A 6th class teacher describes how her class created a film for the PDST FÍS film competition. Each project incorporates a wide variety of tasks including storyboarding, scripting and producing. Resources used to create the film include the Stop Motion app, iMovie and online FÍS tutorials.
A school teacher describes how he creates eBooks for teaching SESE topics. Other apps mentioned include ‘Quiver’, which animates pupils' work and ‘Explain Everything’ to demonstrate their learning. eBooks can also be shared with the wider teaching community through iTunes.
A 1st class teacher outlines how she uses Google Classroom for Visual Arts. She explains how pupils create a digital rubric that is followed by pupils creating in art. Photos of the pupils work is saved to Google Drive to form an ePortfolio.
A class teacher describes how he uses Book Creator to create ebooks. This resource helps to support Literacy, Problem solving, Music and Art in his classroom and created content can be shared on iTunes or the school blog. Royalty free images are sourced using Creative Commons: www.creativecommons.org
A class teacher describes how he has set up a green screen to create a narrated video in his classroom. Essential resources used include a green sheet hung in the classroom and tablet with the app Green Screen by Do Ink: www.doink.com
A Junior Infant teacher uses Scratch to support teaching and learning in a multi-grade setting. The teacher includes station teaching as a mode of assessment. Scratch as well as Stop Motion Animation are used as modes of assessment. The senior pupils, in stations, facilitate this work amongst the younger pupils.
A 6th class teacher explains how he uses Google Classroom, Google Drive and Google documents to enhance writing lessons in a multi-grade setting. Pupils work is saved, thus creating a detailed ePortfolio which can be used for assessment.
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 multigrade class teacher describes how she integrated digital video into a Gaeilge lesson. The pupils use Stop Motion animation to retell a story from their Gaeilge textbook. The teacher used Oide FÍS lessons to support her teaching. Pupils used drawings, paintings and Lego to recreate the story.
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