Happy Day Everyone,
Here we are again. I hope you have all been enjoying the lovely Spring weather here in New Zealand. If you're not in New Zealand - why not??
I shall now wax lyrical on the second conference workshop I went to.
This was titled "Making Informed Choices, Making the Right Choices When Using Inclusive Technologies". The presenter was Greg O'Connor.
More info on Greg can be found here:
Click here to find out more on Greg O'Connor
Also loads of technology info from Greg's Organisation - Specronics - can be found by clicking on this link here:
http://www.spectronics.com.au/
First Greg talked about the S.E.T.T. framework - a tool to help find and use appropriate technologies with students. I found this extremely informative and interesting.
SETT is an acronym for Student, Environment, Task and Tools. It is really a collection of questions to guide your thinking when choosing appropriate technology for the students.
Here are a couple of links I have sourced with info on the S.E.T.T. Framework:
Click here for S.E.T.T. info from Spectronics Blog
Click here for info from Ministry of Education website - from this link you can download the Ministry of Education guidelines.
I found this interesting and it would be good for me to trial the guidelines with a partner who also knows the student whom we are wishing to consider using a particular technology with. Perhaps it's something which could be done in a class team meeting? Or with a therapist who knows the student as well as the teacher?
Anyhow - as it is so beautiful outside I shall be off now to enjoy it. I will be back soon with more info from Workshop 2.
Oooo by the way - Wicked was wicked - I loved it!!!!
Saturday 5 October 2013
Tuesday 1 October 2013
SEPANZ 2013 Conference - Post 4
Happy Holidays - to any one who is a school teacher in New Zealand. I hope you are having a great break. I have just cleaned out our cat's litter tray so as you can see I am having a great time : )
Mind you I am going to see Wicked at the theatre on Thursday so am excited about that.
Anyway - I digress. Here we for the fourth post of info gleaned at the SEPANZ 2013 conference.
Today I shall be reviewing an app. recommended by the superstar Mr Ian Bean in his workshop at the conference.
The app. is bitsboard.
here is the link to the i tunes preview:
click here for itunes preview of bitsboard
and the best bit...........it's free.
Any hoo as we speak I am downloading bitsboard to one of my class iPads. I will then test it out and see if it lives up to all the hype..............................................................
..................................... (a few mins later) - well I have just had a very quick whizz through the basics on bitsboard - it's looking good - I amm deffo going to be using it with my class.
There are 6 ready made boards - emotions (perfect as I am doing this as a SPEC module), exotic animals, famous places, first sentences, learn English and Learn Spanish. You can also create your own boards.
Within each board are 4 areas included with the freebie - these are - Flashcards, Explore, Photo Touch and Photo Hunt. I had a quick look at all of them and they all seem good. To get everything (thats all off the above + true or false, genius, bingo, pop quiz, match up, word builder, spelling bee and reader)costs (at the time of writing this blog) $4.19.
I haven't tried to make my own board yet ........ mind you in attempting to make my own board I have discovered that you can download boards created by other people for free - awesome!!!! I will test it for you. I am going to type in water cycle into the searc boards and let you know what happens - here goes......found one - amazing - all the hard work done for you - super cool!!!
I have looked through quite a few You Tube videos on bitsboard - the one below is one of the better ones. It's very American (using the states as an example) but I think you'll get the idea:
click here for You Tube video on bitsboard basics
Well I have to go now as my family need me - so I will let you know I get on when I have had chance to have a longer play with this app. + had a go at making my own board.
In the meantime why not download it yourself and have a play. It's free so you have nothing to lose. Please let me know how you get on by leaving a comment.
Ta ra for now!
Mind you I am going to see Wicked at the theatre on Thursday so am excited about that.
Anyway - I digress. Here we for the fourth post of info gleaned at the SEPANZ 2013 conference.
Today I shall be reviewing an app. recommended by the superstar Mr Ian Bean in his workshop at the conference.
The app. is bitsboard.
here is the link to the i tunes preview:
click here for itunes preview of bitsboard
and the best bit...........it's free.
Any hoo as we speak I am downloading bitsboard to one of my class iPads. I will then test it out and see if it lives up to all the hype..............................................................
..................................... (a few mins later) - well I have just had a very quick whizz through the basics on bitsboard - it's looking good - I amm deffo going to be using it with my class.
There are 6 ready made boards - emotions (perfect as I am doing this as a SPEC module), exotic animals, famous places, first sentences, learn English and Learn Spanish. You can also create your own boards.
Within each board are 4 areas included with the freebie - these are - Flashcards, Explore, Photo Touch and Photo Hunt. I had a quick look at all of them and they all seem good. To get everything (thats all off the above + true or false, genius, bingo, pop quiz, match up, word builder, spelling bee and reader)costs (at the time of writing this blog) $4.19.
I haven't tried to make my own board yet ........ mind you in attempting to make my own board I have discovered that you can download boards created by other people for free - awesome!!!! I will test it for you. I am going to type in water cycle into the searc boards and let you know what happens - here goes......found one - amazing - all the hard work done for you - super cool!!!
I have looked through quite a few You Tube videos on bitsboard - the one below is one of the better ones. It's very American (using the states as an example) but I think you'll get the idea:
click here for You Tube video on bitsboard basics
Well I have to go now as my family need me - so I will let you know I get on when I have had chance to have a longer play with this app. + had a go at making my own board.
In the meantime why not download it yourself and have a play. It's free so you have nothing to lose. Please let me know how you get on by leaving a comment.
Ta ra for now!
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