Forums January 26, 2008
Posted by cre8tor in Creative use of ICT, Developing Student Attainment, Developing and training teachers and students.add a comment
I have used Forums within Business Studies to form part of homework to provoke discussion about a topic, an issue or news stories we have covered in class. I have also used it as a way to conduct peer assessment where students comment, give feedback and using a mark scheme grade each others work. Students can comment on each other comments where they disagree or want to clarify the discussion points.
This has also been used in othe subjects now after some informal training with interested teachers who heard what I had been doing.
Ripley TV and Radio January 26, 2008
Posted by cre8tor in Creative use of ICT, Developing Student Attainment, Experience outside the classroom.add a comment
Launched this week the call to develop a Ripley TV and Radio stations. The vision is to have students running their own TV and Radio station by organising themselves and producing news articles about all things Ripley, from sport to articles about new staff and extra curricular activities. Initially, all media will be recorded and edited but eventually the opportunity to stream live using mogulus.com.
Personal Learning Blog January 26, 2008
Posted by cre8tor in Developing Student Attainment, Developing and training teachers and students, Motivating older students.add a comment
In an effort to improve attainment, gather effective data to enhance my teaching and improve student skills as reflective learners I piloted the use of blogging as a way of enabling students to do this effectively. This also improved the use of their ICT skills and opened up different possibilities for both personal and academic use of ICT. This small project led me to give departmental training on blogging and how it could be used in different areas of the curriculum. For example producing a diary of a First World War soldier in History, as an alternative way of presenting short stories in English and so many applications in other subjects, especially an alternative to the sometimes over used powerpoint presentation! Click below to see the example blog.
