School

I've now been in school for three weeks and beginning to challenge myself by incorporating more ICT within my lessons. I often use powerpoint to introduce my lessons but have also started using some of the promethan flipcharts that are available. This week in maths, I had children coming up in pairs to the IWB to practice their symmetry with a computer package while the others completed tasks in their books. It is lovely to see how interested children are when tasks are online rather than in books.

I also had the chance this week to teach the whole ICT lesson on simulations where the children had the chance to make Colins Coffee and also have their first driving lesson. It is encouraging to see how enthuasistic they are when presented with tasks that they would not normal complete, if it werent for ICT.

This coming week, I am teaching a geography lesson which will be based in the ICT suite, where the children will be looking at Southampton, their school and homes using Google Earth packages. I hope this will enable them to relate their location in relation to the entire world, which is often difficult on a 2D poster of the world. I also will be teaching another ICT lesson exploring further simulations.