Well, I've made it through a week at my placement school and I'm still smiling!
It was a really good, absolutely jam-packed week and I feel like I've learned a lot. We looked at candle-light in RE, counting in 10s in numeracy, The Owl and the Pussy Cat in literacy, Guy Fawkes in history, rhythm in music and a whole lot inbetween! And I read Zagazoo which is a children's book that everyone should read!
I've seen a real mix of ICT resources used, but not particularly frequently. They seem to favour good old fashioned books and dry-wipe boards (although in the staffroom I did overhear another teacher talking about her IWB). The class watched a BBC dvd for phonics and a very good (if a little dated) Guy Fawkes video. In their free-choice time, children were allowed to used the computers in the classroom. And several were working on a previous lesson's alliteration task which was being typed up. I also took small groups of children around the school to take digital photographs of patterns in and around the school which we then uploaded to the computer and printed off. However, it didn't feel like ICT was really being used most effectively.
Perhaps there really is a barrier between the computer-savvy children of today and their slightly slow-to-catch-on elders!
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Interesting comments.
Do you have an IWB in your room?
If so, this is a chance for you to take a lead. Start collecting IWB resourcs so that you can start using the IWB in the new term. Teachers often hope that their students will show them the way with new technologies.
Speak to colleagues who have had successful experiences with IWBs and see which resources they recommend.
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