3. 'Today's chil dr en ar e using t echnol ogy 24
hour s a day. Gam ar e onl ine, t hey web
es
chat wit h f r iends, cr eat e bl ogs and web
pages, and t hen com t o school and swit ch
e
of f .'
( St eve woods, Using ICT Cr eat ivel y in t he Pr im y Cl assr oom201
ar 0)
4. Benef it s of Using
Twinspace wit h Pupil s
Secur e and saf e
Cont ent can be
upl oaded f r oma
var iet y of sour ces and
shar ed
Showcase for pupil s
wor k t hat won't
suddenly disappear.
6. The file archive was the The forum was created to
place children could encourage children to
upload their homework communicate with one another.
7. The pupils posted some simple
information about themselves
and then received replies.
8. Tools that pupils can use
through Twinspace and upload
to Twinspace.
iPods and iPads can
be used to take
photos, videos and
talking apps which
can then be uploaded
to Twinspace easily.
The file archive allows you to upload talking
apps that are saved as mp4 files.
9. Whole School
Ideas for involving the whole school.
Forget the teachers.
Start with the pupils!
The pupils will
understand Twinspace
and use it to it's
greatest potential
far quicker than
some teachers.
10. Use the pupils work rather than creating
additional work.
Ask the children what they want to share and
upload.
A pupil's
menu
produced at
home and
uploaded to
Twinspace.
11. Children Blogging
With young children
using a different
platform for blogging
leads to potential
problems. Many
require email
addresses, if pupils
are in supervised
they may easily
move to other less
suitable blogs.
Twinspace blogs are
a great safe and
secure platform for
blogging.
12. Using google docs to create
forms for use in Twinspace.
Using google docs you
can create a form and
then embed it in a blog.
13. If you include some
required questions you
can ensure you can
compare answers.
The results from pupils.
The questions were
answered on Twinspace on a
form embedded from google
docs.
14. How could you use
one these in a
collaborative
project?
Prezzi
Twiddla
Mindomo
Dipity
Arts connected
The artists toolkit
15. To r eal ly ent huse t he chil dr en we
t each , we need t o ent er t heir
wor l d, and ICT is an ideal vehicl e.
'W ar e pr epar ing our
e
chil dr en f or j obs t hat don't
exist yet using t echnol ogy
t hat hasn't been invent ed t o
sol ve pr obl em t hat we don't
s
even know ar e pr obl em yet .'
s
(Kar l Fisch, Shif t Happens, 2006)
Editor's Notes
Creating a project the develops pupil collaboration. Teachers are collaborating sharing ideas etc. Aim was to get the pupils to realise that they are collaborating and sharing not passive observers whose contributions are only made by the teacher.
Covering all these areas Internet Safety is always the starting point. Deciding which tools can be used by pupils and the skills they will develop from these. Parent involvement Children with SEN Whole school involvement
If this is the case we can do something about that. However as educators we need to ensure we are using the technology as a teaching tool and are always asking ourselves what have the children learnt from this? Assessment- does eTwinning / Twinspace enable assessment and can it be used as examples of pupil progress. Twinspace can be an online storage of pupils progress, fantastic evidence.
Why Twinspace and not all the other web 2.0 tools and sites? Acknowledge problems but be clear it is safe and manageable. Accessibility is essential for all never crashes always opens in school stores work securely. Safe for pupils and can allow be used for lessons on even the most basic of skills such as logging on and off. Things can be embedded once logged on children can access everything you want them to.
In attempt to make Twinspace a similar platform to our VLE i have taught the children to use the pupil corner to upload work use I used the tools to create a forum, to put in a place for the children to upload their homework.
Discuss the way in which young children can actually use Twinspace.
Open google go to google docs and create a form embed it into a blog on your own Twinspace.
