60 Ideas... in more than 60 seconds

60 Ideas... in more than 60 seconds

About this presentationAbout this presentation

I was trawling the net the other day, looking for stuff to contribute to our ICT PD Cluster Social Network site, and I cam across a few guys talking about ‘ideas’ for ICT across the curriculum. Andrew Field had set up a forum where educators were sharing their ideas to add to a ‘basket’ of ideas called ‘Effective ICT In The Classroom, 60 ICT ideas in 60 minutes.”

The results were fantastic, and I thought it would be cool to turn them into a video that would make it easier to share the ideas... here’s my contribution to 60 ideas in 60 minutes.

I was trawling the net the other day, looking for stuff to contribute to our ICT PD Cluster Social Network site, and I cam across a few guys talking about ‘ideas’ for ICT across the curriculum. Andrew Field had set up a forum where educators were sharing their ideas to add to a ‘basket’ of ideas called ‘Effective ICT In The Classroom, 60 ICT ideas in 60 minutes.”

The results were fantastic, and I thought it would be cool to turn them into a video that would make it easier to share the ideas... here’s my contribution to 60 ideas in 60 minutes.

Set up a BlogSet up a Blog

a place to offer additional support, ideas and links to help students' learning.a place to offer additional support, ideas and links to help students' learning.

Get students to video their class presentation Get students to video

their class presentation

really effective use of ICT where students are in control, scripting and preparing a presentation to go online.

really effective use of ICT where students are in control, scripting and preparing a presentation to go online.

Create a webquest task for an ICT-based

homework

Create a webquest task for an ICT-based

homework

force students to research and prepare materials by following a webquest. A series of links and tasks to answer which guide students through a topic.

force students to research and prepare materials by following a webquest. A series of links and tasks to answer which guide students through a topic.

Give students a massive Word document and a

strict word limit -

Give students a massive Word document and a

strict word limit -

provide students with a 40 page document full of information and ask them to precis the text to 200 words

provide students with a 40 page document full of information and ask them to precis the text to 200 words

Give students a terrible PowerPoint presentationGive students a terrible PowerPoint presentation

provide students with an awful PowerPoint presentation about a particular topic. Make it look awful, include incorrect and worthless information, put everything in the wrong order. Ask them to mark it and then fix it.

provide students with an awful PowerPoint presentation about a particular topic. Make it look awful, include incorrect and worthless information, put everything in the wrong order. Ask them to mark it and then fix it.

Graffiti a sourceGraffiti a source

project an image onto a whiteboard. Get students to draw all over it with their analysis and ideas.

project an image onto a whiteboard. Get students to draw all over it with their analysis and ideas.

MP3 your workMP3 your work

only accept the next piece of work in MP3 format. Show students Audacity + a microphone and get them to record their next piece of work / revision

only accept the next piece of work in MP3 format. Show students Audacity + a microphone and get them to record their next piece of work / revision

Project a video but remove the soundProject a video but remove the sound

play a film trailer without any sound, get students to add their own music and effects to fit.

play a film trailer without any sound, get students to add their own music and effects to fit.

Create a PowerPoint background

Create a PowerPoint background

Create a PowerPoint for students to perform in front of - adding timing, graphics to make an active presentation more impressive.

Create a PowerPoint for students to perform in front of - adding timing, graphics to make an active presentation more impressive.

Create an interactive quiz or game

Create an interactive quiz or game

Using quality software such as Hot Potatoes or ContentGenerator.net to create an engaging starter / plenary activity.

Using quality software such as Hot Potatoes or ContentGenerator.net to create an engaging starter / plenary activity.

Use portable recording devices for interviewsUse portable recording devices for interviews

Get students to record short, sharp interviews in mp3 format.Get students to record short, sharp interviews in mp3 format.

Setup a class podcast

Setup a class podcast

Divide students into groups and make each responsible for part of a topic. Each group has to prepare a podcast. All the podcasts are then combined and put online as one class podcast for all to use.

Divide students into groups and make each responsible for part of a topic. Each group has to prepare a podcast. All the podcasts are then combined and put online as one class podcast for all to use.

Save whiteboard notesSave whiteboard notes

Use a whiteboard for a class mind-mapping session to start a topic. Save the whiteboard file. At the end of the topic, repeat the exercise, but then load their initial work to compare and contrast.

Use a whiteboard for a class mind-mapping session to start a topic. Save the whiteboard file. At the end of the topic, repeat the exercise, but then load their initial work to compare and contrast.

Sound effectsSound effects

Introduce sound effects via your laptop. A good answer? Cue a round of applause. A silly idea? Cue some booing. Make student in charge of playing the effects.

Introduce sound effects via your laptop. A good answer? Cue a round of applause. A silly idea? Cue some booing. Make student in charge of playing the effects.

Student voiceStudent voice

Put together an online evaluation form - students can complete this to share their thoughts and feedback about the lesson / topic.

Put together an online evaluation form - students can complete this to share their thoughts and feedback about the lesson / topic.

Project a worksheetProject a worksheet

Don't photocopy a task-sheet - project it onto the wall so everyone can see it and save on the photocopy budget.

Don't photocopy a task-sheet - project it onto the wall so everyone can see it and save on the photocopy budget.

Use a massive digital timer

Use a massive digital timer

Project a massive clock onto the board so nobody can be in any doubt how long a task is meant to take.

Project a massive clock onto the board so nobody can be in any doubt how long a task is meant to take.

Use PowerPoint timingsUse PowerPoint timings

Setup tasks using timed PowerPoint slides. Details for the first task appears. Once the time is up, automatically move the screen on. The teacher can just leave this running, allowing them to focus on the students.

Setup tasks using timed PowerPoint slides. Details for the first task appears. Once the time is up, automatically move the screen on. The teacher can just leave this running, allowing them to focus on the students.

Set up a collaborative Wiki

Set up a collaborative Wiki

for sharing of ideasfor sharing of ideas

Get to students to present their work in

moviemaker

Get to students to present their work in

moviemaker

or iMovie... or Final Cut Proor iMovie... or Final Cut Pro

Get students to create animations to show processes (e.g. science /

geography) in action

Get students to create animations to show processes (e.g. science /

geography) in action

could be using flash or putting together individual video shots making small changes each time (in a Wallace and Grommit style!

could be using flash or putting together individual video shots making small changes each time (in a Wallace and Grommit style!

Use sound effects to introduce a topic

Use sound effects to introduce a topic

(students could have to guess what the topic is) or to provide the ambience in the classroom - e.g. tropical rainforest sounds; lava bubbling; an earthquake etc.

(students could have to guess what the topic is) or to provide the ambience in the classroom - e.g. tropical rainforest sounds; lava bubbling; an earthquake etc.

Set up a Department Website to share resources between staff and provide online support for students

Set up a Department Website to share resources between staff and provide online support for students

get students to contribute and take responsibility for sections of the website; use the website to help celebrate student achievement by adding examples of good work - poems, art work etc..

get students to contribute and take responsibility for sections of the website; use the website to help celebrate student achievement by adding examples of good work - poems, art work etc..

Use whiteboard to teach field-sketching

Use whiteboard to teach field-sketching

project picture in notebook - select and draw round the main 'defining lines' of the features shown - remove picture from the background and annotate the key features

project picture in notebook - select and draw round the main 'defining lines' of the features shown - remove picture from the background and annotate the key features

Use skype or similar to make a virtual language

lab

Use skype or similar to make a virtual language

lab

or make use of MSN or similar (such as live chat in digital brain) for practicing conversing in MFL

or make use of MSN or similar (such as live chat in digital brain) for practicing conversing in MFL

Video ConferencingVideo Conferencing

bring experts into the classroom 'virtually' through the use of a video conferencebring experts into the classroom 'virtually' through the use of a video conference

"Making the News""Making the News"

encourage students to create news articles / videos to be broadcast / published on line through the Making the News free online publishing system

encourage students to create news articles / videos to be broadcast / published on line through the Making the News free online publishing system

Use GIS in the

classroom

Use GIS in the

classroom

e.g. AEGIS - to develop spatial awareness / help students see spatial patternse.g. AEGIS - to develop spatial awareness / help students see spatial patterns

Create flyovers in Google Earth

Create flyovers in Google Earth

help students develop a sense of place / take them on virtual journeys around the world - geotag points with photographs etc.

help students develop a sense of place / take them on virtual journeys around the world - geotag points with photographs etc.

Create virtual field-tripsCreate virtual field-trips

...using image hotspots / hyperlinks to text images etc.. for use both in the classroom and for students to use at home

...using image hotspots / hyperlinks to text images etc.. for use both in the classroom and for students to use at home

Use digital video played through the IWB...

Use digital video played through the IWB...

...to pause and annotate video clips and to take still images of the annotations / picture - to build up story board of main points from video for feedback at the end

...to pause and annotate video clips and to take still images of the annotations / picture - to build up story board of main points from video for feedback at the end

Use photoshop or similar graphic package to alter / clone

photographs to predict change in a landscape

Use photoshop or similar graphic package to alter / clone

photographs to predict change in a landscape

e.g. the effects of coastal erosion or sea level rise. - by creating a series of 'altered' photographs at different stages and then inserting them in moviemaker - a basic animation can be created of landform development. Students could also be given photographs and asked to alter them according to what they think will happen - as well as adding text annotations to describe and explain the processes taking place (sorry very geography orientated!)

e.g. the effects of coastal erosion or sea level rise. - by creating a series of 'altered' photographs at different stages and then inserting them in moviemaker - a basic animation can be created of landform development. Students could also be given photographs and asked to alter them according to what they think will happen - as well as adding text annotations to describe and explain the processes taking place (sorry very geography orientated!)

TimerTimer

Use the ANT4 Pizza timer to put 20 minutes on the board to show how easy it was to do and how useful it was for pupils in managing their learning.

Use the ANT4 Pizza timer to put 20 minutes on the board to show how easy it was to do and how useful it was for pupils in managing their learning.

Create a Word-search /Crossword/Cloze testCreate a Word-search /Crossword/Cloze test

Hot Potatoes to show how to create a quiz using that for those that are planning on integrating materials onto the school VLE and also show the tools at http://school.discovery.com/teachingtools/teachingtools.html which I think actually create better versions if you're going to print them off on paper.

Hot Potatoes to show how to create a quiz using that for those that are planning on integrating materials onto the school VLE and also show the tools at http://school.discovery.com/teachingtools/teachingtools.html which I think actually create better versions if you're going to print them off on paper.

Projecting an image using Powerpoint

Projecting an image using Powerpoint

Using the scanners, import a picture into Powerpoint resize it to full screen, then using google images to find, download and import another.

Using the scanners, import a picture into Powerpoint resize it to full screen, then using google images to find, download and import another.

Use the pen tool in Powerpoint

Use the pen tool in Powerpoint

We don't have IWB's at our school, but if you right click during an Powerpoint Slide Show, you can select a pen tool to annotate whatever is on the slide. It won't save your scribblings, but it can still be quite a useful tool

We don't have IWB's at our school, but if you right click during an Powerpoint Slide Show, you can select a pen tool to annotate whatever is on the slide. It won't save your scribblings, but it can still be quite a useful tool

Interactivity without an IWB

Interactivity without an IWB

Get people to interact with what's being projected by using a wireless mouse and/or or bluetooth tablet

Get people to interact with what's being projected by using a wireless mouse and/or or bluetooth tablet

Improve an existing essay

Improve an existing essay

Put a word-processed piece of work on the school network and get pupils to download and improve it. This could then be commented on by another class member using another colour text

Put a word-processed piece of work on the school network and get pupils to download and improve it. This could then be commented on by another class member using another colour text

Setting up a learning blog

Setting up a learning blog

Using free blogging software (such as livejournal - which I prefer as it doesn't have the 'next blog' link at the top) to create a class blog to encourage pupil discussion and involvement

Using free blogging software (such as livejournal - which I prefer as it doesn't have the 'next blog' link at the top) to create a class blog to encourage pupil discussion and involvement

Adding a picture into a worksheet

Adding a picture into a worksheet

Yes, I know to us it might be basic, but I wanted something that those staff who are just getting comfortable doing their own typing could use to jazz up their work sheets. This would cover cropping, changing brightness and contrast and controlling layout

Yes, I know to us it might be basic, but I wanted something that those staff who are just getting comfortable doing their own typing could use to jazz up their work sheets. This would cover cropping, changing brightness and contrast and controlling layout

Adding musicAdding music

Using itunes to create playlists of various types of music - calming, concentrating, urgent, time keeping etc

Using itunes to create playlists of various types of music - calming, concentrating, urgent, time keeping etc

Creating a learning game

Creating a learning game

Showing how easy it is to create a quiz using content generator software or quiz builder websites

Showing how easy it is to create a quiz using content generator software or quiz builder websites

Provide ICT scaffoldingProvide ICT scaffolding

a word document template that helps students put together an essay plan / answer

a word document template that helps students put together an essay plan / answer

Hamburger ICT template

Hamburger ICT template

picture of a hamburger split into its component parts - student literally uses the images as background to help them identify all the component parts of the essay.

picture of a hamburger split into its component parts - student literally uses the images as background to help them identify all the component parts of the essay.

Mind-mapping softwareMind-mapping software

use mind-mapping software instead of drawing notes on the boarduse mind-mapping software instead of drawing notes on the board

Getting students to use their mobile phone

Getting students to use their mobile phone

with all the new features on phones there are so many possibilities. Recording voices, sharing ideas via bluetooth, texting answers etc.

with all the new features on phones there are so many possibilities. Recording voices, sharing ideas via bluetooth, texting answers etc.

MP3 treasure huntMP3 treasure hunt

Provide clues to help students find resources / information etc. that is provided on mp3 players as audio. Hide these players around the classroom / area.

Provide clues to help students find resources / information etc. that is provided on mp3 players as audio. Hide these players around the classroom / area.

Use a large digital dieUse a large digital die

Project a large die / dice onto the board. Use these to supplement an existing activity

Project a large die / dice onto the board. Use these to supplement an existing activity

Flickr photosFlickr photos

Get students to record a trip / presentation / event and upload images to Flickr

Get students to record a trip / presentation / event and upload images to Flickr

Immense copies of workImmense copies of work

Get students to use Rasterbator to create a wall-sized version of their work - simple and easy mega-poster maker that uses an original image (i.e. digital photo of their work etc.)

Get students to use Rasterbator to create a wall-sized version of their work - simple and easy mega-poster maker that uses an original image (i.e. digital photo of their work etc.)

Using a drag and drop macro in Powerpoint

Using a drag and drop macro in Powerpoint

to make powerpoint a more interactive teaching / learning toolto make powerpoint a more interactive teaching / learning tool

Using the record function on a IWB to

prepare tutorials

Using the record function on a IWB to

prepare tutorials

...which can be put online...which can be put online

Embedding video and flash into powerpoint...Embedding video and flash into powerpoint...

...to make them more interactive...to make them more interactive

Text analysis using smartboard notebook...

Text analysis using smartboard notebook...

...and the highlight functions...and the highlight functions

Set up an online photograph gallery /

library for students to contribute to

Set up an online photograph gallery /

library for students to contribute to

- to build up a collection of copyright free images - e..g. of geographical landforms, different places, cultures etc.

- to build up a collection of copyright free images - e..g. of geographical landforms, different places, cultures etc.

Use a wireless mouseUse a wireless mouse

hooked up to the laptop & projector, this is a great way to give students control of the lesson - they have to get involved.

hooked up to the laptop & projector, this is a great way to give students control of the lesson - they have to get involved.

Setup a teacher e-mail account to

share with students

Setup a teacher e-mail account to

share with students

as long as you are following the correct guidelines, this is a great way of allowing students to e-mail their work to you.

as long as you are following the correct guidelines, this is a great way of allowing students to e-mail their work to you.

Use Excel to create a drag

and drop

Use Excel to create a drag

and drop

- using coloured textboxes in Excel you can easily create a drag-and-drop exercise that can be extended further with just a little thought.

- using coloured textboxes in Excel you can easily create a drag-and-drop exercise that can be extended further with just a little thought.

Use Excel for 'weighting' exercises

Use Excel for 'weighting' exercises

- give students a collection of causes or important aspects for a topic. Ask them to add a number from 1 - 10 under each one to identify how significant it was. Then highlight everything and press the graph button and you have instant graphical analysis!

- give students a collection of causes or important aspects for a topic. Ask them to add a number from 1 - 10 under each one to identify how significant it was. Then highlight everything and press the graph button and you have instant graphical analysis!

Use your own Publisher templates - provide students

scaffolding in Publisher

Use your own Publisher templates - provide students

scaffolding in Publisher

- but take advantage of the ability to drag items actually off the paper. Surround the outside of the paper with too many ideas, images and headlines. Students than have to select their own choice to drag into the Publisher document. Add in an evaluation task i.e. why did you select the image etc. to take the whole activity to the next level.

- but take advantage of the ability to drag items actually off the paper. Surround the outside of the paper with too many ideas, images and headlines. Students than have to select their own choice to drag into the Publisher document. Add in an evaluation task i.e. why did you select the image etc. to take the whole activity to the next level.

Deciding not to use ICTDeciding not to use ICT

In the push for ICT-based lessons the learning opportunities can sometimes get left behind. If you evaluate a lesson and identify no added value by using ICT, taking the proactive step not to use ICT is the best thing to do!

In the push for ICT-based lessons the learning opportunities can sometimes get left behind. If you evaluate a lesson and identify no added value by using ICT, taking the proactive step not to use ICT is the best thing to do!

Wireless keyboardWireless keyboard

pass a wireless keyboard round the class for a fairly sedate brainstorm/mindmap (even better if you use mindmapping software)

pass a wireless keyboard round the class for a fairly sedate brainstorm/mindmap (even better if you use mindmapping software)

Theme tunesTheme tunes

use music through speakers to motivate students (in collaboration with countdown timers this can be especially powerful)

use music through speakers to motivate students (in collaboration with countdown timers this can be especially powerful)

StoryboardingStoryboarding

get students to storyboard a non-written assessment using Powerpoint or similar and then film it in short sections using the video function of a digital camera

get students to storyboard a non-written assessment using Powerpoint or similar and then film it in short sections using the video function of a digital camera

Teach old hardware new tricks

Teach old hardware new tricks

find old computers, whack Linux on them and use them in the classroom!find old computers, whack Linux on them and use them in the classroom!

Homework CheckerHomework Checker

show students that you're keeping tabs on their homework/attendance/effort/whatever with conditional formatting in Excel

show students that you're keeping tabs on their homework/attendance/effort/whatever with conditional formatting in Excel

Web camWeb cam

use a web cam to enable subject specialist to be hot-seated by different classes at the same time, or use the web cam as part of a role play activity in which the individual comes through on the screen with an eyewitness account of a key event from history as if they have just witnessed it

use a web cam to enable subject specialist to be hot-seated by different classes at the same time, or use the web cam as part of a role play activity in which the individual comes through on the screen with an eyewitness account of a key event from history as if they have just witnessed it

Magic answersMagic answers

when taking feedback from students on a particular task in which you reveal the answers if they are correct or not, first type in the answer on a Word document, then colour them white. When students give you their answer, highlight the apparently blank section of the sheet where you have typed the answer in white, and change the font colour back to black. It's magic!

when taking feedback from students on a particular task in which you reveal the answers if they are correct or not, first type in the answer on a Word document, then colour them white. When students give you their answer, highlight the apparently blank section of the sheet where you have typed the answer in white, and change the font colour back to black. It's magic!

Email an expertEmail an expert

ask students to prepare questions on a given subject, possibly coursework, and as a class choose the best 5 to go forward to an expert in the field, possibly at a museum or educational establishment. I did this on Vietnam, using war veterans listed on John Simkin's Spartacus website and the responses were fascinating

ask students to prepare questions on a given subject, possibly coursework, and as a class choose the best 5 to go forward to an expert in the field, possibly at a museum or educational establishment. I did this on Vietnam, using war veterans listed on John Simkin's Spartacus website and the responses were fascinating

You say we (don't) payYou say we (don't) pay

fun variation of Richard and Judy's game. Project images of famous figures or keywords from the topic under study behind a student or group of students sitting at the front. The class describe the image or keyword and the student at the front must guess what is on the screen.

fun variation of Richard and Judy's game. Project images of famous figures or keywords from the topic under study behind a student or group of students sitting at the front. The class describe the image or keyword and the student at the front must guess what is on the screen.

Introduce RPG MakerIntroduce RPG Maker

Use RPG Maker (free) to allow students to create their own games based on historic events

Use RPG Maker (free) to allow students to create their own games based on historic events

Highlighting textHighlighting text

simple activities like this in Word enable some challenging, higher order thinking. Give students a text / source and ask them to highlight in a given colour all the evidence which suggest a certain theme, for example are the evidence in the text that the other is a supporter of a particular view in green and a critic in red. Also good for getting students to identify opinion or fact by highlighting these in different colours

simple activities like this in Word enable some challenging, higher order thinking. Give students a text / source and ask them to highlight in a given colour all the evidence which suggest a certain theme, for example are the evidence in the text that the other is a supporter of a particular view in green and a critic in red. Also good for getting students to identify opinion or fact by highlighting these in different colours