[divide margin_top=”10″ margin_bottom=”10″ color=”#a0a0a0″] Abstract In rural North Wales children are using Apple’s iMovie 2 digital video editing programme and iMacs to enhance investigations, communicate ideas and develop literacy skills. Ysgol Frongoch is a 240 pupil 10 teacher …
Interactive Whiteboard Evaluation
Anna Smith with MirandaNet Fellows, Boston Spa Comprehensive School [divide margin_top=”10″ margin_bottom=”10″ color=”#a0a0a0″] Abstract This paper examines the ways in which the Whiteboard technology was integrated into a numbers of areas in the curriculum during the first half …
The Well Connected School
[divide margin_top=”10″ margin_bottom=”10″ color=”#a0a0a0″] Abstract This paper outlines the development of a PC server which will provide a school-wide intranet and an Internet gateway. The intention of the paper is to provide a practical blueprint for the construction …
Digital Opportunities
[divide margin_top=”10″ margin_bottom=”10″ color=”#a0a0a0″] Abstract The Digital Opportunities project explores strategies to bridge the digital divide. Students have been provided with notebook computers by Toshiba, and a web-based publishing and learning environment by Oracle. The students are encouraged to develop …
World eCitizens – Active Citizenship
Abstract Citizenship is a new UK curriculum subject, promoting understanding of other cultures and customs. The Government introduced the subject because of concerns about lack of knowledge of, and involvement with, the democratic and constitutional process. It has now …
How children learn: 12 principles of learning – A checklist
[divide margin_top=”10″ margin_bottom=”10″ color=”#a0a0a0″] Abstract This checklist is based on Stella Vosiniadou’s work. You can download the checklist as a Word document. Author: Piet Rodenhuis Publication Date: 2010 [s2If !is_user_logged_in()]To see the complete Case Study, please Login or Join.[/s2If] …
Learning Parents
[divide margin_top=”10″ margin_bottom=”10″ color=”#a0a0a0″] Abstract We are living in an age where, more than ever before, adults are called upon to learn for a variety of reasons, not least of which is the sheer rapidity with which changes …
Taking a Frog Home
A brief paper about young children’s emerging literacy and their use of ICT… [divide margin_top=”10″ margin_bottom=”10″ color=”#a0a0a0″] Abstract In this paper the authors present a pilot study which started in august 2005 in a primary school in the bilingual …