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Effective Use of the IWB

The following are links and resources involving effective use of the IWB.



What does good look like? Effective use of an IWB.

Recording Presenting Interactive

Use online games -
Use video - Youtube, Teachers TV.
Use images - flickr
Don't over plan - but do plan (think key questions)
Leave blank spaces to write and record.
Remember it's not just a teacher tool.

Web Resources

http://iboard.lgfl.net/
http://cms.lgfl.net/lgfl/web/content/grid

Teachers TV Videos

Story Starters
Story Starters 2
Numeracy Problems

Using Images

http://flickr.com/
http://images.google.co.uk/

Using Video

http://zamzar.com/ - Online tool for converting video file to other formats.

http://keepvid.com/ - Online tool for saving youtube, teachertube, googlevideos.

Super Video Converter - you need to click through 3 pages - keep looing for download

Use of video to inspire writing and discussion.





Scheme of Work information

Newham SoW
Year 4 QCA
Wokingham SoW
Greenwich SoW
ICT Primary Progressons

Games Based Learning

Wanna use games in the classroom? What about a DS?

Check out this post on the Redbridge ICT Subject Leaders Blog

http://redbridgeictsubjectleaders.blogspot.com/2008/03/games-based-learning.html

Nightingale Primary School INSET

Here is the presentation from the INSET.

Doctor Who Series 4 Trailer.

Just had to blog this - its one for you Anthony.

Robosapien – Contexts for use.

As you know I was raving about the Q4Technogies control software for Robosapien at Bett. They even won an award I discovered later.

Within my AST work I’m hoping to run a Robosapien project as an alternative to Lego mindstorms, this year. That’s a work in progress and I’ll keep readers updated on that.

But I digress, I was lucky enough to visit the UK toy fair a few Saturdays ago and spoke to the inventor of Robosapien at the WowWee stand, Mark Tilden. A Canadian guy who was really interesting and knew and was excited himself about the work q4technoligies was doing. He said the company is trying to support them in every way they can. He also showed me new robots which should be compatible with the Go-Robo software. The Femisapien is cool, more on that later.

I had a good discussion with him we were talking about contexts for using robotics. Most of think (myself included) that control is one of the last units which is truly discrete ICT. Normally the units involve control the robot, the software in some way. Get it to draw a picture, get it to dance etc... Can we get a context to pull control into other curriculum areas?

He told me about work in the US and Canada where the robots where being used to act out plays, a really cool idea. Check out the videos later. This work has all been down without the Go-Robo software, using it now will just make this sort of work infinitely easier.

Imagine retelling the Romeo and Juliette balcony scene using the robots as actors. (and yes a Femisapien is coming and she is sweet)
So suddenly control ICT has a much wider cross-curricular context.
We now have to think about scripting and voice acting. How the robots will move and gesture. You can even take it further into set design and costumes. It would be a great project and excellent use of control since is it’s embedded into the whole process. Great stuff.

It would fit in nicely with some of the new drama and speaking and listening objectives of the new framework.

Check out these videos below to get an idea of what you can do.



Funny but a little rude.



Finally Femisapien – she’s great – check it out





Even more WowWee Robots http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/05/wowwees-robotics-lineup-gets-some-new-additions/

Teachmeet08 - Drek Robertson

Derek Robertson micro-presentation on - Objection! Games in the classroom? Using Phoenix Wright for the Nintendo DS to encourage and motivate writing in an S2 English language class.