Burnett, Dickinson , Myers and Merchant (2006) state that new smart boards have replace the old blackboards, in doing so it has seemed to transform teachers pedagogical approaches in how to teach literacy. I chose to a simple PowerPoint that can be placed onto one of these smart boards that was to with sequencing a fairy tale. This PowerPoint could be use in both Key Stages in the National Curriculum (1999) with Key Stage 1 sequencing the fairytale (3b, p. 47)and key Stage 2 children could develop their understanding of character and plot etc (4c, p. 53) are identified as the lower half of the PowerPoint has been left blank for their contribution. Burnett et al (2006) suggest that quite often some teachers tend to avoid technology as much as possible. I have until recently tried to avoid technology as I have described myself in previous blogs to be a 'digital immigrant' and was very afraid of using technology. Having the opportunity to see different multimodal ways in which to teach literacy I am now beginning to build some confidence in trying new approaches.
Burnett, C, Dickinson, P, Myers, J and Merchant, G (2006) 'Digital connections: transforming literacy in the primary school' Cambridge Journal of Education 36 (1) pp. 11-29 (see online)
Http://extra.shu.ac.uk/bvw/Cambridge%20Journal%20piece.pdf
Department for Education and Employment (1999) The National Curriculum, Handbook for primary teachers in England Qualifications and Curriculum Authority: London
I agree with the use of the interactive whiteboard and using powerpoint when teaching and saw a lot of this on my placement in a year 5 class. However, do you think powerpoint could be overused and there are other programmes teachers could use which are interactive yet unique? I'm not sure about it, however, I do feel sometimes I can be over reliant on making a powerpoint and using them in the classroom and would like to know other ways/programmes to use when teaching.
ReplyDeleteI think because so many people know PowerPoint that it is 'safe to use'. PowerPoint has a tendency to be boring, however, I did not know how much you could do with it prior to this seminar and think it will be one of those ' thinking outside the box' scene riots to make full use of this resource.
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