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Visualisers
18/6/09
3:14 pm
Page 1
ICT SPECIAL
Image courtesy of AVerMedia
Try Dave Smith’s ideas for using visualisers in the classroom and give your lessons a fresh perspective...
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here’s little room for overcomplicated technology in the primary classroom. ICT equipment that takes half an hour to set up, breaks every five minutes or is too specialised will soon find itself reinvented as either an elaborate doorstop, or a second rate coat rack. Not so the visualiser. Sometimes written off as an overhead projector with ideas above its station, this flexible resource’s main strength is its simplicity. Even the least ICT-confident teachers quickly get to grips with the visualiser. It has a wide range of practical applications and, once familiar with the basics, you’ll be using it at every opportunity – turning mini-beasts into gigantic monsters, improving measuring skills in maths and carrying out live demonstrations in art and design. This article describes five different ways in which you can use a visualiser to make more of your lessons. Each suggestion is based on an existing teaching method, giving you the opportunity to use ICT as an integral classroom tool, rather than an awkward bolt-on.
You Show ‘Em! 10 WAYS TO MAKE THE MOST OF YOUR VISUALISER... ❁ Share pupils’ work and celebrate their success in the classroom and during school assemblies ❁ Use the zoom function to study natural/man-made objects in minute detail, e.g minibeasts, parts of a plant, historical artefacts, maps etc ❁ Share texts with the class to expand children’s knowledge of different writing styles ❁ Model the accurate use of tools, including rulers, protractors, measuring cylinders, brushwork, needlework, saws etc ❁ Peer-assess individual and group progress ❁ Create ePortfolios by capturing images of pupils’ work and pupils ‘at work’ – e.g. Foundation Stage Profiles ❁ Make video recordings to demonstrate classroom activities. These can be played back on the interactive whiteboard or shared across the school network/VLE/MLE ❁ Create stop-frame animations by taking a series of snapshot images ❁ Spend less time photocopying and scanning resources. Share documents in staff/governing body/parental meetings ❁ Provide enlarged visuals to assist sight impaired pupils
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18/6/09
3:14 pm
Page 1
ICT SPECIAL
Image courtesy of AVerMedia
Try Dave Smith’s ideas for using visualisers in the classroom and give your lessons a fresh perspective...
T
here’s little room for overcomplicated technology in the primary classroom. ICT equipment that takes half an hour to set up, breaks every five minutes or is too specialised will soon find itself reinvented as either an elaborate doorstop, or a second rate coat rack. Not so the visualiser. Sometimes written off as an overhead projector with ideas above its station, this flexible resource’s main strength is its simplicity. Even the least ICT-confident teachers quickly get to grips with the visualiser. It has a wide range of practical applications and, once familiar with the basics, you’ll be using it at every opportunity – turning mini-beasts into gigantic monsters, improving measuring skills in maths and carrying out live demonstrations in art and design. This article describes five different ways in which you can use a visualiser to make more of your lessons. Each suggestion is based on an existing teaching method, giving you the opportunity to use ICT as an integral classroom tool, rather than an awkward bolt-on.
You Show ‘Em! 10 WAYS TO MAKE THE MOST OF YOUR VISUALISER... ❁ Share pupils’ work and celebrate their success in the classroom and during school assemblies ❁ Use the zoom function to study natural/man-made objects in minute detail, e.g minibeasts, parts of a plant, historical artefacts, maps etc ❁ Share texts with the class to expand children’s knowledge of different writing styles ❁ Model the accurate use of tools, including rulers, protractors, measuring cylinders, brushwork, needlework, saws etc ❁ Peer-assess individual and group progress ❁ Create ePortfolios by capturing images of pupils’ work and pupils ‘at work’ – e.g. Foundation Stage Profiles ❁ Make video recordings to demonstrate classroom activities. These can be played back on the interactive whiteboard or shared across the school network/VLE/MLE ❁ Create stop-frame animations by taking a series of snapshot images ❁ Spend less time photocopying and scanning resources. Share documents in staff/governing body/parental meetings ❁ Provide enlarged visuals to assist sight impaired pupils
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