Contemporary+Tools

Contemporary Tools

How did the tools enable the students to engage in the contemporary world?
How were the tools used to assist the learners in developing understanding?

  [|Mr_H_using] interactive whiteboard  Used the whiteboard here to show new mental strategies. Also students were given the opportunity to use the whiteboard to record their workings out using the new methods. These were recorded on the saved powerpoint.

[|Students using interactive whiteboard to share new strategies June 12.] Students used the whiteboard to share their new understandings. In above photo, student's work was saved onto a PowerPoint. This PowerPoint was then shown to the other half of the group who added their work to it.

The myclasses page was used extensively by the students to access forums and documents. Students had not used forums before to share their work. the myclasses page was used mainly by the classroom teacher to put up homework, pictures etc.

19/6/08 Students used myclasses to download a survey to be completed. Once done, they were to up-load into the myclasses files box for the teacher and other students to see.

19/6/08 Interactive Whiteboard was again used at the end of the unit to show new understandings. Students wrote on the board and the students work was saved. media type="file" key="using the interactive whiteboard.swf"

19/6/08 Students completed a 'vote for' on the myclasses page as to what was the most popular method of multiplying after viewing a PowerPoint and completiting a number of multiplication problems as part of their homework. media type="file" key="Most popular multiplication method.swf" Also, students interveiwed parents and asked them their most preferred method of calculating media type="file" key="Parents preferred way of calculating.swf"