End of ICT Elective

The end has now arrived for the ICT elective. Essays are almost submitted, blog up-to-date and my knowledge of ICT has grown greatly. I think that before I started the elective I did not have the confidence to use ICT innovatively in the classroom. The only lessons I had taught on ICT were on first year placement when they were learning to send an email. Although pupils need to know this, it is not fun and engaging and probably not what the pupils want to learn. Since taking part in the elective, I understand now that ICT lessons do have to be more fun. They have to be more enjoyable and engaging. Pupils live at home surrounded by technology so why not use technology to help aid teaching and learning?

I feel that everything we learnt by digital movie making and animation is something that I would definately try out in class. I believe that there are so many skills that can be learnt from this process, and it is very much about working co-operatively and collaboratively, something was is very important in Curriculum for Excellence. I am pleased with the outcome of both the movie and the animation we created in our groups, but it is not the end product that matters. It is the process that we went through to actually do the movie and the animation (also the wiki). It was about working together to solve problems, to complete tasks and to bounce ideas off each other. Here are the finished products for you to see.