Work With What You Have ULearn 2011

Work With What You HaveCreating ICT enhanced learning opportunities with limited resources

Integrating new technologies to empower learning and transform leadership

http://www.flickr.com/photos/spiritual_marketplace/3983934498/ Where The Ideas Live

Other people seem to be doing all kinds of amazing things

http://www.flickr.com/photos/alexhdr77/3425257955/ Inside the Spheres

You might be trying to get things up and running in your own space

Then there are the mixed messages…

Clarity by jonwileys From Flickr Licensed under creative commons - Attribution-Noncommercial 2.0 Generic

Sometimes it all gets a bit over-whelming!

What Grad School Feels Like by kimncris From Flickr Licensed under creative commons - Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 2.0 Generic

"Showering fancy equipment and toys on classrooms without smart planning is unlikely to produce gains in student performance." Jamie McKenzie (2002) - Just in Time Technology - Doing Better With Fewer p21

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Thanks to @sharpjacqui, @MrsBee12, @Moodlegirl, @Kelliemcrobert & @helenotway for sharing their thoughts and for allowing me to share them with others.

Why Do Educators Infuse Technology Into Their Programmes?

Collaboration

Cooperation

Global Connections

Problem Solving

Motivation

Literacy - Visual, Written & Oral

Confidence

Experience/Awareness of the World beyond the classroom

Numeracy

Spatial Awareness

Motor Skills

Leadership

Self Management

Use tools selectively and purposefully

My Technology Journey

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2 WEEKS

Kirstin Anderson-McGhie

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http://www.flickr.com/photos/mattjb/3255268475/in/photostream/ From Flickr Licensed under creative commons

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Travel Buddies

Postcards, Penpals,Keypals

Different Scenarios

http://www.flickr.com/photos/fernando/376413522/ To Photo Booth And Beyond

1 Computer

Shared Computers

Computer Suite

Management

Organisation

Routines

Scaffolding & Skills

Roster System

They don’t all have to do the same thing at the same time or

in the same way.

Class Experts

Expert, Driver, Passenger. Learn Together

Pairs Work Well - Teacher/Learner

Identify Your Experts

Software

Paint

We use Paint a lot!

Digital Camera - Paint - Imagination

Year 3 Class

Kids Examples - Mouse Drawn

0 %

http://www.sumopaint.com/

http://skitch.com/

http://www.tuxpaint.org/

Online

Mac

Mac, Linux, Windows

Alternatives

Word(or similar)

Power Point

Pen Tool & Meeting Minder within slide show

Use as an alternative to Photostory

Google Docs - Presentation

Photo Peach

Stop Motion Animation

With you PPTX you can create animated objects

Limited or No Internet

Limited or no Internet access?

You can still try Blogging, Keypals,

etc

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Keypals, Travel Buddies & Other Online Projects http://www.epals.com/

Postcard Exchange http://pcg.cyberbee.com/

Monster Exchange http://www.monsterexchange.org/

and

http://monsterproject.wikispaces.com/Welcome

Flat Stanley Project http://www.flatstanley.com/how.php?nav=teachers

Quad Blogginghttp://quadblogging.net/

Project Links

http://www.flickr.com/photos/dunechaser/1721982928/ We begin by charting a course

Paper Blogging

Download for later

Screen Shots

Open a page when you have web access

Work co-operatively as a class

Other Devices

•Digital Cameras usually record video

•Some modern cell phones

•Inbuilt computer web cams

•External computer web cams

Video Recording'secret usb action' http://www.flickr.com/photos/16437104@N00/2850539322

•Inexpensive mp3 recorders

•Most modern cell phones

•Inbuilt computer microphones

•Headphones with microphones attached

Sound Recording

No Projector

No Interactive Whiteboard

Collect Older Hardware & Software

Free Stuff

“Join your local www.freecycle.org group and ask for equipment people are getting rid of. I got a

laptop for my class and a few portable CD players!”

- Martyna workshop participant 2010

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Be Creative

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Sandpit Time

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Wikispaces Follow Up Notes