This video describes how Beebots are used for station teaching with Junior Infants. The programme involves teaching children skills such as problem solving, instructional language, sequencing and organising. The stations include small world, treasure maps, learning directions, phonics, 2D shapes, construction and the Beebot app on tablets.
A 5th and 6th class teacher demonstrates a robotics lesson for STEM which is conducted with the help of Seagate in Derry. The lesson incorporates the use of robots, Scratch programming and smartphones and the pupils carry out various tasks in groups. The lesson involves communicating and problem solving.
A 1st and 2nd class teacher describes a STEM lesson in construction using resources such as tablets, Lego and the interactive whiteboard. The pupils work in groups to record, present and give feedback on their projects.
A teaching Principal in infants describes how pupils engage with, and create their own digital book as part of a construction themed lesson. The app used in this video is Pro Show Gold, other apps which have similar functionality include Adobe Spark and Animoto.
A multiigrade class teacher describes how she uses ICT to support teaching and learning in her Maths lessons. In this video she is focused on the topics of tangrams and perimeter. Through station teaching the pupils use different software such as Osmo and Khan Academy to learn new skills.
A school Principal describes the implementation of digital technologies across the school. In particular, accessing teacher CPD, sharing of practice and availing of PDST support. She also describes the school's digital technology infrastructure.
A 4th class teacher describes how he uses technology for project work. The children use netbooks and iPads for research. The Stop Motion app is used for animation. This involved planning, scripting, filming, artwork and editing. The projects are then uploaded to Dropbox and played on the interactive whiteboard.
A principal describes the various ways his school uses digital resources. For communication Skype is used between staff. For teaching and learning, the infant classroom uses the website www.Leighleat.com to teach the phonics programme. Older classes engage in coding lessons and applications such as Stop Motion and Kahoot.
A school Principal describes how digital resources are used in history lessons through the Scoilnet and Dúchas websites. Pupils actively engage with the history of their locality through the use of ‘Threads’ - a project based website. To find out more log on to https://www.Scoilnet.ie/threads/.
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