[Andrew Field]

Thanks Chris. I've also produced the finished booklet that we used for the staff INSET training a couple of weeks ago. I need to tidy up a few edges, but we'll publish it in the new year. It should be a useful addition and show how this thread led to some really interesting and positive practical ideas.

[Chris Higgins]

Sounds like a useful document. Will you be making this available on the forum?

[Andrew Field]

Chris Higgins, on Dec 28 2006, 09:27 PM, said:

Sounds like a useful document. Will you be making this available on the forum?

A very good point and something I've been meaning to put online for ages. Sorry for not doing it sooner. I've just attached a general .pdf version but the reason I've been waiting is each of my colleagues is going to record a short overview of their presentation that we'll then put online. This will be more useful I hope, but attached is the document we gave out to back the presentations up.

More soon - I really want to give this document and the additional files the presentation they deserve - it was a really positive training session where I believe everyone was able to take at least something away to engage and enthuse future lessons.

[Oops - attachment is too large so I'll find an appropriate way of putting it online instead - sorry....]

[Andrew Field]

I've remember what the problem was now - the document I produced was designed as an A4 booklet, with each page as A5 size. When I tried to turn it into a downloadable document it preserves the document settings and thus initially appears all in the wrong order. I will still fix this, and there are a couple of areas still to fix but for now try:

http://www.effective...c/20ideas.shtml
[FlashPaper version that can be viewed online - A5 pages shown on A4]

http://www.effective...tac/20ideas.pdf [3MB]
[.pdf Version that can be viewed online - A5 pages shown on A4]

http://www.effective...eas_booklet.pdf [3MB]
[Version that can be printed out - 2 A5 pages on A4 that can be put together as a finished document]

[Andrew Field]

I've just been reading through this document again - the team did a brilliant job with the whole thing and it is a shame that the document has just remained on the school network without being shared further. I will certainly extend and develop it later this term. Despite (obviously) being involved in the whole event, I'd forgotten how well the ideas had been followed through. This made the whole thing far more worthwhile than just saying "Here are some things you could do". Instead this was colleagues talking to other colleagues about exactly what they'd done and how ICT can engage students for effective learning.

[DaveStacey]

A fantastic resource Andrew, thanks. I think the real strength is the variety of people and departments showing what they already do, rather than one or two 'geeks' showing what they can do!

Thanks for sharing

[Ta-Lou]

Hi Andrew,

Please find attached my presentation regarding ICTAC, hopefully you may be able to extract some info from it!

Tara

PS Still not able to find much on VB in HTML & I have to do a 15 minute presentation & produce an activity sheet & a fact sheet by end of next week!!!

Andrew Field, on Sep 9 2006, 10:30 PM, said:

In the coming months different groups at my place are running training sessions for the rest of the staff. I have been in charge of a group looking at ICTAC (ICT across the Curriculum).

What I want to do is put together a really helpful presentation that will enthuse and share ideas about the effective use of ICT in the classroom. I recall reading about a geography event put on where the presenter (a fellow teacher) ran a session along the lines of "50 ideas in 50 minutes". I'd like my group to put on "60 ideas in 60 minutes - effective ICT in the classroom".

[Through a quick Google search, I've found a programme of events for an upcoming geography event featuring a seminar with a similar title. It also even features some members of this forum]

Now, along those lines, I'd really like to put together a collection of effective ICT ideas - short, sharp and snappy ideas that anyone in any classroom can take notice of and consider implementing.

Once put together, this could even form a separate section on this site for future reference for everyone . I just think an active training session, perhaps even with a countdown timer, where everyone can be kept on the edge of their seats is an excellent idea.

So, please help out! Over the next few weeks I'll post my ideas and feel free to post your own. It doesn't matter if they need developing further, but it will provide a good starting point.

Some (very) rough ideas to start off:

• Setup a blog - a place to offer additional support, ideas and links to help students' learning.
  
• Get students to video their class presentation - really effective use of ICT where students are in control, scripting and preparing a presentation to go online.
  
• Create a webquest task for an ICT-based homework - force students to research and prepare materials by following a webquest. A series of links and tasks to answer which guide students through a topic.
  
• Give students a massive Word document and a strict word limit - provide students with a 40 page document full of information and ask them to precis the text to 200 words.
  
• Give students a terrible PowerPoint presentation - provide students with an awful PowerPoint presentation about a particular topic. Make it look awful, include incorrect and worthless information, put everything in the wrong order. Ask them to mark it and then fix it.
  
• Grafitti a source - project an image onto a whiteboard. Get students to draw all over it with their analysis and ideas.
  
• MP3 your work - only accept the next piece of work in MP3 format. Show students Audacity + a microphone and get them to record their next piece of work / revision

This is the sort of list I'm interested in building up. Ideas for ICT in the classroom - and there is no problem having more than 60

Attached File(s)

•  DA_10___ICTAC_Presentation.ppt (157K)
  Number of downloads: 39

[jwilliams]

Wow,

Just a quick idea for real beginners as i know this would benefit a lot of my staff

How to use the Freeze button on the Projector!

Maybe how to use google apps (maybe the home page and the online calendar for planning?)

[Dan Moorhouse]

Attached is some stuff I put together for the HIstorical Association on ICT in History. Most of the ideas are applicable in other subjects - and 99.99% of them are probably bleedin obvious to people on here....

Attached File(s)

•  How_to___history_and_ict.doc (90.5K)
  Number of downloads: 38

[andyrobo]

Hi folks

I hope you don't mind but I took all your ideas and made a video out of them... it's not great, but might help to promote your awesome thinking!!!

Nice work...

Andrew (NZ)
71 Ideas on YouTube