Primary ICT Subject Leaders Hub Network Meeting - 24.11.11

Welcome to the first of the 2011-12 Primary ICT Subject Leaders  Hub Network Meetings.

Agenda

9:00   –   9:30	Tea and Coffee
9:30   –  10:00	Welcome messages + Updates- A detailed overview of the status of ICT nationally and in Bristol.
10:00 –  11:00	Bristol Scheme of Work – An overview of the scheme of work focusing on how subject leaders can support planning and assessment in their school. Delegates will be provided with examples of medium term plans as well as links to software progression tables and a new on-line document which aims to promote shared best practice across schools in Bristol.
11:00 -   12:00	ICT + Literacy – Using ICT to enhance standards and enjoyment in literacy. Delegates will be provided with links to resources and case studies examining how ICT can be used as a tool to support writing, speaking and listening across EYFS + Key Stage 1 and 2.
12:00 -   13:00	Lunch + Networking  + Games Based Learning demonstration
13:00 -   13:45	ICT + Math – Using ICT to enhance standards and enjoyment in Maths. Delegates will be provided with links to resources and case studies examining how ICT can be used as a tool to support maths across EYFS + Key Stage 1 and 2. There will be a focused look at Google Docs and Forms and how they can be used to support teaching and learning in maths.
13:45 – 14:15	Websites/resources of the term – an opportunity to share best practice/resources.
14:15 – 14:45	Developing ICT Leaders in your school- How ICT subject leaders can support other teachers to become Leaders of ICT.
14:45 -15:30	The Future – Group discussion. How should the ICT Subject Leader meetings evolve over the next year? How can we share best practice? How can we share planning and ideas? How can we communicate effectively? Who can we turn to when we need support?

Direct Link to the Presentation: https://docs.google.com/present/view?id=dfxxqsrq_37dbfd6bhb

Primary ICT Subject Leaders Presentation PDF Version Download


Primary ICT Subject Leaders Presentation Microsoft PowerPoint Version Download

ICT Subject Leaders Meeting November 2011 on Prezi

Direct Link to the Bristol ICT Scheme of Work Prezi Presentation Download

Thought Provoking Videos

Follow the link to view the UK version

http://www.mewan.net/interactive/index.php?category_id=99

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ILQrUrEWe8

From the user who submitted the video ….

“This video was created to serve as a discussion generator in New Brunswick – and generate is has. We have received inquiries from all over the world. Feel free to use it in whatever way that you find helpful.”

This BBC news report highlights the powerful influence blogging can have on children's writing. Really inspirational work by David Mitchell (@deputymitchell) and the children of Heathfield Primary School.

(This is a You Tube video so may not work when viewed on a school network).

Click on the link below to view all of the information/resources shared during the 2010-11 academic year.

http://ict-primary.blogspot.com/search/label/Primary%20ICT%20Subject%20Leader%20Training

I would welcome feedback on today's presentations and resources. Please compete the form below or e-mail me at chris.unsworth@bristol.gov.uk






Sharing Planning

Please e-mail any examples of planning using the Bristol ICT Scheme of Work and I will add them to the shared planning section of the blog.

Shared Ideas/Resources

To share your teaching and learning ideas/resources complete the following shared form.

http://bristolprimaryictnetworkmeetings.blogspot.com/p/shared-ideasresources.html

Year 3 - Image Manipulation Planning

The following planning aims to provide children with a platform to apply and extend their ICT skills whilst learning how to manipulate images.

This planning may be used to support learning in year 3 as part of the New Bristol ICT scheme of work or used to extend Gifted and Talented children via targeted intervention groups/clubs.

Click on the link to download the Year 3 Image Manipulation Planning
http://tinyurl.com/4ewrbum


Extracts from Planning

Learning Objectives

• Children will develop an understanding of how to use an art/publishing program to import and manipulate images.
• Children will develop an understanding of how to search the internet for sources of information/resources safely.
• Children will begin to understand the importance of adhering to copyright laws

Learning Outcome

·          I can download images to a computer and save in a relevant location without help.

·          I can make changes to images, adding text or titles.

·          I can find appropriate images on the internet to use in my work.

·          I can resize and crop photographs for different applications.

·          I can change font size, type and colour.

·          I can change the properties of a shape.

I understand the importance of adhering to copyright laws.

Lesson 1:

Inform children that over the next 7 lessons they will be using ICT to support learning in History/Geography. Introduce children to the concept of ‘Top Trumps’. Allow children to play the game in small groups. Create a mind map of how you could adapt this popular game to support learning in your History/Geography topic. Show children a set of ‘Topic Trump’ cards (Lesson One Topic Trump Cards) created for a World War 2 History topic lesson. Model how to use the ‘functionality’ of the art/publishing program. Demonstrate how to change the background colour of the cards, font, font size, and font colour. Provide children with an opportunity to practise these key skills using the Topic Trump card template.

Questioning –

·          Why is it important to think carefully about the background and font colours?

·          Why are some fonts not suitable for the Topic Trump cards?

·          How could we ensure that the front and back of the cards are printed on the same piece of paper?

·          Is it Ok to copy any image from the internet?

Useful Websites:

Alternative Card Template	http://www.primaryresources.co.uk/other/docs/Blank_TrumpGame_Cards.doc
Top Trump Website	http://www.toptrumps.com/index.asp

Resources

Lesson 1 Topic Trump Card Template

http://tinyurl.com/62s7prd

Decide on a ‘theme’ and a set of ‘categories’ for your Topic Trump cards before the start of the next lesson.

Lesson 2

Teacher may wish to allow children to work in pairs to create a set of Topic Trump Cards or to set each child the challenge of creating two cards which will contribute towards making a class set.

Teacher to model how to use the  art/publishing program to:

·          Change the background colour of the cards

·          Chang the colour and thickness of the border

·          Change the font, font size and colour

·          Use the ‘undo’ and ‘redo’ buttons

Children to practise editing the card templates, saving their working into an appropriate folder at the end of the lesson.

Questions

·          What is the disadvantage of everyone’s historical character having a different colour back and front?

·          Why is it important to think carefully about the background and font colours?

·          Why are some fonts not suitable for the Topic Trump cards?

·          Why are the undo and redo buttons useful?

·          Is there a keyboard shortcut for undo and redo?

Resources

Whole Set Topic Trump Cards Template	http://tinyurl.com/6jxle3d
Two Topic Trump Cards Template	http://tinyurl.com/5shtyp3

By the end of this lesson children will have manipulated the properties of their cards; used the undo/redo buttons and saved their work in an appropriate folder.

Lesson 3

Children to dress up as one or more of the historical characters associated with their Topic Trump cards. Teacher to model how to use a digital camera/webcam to take a photograph and upload/transfer it onto a computer. Teacher to demonstrate how to:

·          Import  a photograph  into the Topic Trump Project

·          Change size of photograph

·          Crop photograph

·          Change photograph formatting

·          Add a border to a photograph

·          Change the photograph colour to black and white or grey scale.

By the end of this lesson children will have taken a photograph; manipulated its properties; inserted a photograph into a Topic Trump project and saved their work into an appropriate folder.

Questions

·          What top tips would you give to someone taking a photograph?

·          What is the keyboard short cut for ‘undo’ and ‘redo’?

·          Why are keyboard short cuts useful?

·          How many different ways can you think of to manipulate a photograph?

·          Do you know of any specialised image/photo-manipulating software?

Lesson 4

Model how to use a ‘safe’ search engine such as Swiggle to research a historical character. Provide children with the opportunity to practise using the internet as a research tool to find out one interesting fact about their historical character(s). Children to apply their knowledge from previous lessons to write an ‘interesting fact’ about their historical character(s) on the back of the card.

Questions

·          What is a search engine?

·          How many different search engines can you think of?

·          Why is Swiggle safer than some search engines?

·          Can we trust everything we read on the internet?

·          Why might it not be a good idea to write an ‘interesting fact’ on the back of the card?

Useful Websites:

Swiggle

http://www.swiggle.org.uk/

Lesson 5

Teacher to discuss with children how they might generate statistics for their Topic Trump cards.  Discuss how some categories such as date of birth will not need to have a number generated as it is based on fact. Categories which are subjective such ‘Strength’ and ‘Tactical Knowledge’ will need to have statistic generated randomly.

Questions

·          Is there a fair way of producing statistics for the Topic Trump cards?

·          Should different categories have different scale ratings? (e.g. Strength out of 100, Tactical Knowledge out of 50)

·          Do all categories need a random number generated?

Once you have agreed on a method for generating statistics, children to generate their data and insert numerical values into their cards.

Useful Websites:

Random.org	http://www.random.org/integers/
Randomizer.org	http://www.randomizer.org/form.htm
Virtual Dice	http://www.bgfl.org/bgfl/custom/resources_ftp/client_ftp/ks1/maths/dice/
Random.org Virtual Dice	http://www.random.org/dice/?num=6

Resources

Image Manipulation AFL Sheet	http://tinyurl.com/6klfldc
Image Manipulation Peer Assessment Sheet	http://tinyurl.com/5vyezlz

At the end of the lesson children to self assess themselves against the AFL criteria outlined at the start of the project. Children to reflect on what they have done well and what they would like to improve on if they were to use these skills again. This would also be an excellent opportunity for children to peer assess each other.

Teacher to ensure that children have printed their project before the start of lesson 6.

Lesson 6

Split class into groups. Ensure that each group has a set of the Topic Trump cards. Ensure that children are clear about the rules before they start. Allow children to compete against one another. At the end of the lesson review progress against the AFL criteria.

Lesson 7

Inform children that they will have one lesson to independently create their own ‘Super’ Topic Trump which will later be add ed to the pack used in lesson 6. Children can change any aspect of the design but they must keep the same categories and method for generating statistics. You may wish to provide children with photographs or alternatively allow them to take their own photographs. Children to use the self assessment guidelines to structure the task. At the end of the lesson children to reflect on how they have improved since the start of the image manipulation module.

Questions

·          How has your learning changed over the past seven lessons?

·          What have I learnt about the historical figures?

·          What did I do well?

·          What is your next learning step?

·          What would you do differently if you were to repeat this task?

·          What would you do the same?

Teacher may wish to laminate some of the Topic Trump sets to use as a teaching resource with younger children or next year’s cohort.

Resources

Image Manipulation AFL Sheet	http://tinyurl.com/6klfldc
Image Manipulation Peer Assessment Sheet	http://tinyurl.com/5vyezlz

Processes (link to APP AF1)

Planning –Are students able to plan how to use ICT to make a Topic Trump Card.

Developing – Are students able to explain how and why they used ICT to create Topic Trump cards.

Evaluating –Are students able to identify ways of improving their use of ICT.