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Comment on ictopus SGP by Vanessa Rawlings

Vanessa Rawlings — Mon, 21 Jan 2008 12:48:57 +0000

Sharing Good Practice 19/1/08 BETT
As a trainee primary teacher (and having been unable to attend BETT due to lecture commitments) I really enjoyed reading about the experiences of those colleagues and children who visited/participated in the BETT show. Philip Griffin and Lara Savory’s articles and the reviews by Radstock and Gorse Ride pupils were brilliant, and reminded me about how important it is for children to experience ICT/ ICT innovation firsthand. Philip Griffin’s articles about the practicalities of setting up (12/1/08) and using (19/1/08)Learning platforms were very informative since I have only ever used Learning platforms on my PGCE/SCITT course, or briefly seen them used in secondary schools.

Comment on Sharing Good Practice by hgovier

hgovier — Tue, 15 Jan 2008 16:47:32 +0000

I have now closed and deleted the recent discussion about secure social networking sites. However, this is clearly an issue of concern and I would be happy to consider a follow up artcile in SGP. Please use the ‘contact’ button on the ictopus website to get in touch if you would like to write for the magazine about this or to share any of your own good practice in the use of ICT in primary education.

Comment on Sharing Good Practice by Michael Walsh

Michael Walsh — Mon, 14 Jan 2008 10:41:46 +0000

HI,

Just a quick comment on PhotoStory 3. I’ve been using this for about 18 months now. One successful scheme we run with this programme focuses on Literacy.

We provide pupils with a brief synopsis of 4 famous stories ( Romeo and Juliet, Sleeping Beauty, Titanic). The pupils then have to select the 5 key stages in the story.

They produce freeze frames of these moments and take digital pictures. They upload these into PhotoStory 3. They use titles which can only be 2 words as headlines and then provide an accompanying narrative via microphone.

What I think is really great is using the motion as a narrative eye. For example in a picture of Juliet and Romeo, you could focus on a close up of Romeo first looking upset before panning back to reveal the cause of his grief. Alternatively, you could show the bigger picture of Juliet dead at Romeo’s feet before revealing his grief. It’s a very powerful tool and reflects how writer’s control our response to plot developments.

Comment on Sharing Good Practice by Judy Langworthy

Judy Langworthy — Sun, 13 Jan 2008 21:52:22 +0000

Photostory 3
My year 2 children have learnt the different skills required by Photostory 3 including the useful tips from Bob Fox. Iam currently using it to enhance the Literacy work on Traditional stories. Ihave downloaded copyright free “Red Riding Hood” pictures from the British Council’s website for the children to use. I have editted them in paint so that the children have a working space to add their writing.
Hope this is useful
Judy

Comment on Sharing Good Practice by Angela

Angela — Sun, 16 Dec 2007 07:21:12 +0000

Thank you for a brilliant site, and the many articles people are sharing with us.
Photosory is great, our year 4/5 children are using photostory for a literacy/drama activity at the moment, but have also used it to write instructions, their tutorial is now on the school website.
I used Geoff Dellow’s Christmas flash activity for the whole of Key stage 2 this week and it was brilliant, the results are also on the school site http://www.martindalejmi.herts.sch.uk/ourwork/jupiter/Jupitermessages.htm The children loved it!
Geoff’s tutorials are great and he was so supportive.
Keep up the good work.
Angela

Comment on Sharing Good Practice by Andrea

Andrea — Mon, 10 Dec 2007 17:36:50 +0000

Fabulous ideas and great for keeping us up to dat with what’s happening in mainstream too. Thanks for all you hard work and what must be many hours of surfing. I am always amazed at what I find – but it is so helpful to have the ideas condensed.

We’ll get some people together to talk about how we use Clicker 5 in our school in the new year….

Thanks and have a great Christmas – from all the Staff at Woodlands Special School, Plymouth.

Comment on Sharing Good Practice by Angela Jones

Angela Jones — Sun, 02 Dec 2007 17:31:42 +0000

Many thanks Bob for sharing the Digital Storytelling with Photo Story 3 in SGP. Having been asked to review this program and found that it has so many useful features it was good to read how Bob had used it.
I am currently using it with a group of Year 2 infants who are making Photo Stories about where we live. These will be shared with their link school in Queensland, Australia. The children found it easy to use and our partner school was very enthusiastic about it.
Thanks again for this and all the other articles – they are invaluable.

Comment on Sharing Good Practice by Liz Hall

Liz Hall — Mon, 26 Nov 2007 22:17:18 +0000

What perfect timing! The article by Bob Fox about creating a digital story came just as my Y6 class are embarking on photographing their models of the Pied Piper etc. We were going to use Windows Movie Maker to animate, adding words and music but as this is their first experience of such work, Story book is much more suitable and so easy to use. I can’t thank you enough for this and the other useful ideas so freely shared in Ictopus.

Comment on Sharing Good Practice by Elaine Talbert

Elaine Talbert — Tue, 06 Nov 2007 22:34:35 +0000

I am enjoying the incredibly fine work you are sharing in this publication. I am sharing what I can with colleagues.
I am researching web 2.0 (social learning)tools and their applications to K12 learning and teaching. My blog is my private reflection tool. I have a wiki too and I will include a reference to your fine work.

Comment on Sharing Good Practice by Michael Prince

Michael Prince — Sat, 27 Oct 2007 16:03:30 +0000

Just a note to let you know how much I am enjoying reading SGP. I was told about the site at a recent ICT co-ords update run by our LEA and will be pushing it at school after half-term. Great articles & ideas with links to quality resources etc. Keep up the good work!