Six computers classroom with internet access in

iPads shared throughout the school

Students

quickly

get off-task

leading to

behaviour issues

Students are

enthusiastic

about

ICTs

Students literacy skills need improvement

especially in reading and writing

Worksheets and

individual work is

common in the classroom

Learning experiences are planned using the Australian Curriculum

ICTs allow for collaboration by

connecting with people in the

community and around the world

to gain greater perspectives and

learn from personal networks

Link to resource(DEECD 2011)

Connecting through blogs and

video conferencing mitigates

disadvantage caused by rural

isolation Link to resource (Department of Education

and Early Childhood Development (DEECD)

2011)

Skype allows face-to-face conversations with

people from around the world and provides

students with the opportunity to gain information

from a primary source Link to resource (Picardo 2012)

A teacher describes the positives

of having a class blog as making

global connections and the ability to

have conversations and work

collaboratively on projects with other

classes Link to resource (Morris 2011 May 7)

Given the rural location of the school

having opportunities to connect with others

is important

Blog home page

Blog contains

links to

students

individual

blogs

This short video shows how Ms Cassidyrsquos class uses

Skype to connect with a range of people around the

world (Cassidy 2013 February 1)

Video

footage and

photographs

show what

the students

are learning This class

regularly

uses Skype

Six and seven

year old

students

OPTIONAL

MATERIAL

To see more

about this blog

Connect with

other classes

(Cassidy nd)

A teacher reported that by recording her students

reading they were able to see which areas of their

reading needed improvement leading to self-

correction and self-assessment skills

Link to resource (Henriksen 2012 November 4)

Modelling of inflections and

expressiveness by an instructor is a key

component of developing reading fluency

Link to resource (Polino 2009) The use of

interactive books provides this instruction

Development of literacy is important as it is

essential in all learning areas and is a key

part of lifelong learning in our highly

networked world Link to resource (The State of Queensland (Department of

Education Training and Employment) nd)

The students poor achievement in reading

could be improved through the use of ICTs

This blog post contains two short videos showing students

reading being recorded (Hendriksen 2012 November 4)

A Prep class at Grasmere Primary School used iPads to record their reading and

listen back to it The teacher reported students paying more attention to their

volume pace coherence and their audience Link to resource (DEECD 2011)

OPTIONAL

MATERIAL

This activity was

part of a project

All activities can be

viewed here This

activity was number

47

OPTIONAL MATERIAL

A computer program providing

interactive books for students

Use with an interactive

whiteboard to enable touch

screen function

An example video of how Galaxy Kids

works from youtube This is a shortened version

OPTIONAL

MATERIAL

The full version

of the Galaxy

Kids video can be

viewed here (RafflesEdu 2009)

Four classes of five year olds

The result All students made progress

however the students using Galaxy Kids

progressed further in the areas of letter

sound knowledge essential word

recognition writing and comprehension Link to resource(Stevenson amp Dorset 2011)

OPTIONAL

MATERIAL

The entire Galaxy

Kids pilot project

can be viewed

here

Student disengagement from classroom activities is a common

problem for teachers and can lead to passive negative behaviours which are

difficult to manage Link to resource (Nardelli 2013)

ICTs are enticing for students and often they are already familiar with how to use

such devices which increases their engagement in the activities Link to resource (DEECD 2011)

The hands-on nature of the interactive whiteboard increases students engagement

in class Link to resource (Smart Technologies Inc 2004)

The prevalence of ICTs in our society means that students are lsquodigital nativesrsquo by

the time they reach school The use of ICTs allows learning to be interactive and

engaging for these technologically literate students Link to resource (Cornwell 2011 May 11)

The students disengagement and off-task behaviour could be improved through

using ICTs

Counting beetles Level One

Designed for students in

year levels prep and one

(Scootle nd) Designed for use on an

interactive whiteboard

Scootle nd

OPTIONAL

MATERIAL

Letter detective

learning object

click here

(Education

Services Australia

Sound Snap 2012)

OPTIONAL

MATERIAL

Counting beetles

Level One learning

object click here

(Education Services

Australia Sonomic

2012)

NOTE You will require access to Scootle to view these resources

This learning object

provides visual

representations of the

differences between upper

and lower case letters and

audio of how to say each

letter of the Alphabet It

meets requirements for the

Australian Curriculum

English Link to resource (Scootle nd)

This learning object is

designed to help students

count by asking them to count

the beetles seen on the screen

choose their answer and have

it checked It meets the

requirements for the Australian

Curriculum Mathematics Link to resource (Scootle nd)

Letter detective

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Cornwell J (2011 May 11) ICT the way to engage the lsquodigital nativesrsquo in our classrooms [web log post] Retrieved from httpjuliaecwordpresscom2011051181

Department of Education and Early Childhood Development (2011) Contemporary literacy practices of early learners (Preps) Retrieved from httpwwweduwebvicgovauedulibrarypublicresearchinnovationliteracypracprepspdf

Department of Education and Early Childhood Development (2011) Contemporary (digital) literacy practices of preps [ebook] Retrieved from httpsfuseeducationvicgovaucontentde6260b7-9a40-40f3-bfad-e2167e409bb7062120contemporary20(digital)20literacy20ebookswf

Education Services AustraliaSonomic (2012) Counting beetles level 1 Retrieved httpwwwscootleeduauecviewingL8281indexhtml

Education Services Australia SoundSnap (2012) Letter detective letter case Retrieved from httpwwwscootleeduauecviewingL9502indexhtml

Henriksen T (2012 November 4) Using video recording to enhance learning [web log post] Retrieved from httphenriksenlearningwordpresscom20121104using-video-recording-to-enhance-learning

Morris K (2011 May 7) Connecting with other classes through blogging [web log post] Retrieved from httpprimarytechglobal2viceduau20110507connecting-with-other-classes-through-blogging

Nardelli M (2013 Feb March) Spreading the word on student behaviour [online news article] UniSA News Retrieved httpw3unisaeduauunisanews2013FebMarchstory10asp

Picardo J (2012) Why students need a global awareness and understanding of other cultures Retrieved from httpwwwguardiancoukteacher-network2012sep25students-global-awareness-other-cultures

Polino R (2009) Using iPods to improve student fluency in a buddy reading partnership Retrieved from httpwwwbuffalostateeduelementaryeducationdocumentsactionresearch_2010polinopdf

RafflesEdu (2009 May 4) Galaxy Kids Bumper Boats [youtube video] Retrieved from httpwwwyoutubecomwatchv=Cl_TI2NVGFM

Scootle (nd) Counting beetle Level 1 Retrieved from httpwwwscootleeduauecviewMetadataactionid=L8281ampq=counting+beetlesamptopic=ampstart=0ampsort=relevanceampcontentsource=ampcontentprovider=ampresourcetype=ampv=textampfield=titleampfield=textallampfield=topicampcontenttype=allampcontenttype=22Interactive20resource22ampcontenttype=22Collection22ampcontenttype=22Image22ampcontenttype=22Moving20image22ampcontenttype=22Sound22ampcontenttype=22Assessment20resource22ampcontenttype=22Teacher20guide22ampcontenttype=22Dataset22ampuserlevel=allampuserlevel=(020OR20120OR202)ampuserlevel=(320OR204)ampuserlevel=(520OR206)ampuserlevel=(720OR208)ampuserlevel=(920OR2010)ampuserlevel=(1120OR2012)ampkc=anyamplom=trueampscot=trueampfollow=trueamptopiccounts=trueamprows=20ampsuggestedResources=R11082R4909ampfromSearch=true

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Smart Technologies Inc (2004) Interactive Whiteboards and Learning A Review of Classroom Case Studies and Research Literature Retrieved from httpwwwsmartboardsefileswhite_papersresearch_whitepaper_smart_board_pdf

Stevenson J amp Dorset W (2011) Sunshine Galaxy Kids pilot project Auckland New Zealand Retrieved from httpwebcachegoogleusercontentcomsearchq=cache1Rkyr8A6YnsJwwwsunshinebookscomaudownload_pdfphpf3DNz_Pilot_Programpdf+galaxy+kids+pilot+projectamphl=enampgl=au

The State of Queensland (Department of Education Training and Employment) (nd) Literacy the key to learning Retrieved from httpeducationqldgovauliteracy

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descriptions

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licensing descriptions

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licensing descriptions

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descriptions

Writing Machovka Write Retrieved from httpopenclipartorgdetail2263write-by-machovka Licensed under CC BY Link to licensing descriptions

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licensing descriptions

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licensing descriptions

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licensing descriptions

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licensing descriptions

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descriptions

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