The Indus River near Skardu, Pakistan

Very important to start positively. – Stress that the internet is a wonderful resource and include a few examples of how you are using the Internet in your teaching to help children discover, connect and create their own work. – Clearly the fact that this is a global medium is important to stress. However – it is also important to state that because the Internet puts the whole world in children’s hands that they can equally access things which you as parents might not like them accessing (but not in school!) When we look at this issue of Internet safety we need to do so in a balanced way making sure we don’t forget the real benefits!

ICT in Education Edinburgh University PGDE Course 2008/2009 www.olliebray.com Ollie Bray Depute Head Teacher Musselburgh Grammar School East Lothian Council @olliebray

From What If?, by Karl Fisch http://thefischbowl.blogspot.com/2006/09/what-if.html

From What If?, by Karl Fisch http://thefischbowl.blogspot.com/2006/09/what-if.html

From What If?, by Karl Fisch http://thefischbowl.blogspot.com/2006/09/what-if.html

From What If?, by Karl Fisch http://thefischbowl.blogspot.com/2006/09/what-if.html

From What If?, by Karl Fisch http://thefischbowl.blogspot.com/2006/09/what-if.html

From What If?, by Karl Fisch http://thefischbowl.blogspot.com/2006/09/what-if.html

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Lesson objectives Quick introduction to ICT in education The role of web 2.0 Mobile phones in education Games in education What does the future hold? http://www.lingo2word.com

ICT can be used in a variety of ways

How long do children spend online?

How do we use the technology that children already have?

Its not about the Tech its about the Teach (Ewan Macintosh)

Its time to think?

Children are not the same as they used to be Access to unlimited knowledge Vs Emotional literacy and social immaturity

The 21st Century Student (H Birchwood)

I hate geography because its boring!

Bray was off his head again today!

…gone, gone but not forgotten. now we don't have PowerPoint lessons

Searching the Internet

Some good search engines…

Teach your Students to… Use the "advanced search" function

http://www.quintura.com/

http://kids.quintura.com/

www.news.google.com

www.scholar.google.com

USING IMAGES AND PICTURES IN THE CLASSROOM

Where do I get photographs from?

Understanding Copyright Attribution means: You let others copy, distribute, display, and perform your copyrighted work - and derivative works based upon it - but only if they give you credit. Noncommercial means: You let others copy, distribute, display, and perform your work - and derivative works based upon it - but for noncommercial purposes only. Share Alike means: You allow others to distribute derivative works only under a license identical to the license that governs your work.

www.flickrvision.com

http://bighugelabs.com/flickr/motivator.php

PowerPoint or PowerPointless!

Involve the pupils in the design and aesthetics of slides

Characteristics of a Tundra Climate Precipitation: Less than 250mm during a year. Temperature: Cold! Temperatures often drop to a least -25ºC and don’t rise above 10ºC. Other Facts: Tundra regions have a high temperature range and a little precipitation most months. Fact File: 280 260 240 220 200 180 160 140 120 100 80 60 40 20 0 J F M A M J J A S O N D Temperature in ºC Precipitation in mm Month

Births and Deaths per 1000 people per year HIGH LOW

Hinduism is the oldest of the major world religions. Its sources go back at least 5,000 years.

It started among people who settled in the valley of the Indus River. The Indus River rises in the Himalayas and runs westwards into the Indian Ocean across Northern India.

The Ganges, a river of great significance to the Hindus, also rises in the Himalayas and runs Eastwards into the Indian Ocean.

Hinduism is the oldest of the major world religions. Its sources go back at least 5,000 years. It started among people who settled in the valley of the Indus River. The Indus River rises in the Himalayas and runs westwards into he Indian Ocean across Northern India. The Ganges, a river of great significance to the Hindus, also rises in the Himalayas and runs Eastwards into he Indian Ocean.

_________ is the oldest of the major world religions. Its sources go back at least ________ years. It started among _________who settled in the valley of the _______ River. The Indus _ _ _ _ _ rises in the Himalayas and runs westwards into he _ _ _ _ _ _ Ocean across Northern _ _ _ _ _. The _________, a river of great significance to the Hindus, also rises in the ___________ and runs Eastwards into he Indian Ocean.

Download Video from YouTube and Google Video www.zamzar.com

Web 2.0 Tools Read / Write Web

Some web 2.0 tools Blogs : An on-line journal that can be kept personal or allow comments. Podcasts : An on-line radio program that anyone can download and that automatically gets delivered to your computer. Wiki’s: A web page that anyone can edit.

Blogs – easy to edit websites http://www.mgsonline.org.uk

Audience

World Wide Web

World Wide Wall Display

Create your own website www.wordpress.com www.blogger.com www.typepad.com

Use Wiki’s for collaborative work www.wikispaces.com

Podcasting

Tundra

If you can speak well under pressure you can write well under pressure £20

Using mobile phones in the classroom

Mobile phones in education Buy cheap SIM card for an old mobile phone and use it for voting / gathering feedback from students.

Mobile phones in education Contact students by mobile phone through free web sites such as cardboard fish.

Mobile phones in education Get pupils to enter key deadlines into their mobile phone calendar.

Calendar with appointments highlighted Today button – gets you back any time Calendar appointments Calendar icon for easy access October 2006 17/10/06 Geography prelim examination Revise at: www.scalloway.org.uk

ALARM 08.30h Its time to get up and do your geography revision! You have a test on Monday!

Mobile phones in education Use mobile phones as a fieldwork note book. Save data as a text for later analysis.

Geog. Fieldwork Cars: xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Lorries: xxxxx Cyclists: xx Buses: xx

Mobile phones in education Use the phones voice recorder or video capture facility to record interviews or conduct questionnaires.

Mobile phones in education Browse the web

The 21st Century Teacher Information is valuable

www.ltscotland.org

www.glowscotland.org.uk

Teachers.tv

Slideshare.net

Internet Safety for School Staff www.olliebray.com

What is the biggest Internet danger? That we concentrate on the dangers and forget the benefits.

You can not delete anything from the Internet, your computer or mobile phone.

Naomi Broady, the National Under-18 Tennis Champion David Rice, the second-best British Tennis Junior

We must start to understand that being on-line is just being in another ‘real’ place

www.thinkuknow.co.uk

Training

Small Ideas Change Things

1. Games

Games can be powerful in education – use screen shots for students to record their scores.

2. News

What are the students doing? Watching, listening and….recording the headlines Pluto is no longer a planet War in Middle East Immigration into UK Global Warming Fuel Price Rise

3. Assessment

Different Assessment Methods

4. Content

Curriculum Design

Structure your curriculum around the media: it’s the most powerful tool we have. http://www

www.countmeincalender.info

5. Be Magical

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