Classroom Best Practice - Fiona Beal

Ideas for using web 2.0 tools to develop creative writing and digital skills in the primary school.
First presented at the inaugural EdTechConf National Conference held at the International School of Cape Town in May 2011.

Transcript

2. Classroom Best Practice Fiona Beal @fibeal http://fionabeal.edublogs.org fionabeal@gmail.com
3. Question 1 How does ICT take place at your school?
4. ICT at Fish Hoek Primary...
5. Question 2 Is it necessary to integrate the curriculum with technology?
6. Some ideas that have worked well • Creative writing • Projects • Classroom blogging • Reading
7. Creative Writing 1.
8. In computer lessons in 2008 we created a reading scheme of 84 books from Grade 1 – Grade 7 for Steenberg Primary School. Costly!
9. Here are some budget- beating, tested and tried ways of doing creative writing!
10. Create a collaborative audio e-book using PowerPoint (Can be done as a class or in collaboration with other classes) 1.1
11. a) Write a circle story using Primary Pad.com (free)
12. http://primarypad.com
13. Each pad has its own web address http://primarypad.com/ http://primarypad.com/ http://primarypad.com
14. b) Use a story starter website for those who struggle to think of ideas http://www.thestorystarter.com/jr.htm
15. c) Find global collaboration partners (optional but very exciting)
16. A Grade 4/5 class at FHPS
17. A Grade 6 class in Argentina
18. A Grade 7 class in Canada
19. d) Put the finished story into a PowerPoint template and illustrate it. e.g. Storymaker 2, Storybook Weaver
20. The locket By Chemar, Katbut The Locket and the Treasure Chest A collaborative story between two countries: Part 1: Chemar, Katbut and Lynpea (in South Africa) Part 2: Holger, Nico P. and Joaquin R. (in Argentina)
21. PART 1: THE HOLIDAY
23. Danvan in South Africa The Big Green Monster A collaborative story between three nations Part 1: Danvan in South Africa Part 2: Alexis in Canada Part 3: Eleonora and Martina in Argentina
24. Part 1: The green monster
25. e) The fast workers add narration to their story
26. f) Upload these to Slideboom. com (free) http://slideboom.com
28. g) Make a copy of the code and display story on a blog, wiki or website
29. Our three-nation stories http://fionabeal.edublogs.org
30. Miss Ale in Argentina’s school website http://www.sanandres.esc.edu.ar/olivosp/extranet2009/6to/globalwriting/index.htm
31. Georgia’s blog (uses her online name)
32. Use a free e-book creator such as Little Bird Tales 1.2 http://littlebirdtales.com
33. http://bit.ly/mwAdRt
34. Use a blog to write a class book 1.3
35. A teacher from Rustenburg Primary http://5bwrites.blogspot.com/2009_12_01_archive.html
37. Projects 2.
38. Ways of doing projects with other classes that I have tried (all free) Grade 1: Skype Grade 2: Skype, Voicethreads Grade 3: Email, Podcasts, Digital slideshows Grade 4: Thinkquest, blogs, Podcasts, Voicethreads, Grade 5: Blogs, Podcasts, Wikis, Skype, Grade 6: Email, Video-sharing, Wikis, Thinkquest Grade 7: Thinkquest, Video-sharing, Blogs
39. Value of Thinkquest projects Brainstorms Debates Get involved Division of roles in team Journals Very safe No plagiarism Permissions to use photos & words Real world problems to solve Critical thinking Field trips Interviewing experts Book and internet research Bibliographies
40. Learners can use a wiki for a project http://future.savers.wikispaces.com
41. Bronwyn Desjardins from Grayston Prep http://graystonprep-grade6-english.wikispaces.com/ Wikis are also a useful tool for teachers -
42. http://www.sanandres.esc.edu.ar/olivosp/extranet2009/6to/glogster6to/index.htm Glogsters (online posters)
43. Classroom Blogging 4.
44. A current project – classroom blogs http://grade3fishhoekprimary.blogspot.com
45. All our classroom blogs (all free) http://graderfishhoekprimary.blogspot.com http://grade1fishhoekprimary.blogspot.com http://grade2fishhoekprimary.blogspot.com http://grade3fishhoekprimary.blogspot.com http://grade4fishhoekprimary.blogspot.com http://grade5fishhoekprimary.blogspot.com http://grade6fishhoekprimary.blogspot.com http://grade7fishhoekprimary.blogspot.com http://musicfishhoekprimary.blogspot.com http://fionabeal.edublogs.org
47. 4. Reading
48. Podcasting using Vocaroo.com (free) http://fionabeal.edublogs.org/2011/05/04/fun-with-vocaroo-com
49. Question 3 Is it necessary to have a computer lab and teacher? In the current scenario I say YES!
50. Handouts • 11 techy things to do in the new year • How to make a blog using Edublogs.org Note: These might be available on the Conference flash drive. If not you could email me (fionabeal@gmail.com) and I’ll invite you to a shared Dropbox folder.
52. Thank You! Questions? Comments?