ICT for Teaching and Learning

The I-River has landed!

chriswilde — Fri, 10 Feb 2006 17:23:17 +0000

It’s a little later than expected, but it has finally arrived. We now have the means of creating high quality podcasts! Anyone wishing to do so should contact me!

P P P P P P P Podcasting!

chriswilde — Sun, 05 Feb 2006 19:09:04 +0000

It’s the latest craze to hit the streets! Podcasting may sound technically difficult, but let me assure you……..ITS NOT! It’s simply a sound file that people can access and put on their MP3 players. What could be simpler! Approximately 70% of our pupils as a whole have MP3 players, with KS4&5 pupils being close to 90%!!! We really should be tapping into this!

So, should I tell you what we’ve done? We’ve only gone and invested in some top spec kit to allow you to create Podcasts in college! Hells Yeah!!! A top class Microphone, and audio recorder, plus 5 small voice recorders!!! And do you know what’s even better? Our technician is a legend with it! So, at some point his week we should receive our new kit. It’s there for everyone to use, so if you’ve got an idea that you wanty to turn into a podcast, just let us know…..I’m using the gear on Tuesday afternoon, so get in early!

You Snooze You Lose Suckers!

Going Blue!

chriswilde — Sun, 05 Feb 2006 19:01:40 +0000

OK, so I’ve been looking at the hardware situation accross college, and helping departments get a little closer to where they would like to be, but up until recently, I haven’t really been pushing the boundaries in using ICT to enhance teaching and learning. That all changed this week! On Friday afternoon a group of Year 12 pupils created a Celebrity Big Brother Historical spoof Movie using Blue Screen Technology, and Movie Edit Pro software. The project was based around an idea for imaginary dialogues (taken from Michael J Gelb), adapted into a historical study of Civil rights activists and given a modern twist by being staged in the big brother house. The 10 minute movie took 2 lessons to prepare, 1 lesson to shoot and 45 minutes to edit. It has been well worth the effort. Not only did it enthuse the pupils, but it also made them think of the historical characters in more detail, and produced a resource they can access for revision in the future. It was also one hell of a laugh!

Technician Training!

chriswilde — Sun, 29 Jan 2006 10:57:48 +0000

Those of you who have been keeping up with this Blog, will know that part of the vision for this post was to gain a whole school approach to ICT for teaching and learning, with every member of staff contributing to increasing the impact of ICT. Part of the strategy to try and bring this about was to help departmental technicians become more confident in using ICT to help create resources. I am pleased to announce that we are beginning to get on our way!

Paul Jennings the legendary Science technician dude will be undertaking rigorous training this week to become an expert in media editing. this will mean that he will be able to edit, crop and chop and media file to suit the needs of the department, leading to a more effective use of video to meet everyone’s needs!

Remeber……….training is open to everyone in college……all you need to do is ask!