Category Archives: ICTinSubjects

ICT in Subjects at #TLAB13

  March 18, 2013 - 20:01 |
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My notes for #TLAB13 presentation followed by the slides; all images from Google’s Stock Collection in Drive. NB: I have not edited the notes for this post. Setting the scene: SMT made decision to teach ICT through other subjects. No more discrete timetabled ICT lessons. Moving to a two-week timetable and 30*50 minute lessons instead of 40*40 minutes per week. ICT teacher would manage which departments and when. Units of work would be decided upon collaboratively. A lot of work. Hard to choose a department. English were restricted by having two class sets of set texts. Maths by streamlining and classes following different POS. Science taught two units at the same time to half a year group each. ADT operate a … Continue reading →

Assessing the Integration of Technology in Learning Part 1

  February 20, 2013 - 11:24 | ,
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It is all well and good discussing or planning the integration of technology in a school, procuring devices and implementing your chosen device platform, but how do you measure if these big plans have had any impact? What are your success criteria? Is it enough to celebrate the individual wins without somehow analysing the broader picture for the entire cohort? This is the first of a handful of posts aiming to research and analyse modus operandi for assessing the integration of technology in a school. My MA research project is based around the evaluation of teaching ICT in subjects, which is related to this enquiry. But before I talk about that, let’s look at what constitutes assessment of technology integration. … Continue reading →

Editing Google Presentations on an iPad mini – Appser

  February 12, 2013 - 18:16 | , , ,
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This is a big deal for schools using Google Apps and iPads. I discovered appser on twitter today, an app for editing google docs on an iPad like it was a desktop. Google Apps (for Education or not) are pretty popular amongst educators working online. And so, for some, are iPads. But the two do not work well together – there are major limitations. I imagine this app is exploiting new features of Google Apps and maybe they will become native soon, but until then, presentations do not play friendly with iOS. So, let’s see if that’s about to change. These images are my first foray into editing a presentation using appser. The captions detail what is being tested. Only … Continue reading →

And my Workshop at the Teaching and Learning Conference #TLAB13 will be…

  January 23, 2013 - 15:58 | ,
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ICT in Subjects: IT’s actually happening Dai is currently delivering Year 7 and Year 8 ICT lessons by team-teaching with other subject specialists; there are no discrete ICT lessons. So far this year it has been the Geography, English, RE, Music and PE departments that he has taught with. Units of work are collaboratively planned to find innovative ways of accessing and delivering the ICT curriculum whilst enhancing, and where possible deepening, pupil learning in the partner subjects. This workshop will exhibit the results of this work, lessons learned and pleasant surprises, with a range of ICT activities designed to enhance the subject specialist learning. It will provide you with ideas for activities that have been tested and evaluated in … Continue reading →

Computer Game Storyboard Design

  January 20, 2013 - 20:52 | ,
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I’ve just finished creating these resources – when I say creating, I mean copying from @dogtrax blogpost with permission kindly given by Kevin – so I thought it a good idea to share it with others. Two documents, made in MS Word and uploaded to Google Drive. In lessons, pupils will be able to use an online copy, an offline copy or a hard copy. 1. Storyboard design template with a table for the game design workflow designed by Kevin. 2. An exemplar of the storyboard design filled in. I might amend these files after I have used them but I like the simplicity of it all. Once again teaching Scratch, I am surprised and pleased by how engaged so many … Continue reading →