My top 7 fluffy ICT hintsMrfulleredgehill@yahoo.co.uk

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download

www.edgehillcollege.typepad.com

First, important things to know...

1) I AM NOT AN ICT EXPERT!!!

I am a Spanish teacher, who was taught how to use PowerPoint 4 years ago.

I do not know how the Internet works, I just push buttons, especially the back button when things go wrong.

First, important things to know...

2) The ideas that I pass on in this session are not...

a)Completely comprehensive

b)They will not destroy your life

3) No notes needed- will be on www.chrisfuller.typepad.com

“If school is to be a truly rewarding experience for today’s students, it must be relevant to

them.”

Connected magazine, Learning and teaching Scotland

1 blag a blog

What is a blog?!?!?!

• Blog= web log – Traditionally used as an online diary

– A typical blog combines a variety of media forms

– Key element is huge increase in interactivity- INFORMATION COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY.

Blogging

• Who uses blogs?

Teachers for motivation

• www.edgehillcollege.typepad.com

• www.roydslanguagesdepartment.typepad.com

Teachers for reflections / to share ideas

• http://tinyurl.com/ycdamq (Neil Jones, resources)

• www.boxoftricks.net (Jose Picardo, ideas)

Blogging

• What can we actually use a blog for?!?!

– Showing pupils’ work

– Sharing files

– Showing pupils’ videos etc

– Increasing Assessment for Learning

– Increasing self-evaluation

Blogging

Why use blogs?• Motivation- make the world your classroom wall

– Learning no longer confined to exercise books

– Who is the audience for work which goes into an exercise book?

– Truly global perspective

• Can be demonstrated by visitors maps on blogs

Blogging

The last 100 visitors to the Spanish blog

Why use blogs?

• Writing

– Increased motivation- will be viewed by more than just the teacher

Blogging

Why use blogs?

• Reading

– pupils constantly reading and re-reading each other’s work

• Allows for dissemination of good ideas

– Allows free choice of which sections to read

– Aids pupil independence

Blogging

Why use blogs?• Speaking

– Pupil and teacher generated podcasts

– Speaking tests / exercises

=learning opportunity rather than just an assessment opportunity

- can be done in the form of vokis, podcasts etc

– Provides a platform for pupil-made videos

Blogging

Why use blogs?

• Listening

– To podcasts (on the blog or via links)

– To videos (pupil created, music, adverts, football commentaries etc)

– To peers’ work

Blogging

Why use blogs?• Assessment for Learning

– Comment function allows peer assessment using “Two Stars and a Wish formula”

= 2 positive elements

+ 1 element to work at next time

– Self-assessment as pupils comment on their own work and thus self target set.

Blogging

Blogging

Music video

- great cultural input

- an interesting homework to find body parts/ weather types

- Year 8 pupils were mostly humming the song round school for next few days

Ideas for use…

Blogging

Pupil-made videos

- high level of motivation

- Provides for easy review of work which might otherwise be lost

Blogging

•Year 8 wrote Guess Who style self-descriptions

•For next homework, pupils read the descriptions and left a comment saying who they were

Who provides the blog facility?

• TypePad - www.typepad.com

– Easiest for inserting fun stuff (provider that I use)

• Blogger - www.blogger.com

• Edublogs - www.edublogs.org

• Wordpress - www.wordpress.org

• Many, many more…

Blogging

To learn about further tools to complement blogs

• www.slideshare.net - embedding .ppt

• www.blip.tv - uploading pupil videos easily

Blogging

Frequently Asked Questions

• Won’t it all take ages?

• Will anyone actually look at the blog?

• What effect will it have on my department?

• What about Child Protection?

Blogging

2 podcasting

Podcasting

What is a podcast?

- effectively an audio file which is then put onto the Internet

Podcasting

How have I used them?

- Grammar series

- role-play raps

- pupil recordings

- pupil grammar explanations

Podcasting

Grammar seriescreated to help reinforce grammar learning OUTSIDE of the classroom

- responding to a request by a pupil- FANTASTIC for audio learners

Podcasting

Role-play rapsCreated to strenghten knowledge of key role-play scenarios

- each set to a different musical style to aid recognition

Podcasting

Pupil grammar explanations

- benefit of explaining to others

- need for script

- peer assessment on podcasts

- minimal teacher input, maximum output

- pupils then have an immediate revision tool

Podcasting

Sounds hard, but isn’t!

1)Record podcast...

Podcasting

How to record a podcast...

1) Recording material

Podcasting

How to record a podcast...

1) Recording material

Podcasting

How to record a podcast...

1) Recording material

Podcasting

How to record a podcast...

1) Recording material

Podcasting

How to record a podcast...

1) Recording material

2) Audacity for PCs- www.download.com

+ LAME FE

(allows you to export as MP3)

OR Garageband for Macs

Easy way to change volume levels

Highlight sections then delete

Podcasting

To finish the podcast, export as MP3…

Podcasting

Podcasts as listening materials...1) Coffee Break Spanish

-excellent topic explanations

2) Notes In Spain - come with supporting materials- based around topics effecting life in Spain

Podcasting

Podcasts as listening materials...3) Elliot school podcasts

- KS5 topics, with exercises

Podcasting

For more info…

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(where this presentation will be available to download)

Mrfulleredgehill@yahoo.co.uk