This morning I was out at Campie Primary School visiting Alicia MacFarlane and her P6-7 class. This morning I was there to help the pupils use the application CrazyTalk. As discussed earlier this year the pupils would use CrazyTalk to tell a story that they had written in Chapters. They are working in groups for [...]
Yesterday I attended a conference on Using Virtual Worlds in Higher Education. It was run by eLearning Alliance at Moray House, Edinburgh University.
“Second Life (abbreviated as SL) is a 3D online digital world created and owned entirely by its residents. It provides a unique and flexible environment for teachers and learners interested in distance learning, [...]
Stenton Primary School have been podcasting some interesting descriptions of monsters that they have created. The pupils at Athelstaneford Primary School will draw the monsters from these descriptions. The team here at John Muir house have been so impressed with these podcasts, we have decided to join in. Here is my drawing of Lewis’s monster.
I might [...]
Presentations to pupils to take place Monday 14-04-08 and Friday 18-04-08 (T.Watson).
First session of the game will take place following the presentation. Pupils will be expected to complete the tutorials during this session and (time permitting) try playing against fellow classmates.
Pupils will be given a paper log. They will be asked to record their scores [...]
The trial of the Winning Game will commence at Knox Academy after the Easter break. On Monday I met with the Head of PE, Kenny MacDonald. We will be taking quite an organic approach to the trial. Here is a summary of our plan:
The trail will involve 67 third year pupils.
These pupils will use the game in [...]
Further to my last post on The Winning Game, we are scheduled to commence the pilot in March. Our chosen pilot school is Knox Academy.
I would like to say thank you in advance to the PE Department at the school who will hosting the trial.
Our intentions are to share our thoughts and experiences on the Winning [...]
This week I attended an eLearning Alliance meeting in Perth. The meeting was lead by Bill Esdale from Techknowledgey.
During this meeting we looked at some new software.
Crazy talk is an application that allows the user to take an image (or portrait) and digitally bring it to life. In East Lothian we have five ’stand alone’ licences that [...]
Following a few sessions of the game Maths Training and a chat with Norma Macphesron, East Lothian’s Advisory Teacher of Mathematics.
Here are a few more thoughts:
Pros-
Flash Cards are excellent for learning to recognise number spatial patterns.
The Cells games are good for practising numeracy skills (especially tables).
On the whole a useful method of formative assessment. The [...]
Tonight I took my first challenge of the game ‘Math’s Training’ on the Nintendo DS Lite.
I have been curious about this game and its potential to enhance Numeric skills. My first impressions are that it is ‘mediocre’. I am not entirely sure that it is any better than any of the other ‘Brain’ games currently [...]
I had forgotten to mention this in my last post- but it is such a classic example of the ‘Digital Immigrant/Native’ Society in which we live, it merits its own.
The pupils at Camie Primary School were using iMovie to edit their video footage (timing and title slides to enhance etc). Following a brief lesson on [...]
