A Senior Infant teacher uses tablets to support oral language and differentiation with a Senior Infant class. The children use Story Creator in Collins Big Cat App to recreate a scene from the story. They then present their work to a partner.
Trystan Russell, St. Stephen's De La Salle, describes how he uses HTML Heroes content and film editing projects with green screen footage to promote class discussions and understanding of different areas of digital citizenship such as copyright licenses, fake news and fake or modified content.
A 6th class teacher describes a Maths lesson within the strand 2D shape using a number of different technologies. Pupils explore the topic of triangles using digital cameras, computers and Scratch. Group collaboration and problem solving is a key element to pupils motivation in this lesson.
A school Principal talks about the importance of using Scratch to develop pupils problem solving skills. Scratch is used to support the development of numeracy in the school. This technology has been integrated on a school-wide basis.
A 6th class teacher describes using Scratch, to support the development of her pupils’ numeracy skills. In this lesson, pupils explore the topic of angles within the strand unit Shape and Space. Pupils explore Mathematical terms through guided discovery on Scratch.
A class teacher describes how he incorporates technology into an SESE lesson. Through station teaching, pupils explore the topic of maps using the IWB, laptops and the Scoilnet Maps website: https://maps.scoilnet.ie/
A school Principal outlines the success of the introduction of tablet devices in his school. Pupils engage in group work where active learning is at the centre of the lesson. The importance of experimenting with the potential of the technology is stressed.
Example of how students can use their own smartphones in a German language class to record themselves speaking. They send the recordings to the teacher via the Office 365 platform and the teacher assesses the recordings and provides audio and written feedback. (As Gaeilge with English subtitles)
A 6th class teacher outlines how a variety of devices are used for the teaching of Fractions. The IWB, tablet devices, hand-held video recorders and visualiser are all used at various stations. The use of ICT for self and peer assessment is clearly demonstrated.
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