Tablet Integration

So far the use of our tablets has been off and on. We have had some issues regarding different log on states and, before the new server was installed, very slow speeds.

I was asked to compile a list of uses by the Headmistress, I don't think the following is too bad currently, given the restrictions also detailed.

Highfield Tablet Use 12/13 I have put together these notes now, they are not very explicit but 

I have made progress with the tablets but it has been slow. The issues surrounding the set up and server issue affected the tablets and i think peoples perception. The fact that the signal is also poor in the discovery room has also hampered their use as I would have had them out much more, as would XX

Science - Research about a subject using the internet. BBC bitesize and learning clips websites have been used. We set up an example for an open morning. 

ICT - all classes Y1 - 6 have used the tablets to take photos, explore google maps and get used to the touch interface. I have used them in club to take photos and videos that we would some day like to edit, once XX finish the server install and put the video editing software back onto the computers. I have also used the tablets with Y1 to practice the control of the tablet, playing movements based games and trying typing practice. I did a lesson with Year 2 and 3 on finding information. Using the tablets to explore web pages and share information with others in the class. 

Y2 - Intended to use the tablets to research their topic, using a website about the great fire of london. I think connection issues might have affected this pre-server update.

Y3 - used the tablets to find information about characters in the WITW story, navigating web pages.

Y4 - have used the tablets to find out information about a range of topics, searching the internet for useful pages. I would like to use for more, problems occurred pre-server update regarding a steady signal. 

Y5 - Sarah tried to use the tablets for times tables lessons, did not look at them before lesson and was not able to use them. 

Y6 - used the tablets and the maps to use co-ordinates as part of their geography work with Nicola. 

Girls have used the tablets in homework club fairly often, being able to research their work and on many occasions access their ICT work that they wished to continue with. 

Mobile Computing / Tablet Skills

Following on from my previous post about KS1 skills, I am also now keen to begin to develop tablet skills within the school. This might be an opportunity to encourage other staff to better use the tablets as well as to provide a framework for what we want the girls to actually be able to do with them at each stage.

Currently this is in the format of a list of skills. It will grow as I realise the postential for the devices within the school.

Key Skills; Tablets
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B4s7hMWhfvHlZVRvdllIWVlMV2c/edit?usp=sharing

KS1 Work

It is now time to begin work looking at the skills used by, and taught to, Years 1 & 2 within the school. My plan is to begin with a list of skills that I feel they require in order to continue the rest of the curriculum. This is largely then, a reflection on the skills that the girls have already, questioning how they got them, and what extras I believe would be useful.

Topics or objectives can then become a cycle, for example, using shapes to create pictures. This works to develop dragging and dropping skills, inserting shape skills and mouse skills in the lower part of the school, but is then built upon in Year 5 to create 2D images, changing properties of shapes and as a build up to modelling in 3D.

My initial thoughts are contained within the following document. This will hopefully be updated over the coming weeks and into the Christmas holiday.

Key Skills for KS1
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B4s7hMWhfvHlLUFHWWJCcFJWTjA/edit?usp=sharing

ICT Delivery

I have decided that, having completed a year of work at my school, I shall now upload the lessons I delivered last year. These will change drastically as we move forward but they were a good finish I feel.

The planning is a very watered down version of my delivery of lessons, it is largely notes but they should give an impression of the work that we have completed.

AUTUMN DELIVERY 2012 - https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B4s7hMWhfvHlX3NSRmlaR1VwckU/edit?usp=sharing

SPRING DELIVERY 2013 - https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B4s7hMWhfvHlb1IzZjRDRmVycDg/edit?usp=sharing

SUMMER DELIVERY 2013 - https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B4s7hMWhfvHlNnVnb3FBZ3FKM0U/edit?usp=sharing


Skills compared against the Chris Q criteria - https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B4s7hMWhfvHlaWM5cWt3em5EOGs/edit?usp=sharing

Teacher Assessment Pages

I have now been running my scheme of work alongside some assessment pages that I created back in the last academic year. My assessment pages should be attached to a page elsewhere on this blog for viewing.

These pages are essentially a set of 'I Can statements' for years 3-6. I have automated the sheet to highlight each section in colour to show how confident I feel each child is. Ultimately I would hope that the majority of the sheet is completed and we can go through filling in gaps, raising confidence in certain areas.

Please excuse the size of the writing, my aim was to get everything on one sheet. It is possible to still read each heading, just, if the page is printed onto A3.

The I can statements are picked from the headings within each year group's self-assessment pages. The statements in these then aim to meet the Chris Q criteria highlighted in the Scheme of Work pages. Thus making a complete curriculum, I hope.

BLANK ASSESSMENT GRID - https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B4s7hMWhfvHlbzM4YWk2RTF2LTQ/edit?usp=sharing

PUPIL ASSESSMENT PAGES - https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B4s7hMWhfvHlb3laQVhuMXdoNlU/edit?usp=sharing

ASSESSMENT PAGES WITH ANNOTATED YEAR GROUPS - https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B4s7hMWhfvHla0F6VmVHYjVtQ0E/edit?usp=sharing