Engaging pupils with ict

Somerset ICT conference

October 2012

*Motivating your pupils & you!

Glogster.com – make posters with linkshttp://vemcintyre.edu.glogster.com/why-ict

Makebeliefscomix – create your own comic strips

Storybird – www.storybird.com

http://mflstorybirds.wikispaces.com/French+Storybirds

* Engaging in writing

*Writing and feedback

*Wallwisher – www.wallwisher.comCreate walls for sticky note contributions

*Fotobabble – record yourself talking about a picture & send the link to s.o.

*Blogging – www.posterous.com

Easily started and pupils can email work to site.

*Engaging with text

*Cueprompter – paste in text & create a teleprompter for reading at speed

www.cueprompter.com

*Textivate.com – instant text games

www.textivate.com

*Mindmapping

*Mindomo – mindomo.com

*Spicynodes.org

*WordcloudsWordle.com , tagxedo, imagechef.com , wordsift (thesaurus)

*Behaviour and motivation

*Classdojo.com*Use for a variety of purposes – specific types of learning – good answers, homework, target language production

*Poor behaviour monitoring

*Next step – use it from your mobile in class

*Classdojo class page

*Speaking and Listening

*Mybrainshark – make audio to accompany any presentation, document or photo set.

*Voicethread – add multimedia comments to a photo set.

*Vocaroo – record on line and send the link to s.o. – instant feedback

*Voki – create a talking avatar.

*Making games for your subject

*Zondle www.zondle.com

*I have started using it with KS3 – email classlists to site for uploading

*Choose appropriate topics & add your own

*Quizlet www.quizlet.com you and pupils can make revision games. Yr11 pupil made games for most of GCSE Fr& Ger vocab list.

*Zondle games

*Your own CPD

*Twitter – amazing!

*Use hashtags #scichat #pegeeks #engchat #ukedchat #mathschat #scienceteacher #foodtechteachers

*Follow good people @tombarrett @deputymitchell

*Read blogs – find regional/national figures

*Start a googlereader web aggregator for YOU!

*Slideshare.net – look up presenters

*www.teachertrainingvideos.com – Russell Stannard’s videos on web tools.

*Curation – find everything you

could ever want!

*Livebinders – an online filing system for sites people have found – look for your interest area*https://www.livebinders.com/play/play?id=3656

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*Pinterest – not just for redecoration, recipes or vintage collections!

* My blog – froggyval.blogspot.com

* Twitter - @froggyval - please let me know if you try out things!!

* This ppt is on www.slideshare.net and the Somerset Learning Platform