Today I decided that I would create a blog that will keep track of my progress during my PGCE I.C.T sessions. I will look at what I have Learnt, my difficulties and my strengths in each session. To be fair I have never set up a blog before or thought about it. Setting a blog account to my surprise was pretty straight forward, signing up and your ready to go. Its the 'GO' part which is not as easy as I thought. A blog as you may know is a mini journal but for children it allows them to express themselves. Children get to be creative, show new skills and develop on previous ones. Just from a simple blog children expand and grow.
Place of computing and ICT in the National Curriculum
Four main areas children should develop through ICT are :- Finding things out
- Developing ideas and making things happen
- Exchanging and sharing information
- Reviewing, modifying and evaluating work as it progresses.
From this session now looking back at what is required from the national curriculum in ICT, blogging is a VERY effective tool. It allows all this four areas to be tied in through the creation of a child's blog.
Teachers do not forget the Internet provides as many resources as needed why not use them to there full capacity. Fronter, Espresso, The British museum and The British Pathe these are just a few..........
Web 2.0 in education
What is Web 2.0?
Why do we use it?
Where do we use it?
How do we use it?
Is it useful?
Are these the the kinds of thoughts your having?? because I certainly did. Web 2.0 I had never heard that before, well that' s what I thought. Web 2.0 is a trend in the use of the World Wide Web technology and web designs. It aims is to aid creativity, information sharing and to collaborate among users . From this the web has evolved and developed communities and hosted services such as social networking sites (Facebook, Twitter, Myspace, you tube and Skype,) blogs, wikis and folksonomies.
Web 2.0 seems to suggests a new version of the World Wide Web where as before it was simply used for emails and basic functions well not anymore, the web is forever growing, it has not limits!!! Software developers and end-users use the webs in a complete new dimension.
BLOGGING
Blog it!!!
Bring out the writer in your children and what a way to do this, blogging!! Children in many schools are encouraged to start blogging. WHY????
- Children love having an audience, they instant recognition and approval that comes from a crowd, a simple 'like' can do wonders on a child's confidence.
- It can help develop good spelling habits, grammar skills, and develop a love for writing at a young age.
Benefits:
- Responsibility/Commitment - Daily Posts, having regular updates require children to be disciplined and responsible.
- Communication - Increased Communication with Friends and Relatives blogging or journaling gives children the opportunity to connect with relatives who might live some distance away.
- Technology - Exposure to Internet Technologies, (Important in life today.)
- Improved Writing Skills/Improved Spelling - When presented with an audience, children will want to present their "best" work. Spell-checking helps children be aware of spelling errors when they occur.
Is does seem obvious when you talk about e-safety what it is? and how we can stay safe but you would be surprised on how easy to it to forget
the small things such as changing privacy settings, trusting people and most of
all ‘How to make the environment your children are in safe.’ This can be as
small as limiting internet access time, having a safe lock system in place SAFE LOCK and even making children aware of the dangers. Key thing to remember the 'smallest of things
make the biggest difference.'
E- safety polices within schools reflect the importance of safe
use of information systems and electronic communications. It should highlight
the need to educate children and young people about the benefit, risks and responsibilities
of using information technology.
Blogging involves the Internet which is global, remind children not to disclose personal information including names, addresses or location of events they plan to attend.
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