This week, we work with children it’s very
nice because you can have a different point of view between the lesson in
Winchester and to be a teacher with pupils in Southampton. I’m very happy to
see that children know a lot of things and have many good ideas. They are
actives, they give some answers, they work together, and they are very interesting
by the subject. Personally we have a good group, very nice children. For me
this souvenir stay in my memories for a long time! I love these children, they
are very kind, polite and wise.
Like advices I give just these: don’t give
them the answer because if you find another questions they can find it alone,
the children can think; ask the help at the children because they like make a
lot of things by themselves; they can make a piece of theatre because they have
a big memories and every child must made something don’t let a pupil alone!
With children we use the application: IBook,
the children know it and they like to use it, they are very exacting and active
(play a role, touch the IPad). IBook is application to make your own story. “You
can highlight or underline text, make notes, look up a word in the dictionary
or on the web, or search inside the book. You can even use VoiceOver to have iPad
read to you. Tap the Store button in iBooks and the bookshelf flips round to
reveal the iBookstore. There you’ll find 700,000* books and counting including
new Multi-Touch textbooks.” (David Andrews, 2012). This application is very
easy with children, is very fast, and is simple. She is a very good application
and for a classroom you can use it for some differences things: study the
History, sciences, geography; ask to children to make their own story; etc. “Available
in over 50 countries, A Guide to the iPad in Primary Education is an
illustrated reference book to guide teachers through using the iPad
successfully within the Primary Curriculum. Written by Adam Foster, an
experienced Primary School Teacher and Apple Distinguished Educator” (2012-2014
'A Guide to the iPad in Primary Education')
When we speak with pupils we know that they
go to different clubs (eco, dance, ITC), I find it very cool because they can
spend their energy, they are actives, they work with other children, they
choose it, they can make something that they love, etc. that is a very good
project, in Belgium we don’t have it in Primary School.
Finally I find the technologies are
everywhere in Primary school in England because this land have at 90% in
classroom an interactive blackboard, a television, some IPad with many
applications that pupils use with teacher, projector, etc. I think technologies are good
for children because they can live with their time but don’t forget they have
it in their home (so use it in school is good but not too much because this isn’t
good for the health and head) “Opening minds : The Science & Technology
Enrichment in Primary Schools (STEPS) project had two main aims: to help young
people appreciate how science gives us an understanding of the world around us;
and to promote engineering as a creative and imaginative process which solves
problems by drawing on that scientific understanding.” (University of Liverpool
2010) I take this sentence because I think it she is good, the technologies are
a kind of sciences and children live with it all the time.
-Apps for Teachers in Primary Education (online:
30th March 2014 at 19.53) Sunday, 19 August 2012
- A Guide to the iPad in Primary Education (online:
30th March 2014 at 19.53)
- Research Intelligence (online: 30th March
2014 at 19.53) summer 2010
I appreciated the comment about not giving the children the answer and allowing them to figure something out alone or within a group. I found the ratio of adults to children very successful as the children would often discuss amongst themselves about what to press or how to zoom in. All of which are skills which should be practiced as a group before using them more independently. I recommend you have a look at Beauchamp’s (2012: pp81) ICT model of capability, it really puts it in perspective.
ReplyDeleteHowever I had found it very difficult to simply hand over the responsibility of creating the talking book to the children. Allowing children the independence to put their skills of ICT into practice is a target for me as a trainee teacher. Did you also have similar challenges during this session?
With these children work alone with this application is not a good idea because they are too young but with older children why not? They are very clever and know use an IPad. Yes, like you we have the similar challenge because they are very young and they have little hands so it’s not simple for them. But they have very good idea to find some good answer to make the video.
ReplyDeleteI didn't even consider the fact that they may not fully be able to use the ipad's to the extent needed due to the size of their hands. It's a very interesting point.
ReplyDeleteHowever sliding, zooming and dragging items on the ipad could all be used to develop fine motor skills. I remember seeing applications that incorporate these elements to help children practice their hand writing.