of giving it out without pupils having hundreds of peices of paper. This would also mean a parent note could be put on the homework to help parents with what their children should be doing. The pupils could also be able to write up any problems they are having and for the teacher to respond quickly.
Pupils could also have school, year or class forums where they pupils are able to discuss the work they are doing and any difficulties between them which will also help to consolodate learning.
Many adults will worry in online discussions such as this that there will be some misuse. Online bullying or it being used for other conversations may happen. However I believe that if the pupils are taught to use the internet properlly and taught about classroom respect stretching into only discussions like this that there would not be problems using this kind of technology.
During the school day the possibilities when using web 2.0 technology are endless. I like the ideas of using blogs such as this one especially with other KS2 pupils. The can write about what they have been learning, anything that has particulally interested them or information which they can bring to a topic they are studying. This is not only a way to inform those outside and inside of school what the pupils are doing, it can also help to consolodate learning. By telling other people what they have learnt the pupils are recalling and using that information. Teachers can use it to check there are no misconceptions or gaps in the learning and parents will be able to use it to help engage themselves in their childrens learning.
There are so many more possibilities to use web 2.0 in schools, but like Connor has said in his blog it is up to the teacher to feel confident and teaching the pupils how to use this new technology to aid their education. Teachers must not feel afraid of everything new, we should be trying to find ways to use it.
There are many good websites with information and resources about web 2.0. these are a few i liked:
http://schools.becta.org.uk/index.php?section=tl&catcode=ss_tl_dig_02&rid=15903
http://www.stevehargadon.com/2008/03/web-20-is-future-of-education.html
http://www.web20atschool.net/
To begin with I started to think of how it could be used to comunicate with pupils outside of school.
Homework can be posted online as a reminder or as a way of giving it out without pupils having hundreds of peices of paper. This would also mean a parent note could be put on the homework to help parents with what their children should be doing. The pupils could also be able to write up any problems they are having and for the teacher to respond quickly.
Pupils could also have school, year or class forums where they pupils are able to discuss the work they are doing and any difficulties between them which will also help to consolodate learning.
Many adults will worry in online discussions such as this that there will be some misuse. Online bullying or it being used for other conversations may happen. However I believe that if the pupils are taught to use the internet properlly and taught about classroom respect stretching into only discussions like this that there would not be problems using this kind of technology.
During the school day the possibilities when using web 2.0 technology are endless. I like the ideas of using blogs such as this one especially with other KS2 pupils. The can write about what they have been learning, anything that has particulally interested them or information which they can bring to a topic they are studying. This is not only a way to inform those outside and inside of school what the pupils are doing, it can also help to consolodate learning. By telling other people what they have learnt the pupils are recalling and using that information. Teachers can use it to check there are no misconceptions or gaps in the learning and parents will be able to use it to help engage themselves in their childrens learning.
There are so many more possibilities to use web 2.0 in schools, but like Connor has said in his blog it is up to the teacher to feel confident and teaching the pupils how to use this new technology to aid their education. Teachers must not feel afraid of everything new, we should be trying to find ways to use it.
There are many good websites with information and resources about web 2.0. these are a few i liked:
http://schools.becta.org.uk/index.php?section=tl&catcode=ss_tl_dig_02&rid=15903
http://www.stevehargadon.com/2008/03/web-20-is-future-of-education.html
http://www.web20atschool.net/
Thursday, 22 January 2009
My first blog
This blog has been created as a directed task for our ICT module.
Web 2.0
I found the lecture on web 2.0 very interesting. At first I thought that it was a new technology and had that instant reaction of.. 'oh not some new technology learn to use'. However I was very surprised to find that it was something that I have been using for years. From years back when I used MSN space right up to my facebook addiction now. This made
Web 2.0 tecnology is something which I believe can be used to great advantage in schools, during class and to link home and school. In my next blog I will discuss some of they ways I believe web 2.0 can be used.
xXx
Web 2.0
I found the lecture on web 2.0 very interesting. At first I thought that it was a new technology and had that instant reaction of.. 'oh not some new technology learn to use'. However I was very surprised to find that it was something that I have been using for years. From years back when I used MSN space right up to my facebook addiction now. This made
Web 2.0 tecnology is something which I believe can be used to great advantage in schools, during class and to link home and school. In my next blog I will discuss some of they ways I believe web 2.0 can be used.
xXx
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