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.
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