Supporting and Developing ICT as a

Teaching and Learning Resource

Day Five

Tutor: Emma HallinanAssistant Tutor: Shakira Kelly

09.30: Roll, Layout of the Day

09.45: Internet Safety – an Overview Webinar - 30 min

10.15: Support in Numeracy

11.30: Break

12.00: Roll, Course Evaluation

12.10: Developing an e-learning plan – Resources and Support – Webinar –

30 min

12.45: Fís Bookclub

12.55: Classtools – Interactive Games

13.10: Downloading videos from youtube

13.20: Maintaining your laptop

13.50: Final Housekeeping

14.00: Finish – Merry Monk

Layout of Day Five

WIKI

http://culleenssummercourse2010.pbwo

rks.com/

Workspace

This short webinar will provide an

introduction to Internet Safety and

demonstrates some practical resources

available to teachers, including the

Webwise site www.webwise.ie

Internet Safety – an

Overview

Internet Safety

What can schools do to promote safe Internet use?

•Implement and update an Internet Safety Acceptable Use Policy.

•Educate students on how to be safe online and when using ICT.

•Be part of a filtering/monitoring system.

The school should combine all three of the above strategies rather than over reliance on one in order to empower learners online.

Support in Numeracy

Explore ScoilnetScoilnetwww.scoilnet.ie – resource finder for maths

Explore ScoilnetKids Heart Maths Worksheet

Generator http://www.akidsheart.com/threer/mathdes.htm

•Generate basic maths worksheets for Number, Counting, Comparison, Place Value, Time, Addition and Subtraction•Unfortunately the money is American.•Suitable for Infants to Second mainly•Can be used for Learning Support•Free•Run the program

Explore ScoilnetMath Fact Cafe

www.mathfactcafe.com •Generates math fact practice pages for student•You can use the pre-generated pages or make your own.•The pre-made fact sheets and flashcards are organized by grade.•Then each has a category e.g. Addition/subtraction.•The Fact Build-It page offers an opportunity to customize material. •Unfortunately the money is American.

Activity: Log on to the site and use the Fact Sheet Build-It tool to generate a suitable activity for your class.

Explore ScoilnetSEN Teacher

www.senteacher.org/main/print/php Ideas:

•You can print 3D nets•Print clocks•Number fans•Number cards•Number squares•Multiplication grids

Activity: Customise a grid

http://www.woodlands-junior.kent.sch.uk/maths/index.html

Crickweb

Key Stage one: http://www.crickweb.co.uk/ks1numeracy.htmlKey Stage two: http://www.crickweb.co.uk/ks2numeracy.html

Sebran•Free•Downloadable •More suited for infants•Can be used to teach letters, numbers and simple maths

http://www.wartoft.nu/software/sebran/

Times Tables Grid•Online activity used for drilling, reinforcing and consolidating multiplication.

•Easy and fun.

www.bbc.co.uk/skillswise/numbers/wholenumbers/multiplication/timestables/flash3.shtml

Online Puzzle Generators

•www.superkids.com/aweb/tools/math

•www.aplusmath.com/Worksheets/index.html

•www.themathworksheetsite.com

•www.homeschoolmath.net/worksheets

Course Evaluationhttp://www.ncte.ie/ICTTraining/Courses/ParticipantEvaluation/

Name of Course: Supporting and Developing ICT as a Teaching and Learning resource

Full Time Course: Mayo

Course Code: 10 MO 029

Elearning – Online WebinarThis short webinar provides an introduction to the process of developing a school’s e-Learning Plan, and gives an overview of the various resources and supports available to schools through the NCTE

www.fis.ie Fís Bookclubhttp://www.fisbookclub.com/teachers

www.classtools.netArcade Game Generator http://teachnet.eu/ehallinan/2010/04/02/interactive-games/

Task: Create an activity and save it to use on the IWB

Downloading Videos from youtube•Create a folder called downloaded videos. You can create this e.g. In “my videos”

or in the folder we created for the course

•Download Real Player – free version. In the took section under “preferences” you can choose where you want the downloads to go in the download and recording subfolder.

Maintaining Your Laptop•Install and maintain an antivirus program – AVG Free Version•Clean up desktop•Apply Shortcuts

http://www.mayoeducationcentre.ie/

Message from Art Ó Súilleabháin

Final Housekeeping•Certificates – Sign and give to Principal•E-safety Manuals•Literature from table•Gather Mayo Education Centre Forms for course info