Monday 4 June 2012

Week 7-10

Class Activity
Ideas from Allannah King

- checking blogs, reading, commenting
- put up certificates for comments - photos of chn holding them
- taking photos around the school and uploading to comic life in cartoon
- build your wildself.com - chn build themselves and then print it and then write about it
- daily news - audio via divshare
- using audiopal for people to leave voice messages
- using puppetpals and chns photos to record reading
- using book create to share work
- using talking tom to copy us reading poem (making dominan sounds)
- spelling city
- lunchbox wiki collaboration

Some ideas to think about incorporating into Term 3's programme.  Some of the posts on the VLN have talked about how 1:30 can work with an ipad and I have started to do some reading around this.  Also how they shouldnt be used as a game centre for the class but used in a way that children have to problem solve and use ICT creatively to learn.

I have to rethink the goal I set out with was to engage special needs children in learning.
A review would say YES I have definitely met this goal, these particular chn are able to access apps that they can work on their own, enjoy doing this.  Often all areas of the day are hard work for this group.  Writing because of poor motor skills and the requirements to form a sentence make this daunting.  Maths is a lot or work and with the basics not solid can become very repetitiave.

The ipad has allowed them freedom to own and be empowered to learn at their pace and be independent which for most of the day doesn't happen.  They either have me, an aide or a peer support. 
So yes I met my goal and YES these chn have seen growth in all areas, letter and sound knowledge, reading and writing ability.  Also orally they are beginning to articulate in a clearer way what they want. 

Where to next?......watch this space!!!!

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