Teachers and pupils from Our Lady of Victories Boys’ National School describe their participation in the WEAVE project both from a staff and pupils’ perspective, highlighting the cross curricular links and intrapersonal skill benefits from taking part.
Teacher Michelle Brady at Our Lady of Victories Boys’ National School describes how she uses a mix of digital and physical resources to engage pupils in content in a variety of different ways, exploring content creation tools and working collaboratively in a cross curricular project space.
Staff at Presentation Secondary School Waterford discuss the infrastructure and device management in the school, staff CPD and the technology projects staff and students are running across the school.
Students and staff at Presentation Secondary School Waterford describe their approaches to digital learning in the school and how both students and staff are involved in planning. We also hear from some of their Digital Assistants.
Olivia Buckley, Acting Principal and Digital Coordinator at Ballyduff National School describes how the school’s Digital Learning Committee approach digital learning planning and how they manage apps and devices across different levels at the school. She also discusses how technology can be used for learning support, EAL and problem-solving.
Interview with teacher about the integration of Minecraft into Graphics lessons. He discusses how he makes a link between 3D builds in Minecraft and 2D drawings on paper in his lessons. The students work as a team to complete the challenge and record their process using images and Keynote.
A 1st class teacher describes how his class uses digital resources in SESE for project work. Pupils use Book Creator for procedural writing and Scratch Jnr to code the results of their Science experiment. ICT is used for content creation in the classroom and is a key assessment tool.
A multi-grade class teacher explains how she uses Scratch to support teaching and learning in from Junior to Senior levels. Her senior pupils translate music notation into Scratch code to play songs in the software. This tasks supports differentiation as all pupils can work to their own level.
A school Principal describes his school's approach to computational thinking from infants to sixth class. This includes the use of Beebots, Scratch, Lego Wedo and engaging in computational thinking challenges, such as Bebras. Reference is made to a JRC report. Accessible here: https://tinyurl.com/4a79nm2b
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