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How Foundation Phase
teachers around the world are
using technology in their
classrooms’
by Fiona Beal
fiona@schoolnet.org.za
Gotta share – the musical
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=soAk3F0wX9s
Outcomes for today
I would like to:
• show that times are changing for teachers
in South Africa
• find out what teachers in the Foundation
Phase around the world are doing with
regard to using technology
• draw a conclusion about technology and
teaching
1. So what is changing for
teachers in South Africa?
How Foundation Phase teachers around the world are using technology in their classrooms
Free online courses and webinars are rife
http://schoolnetsa.blogspot.com/p/free-short-online-courses.html
Twitter and Tweetchats for teachers
http://www.edchatsa.co.za/
@schoolnetsa
Pinterest boards
TeachMeets
http://teachmeet-southafrica.wikispaces.com/
Tablets and BYOD (Bring your own
device) in the classroom
Free classroom motivational programmes
http://www.classdojo.com/
A review: http://lachhull.blogspot.com/2012/02/classdojo-school-approach.html
It’s the era of global projects
Tons of amazing free tools on the
Internet (http://www.pil-network.com)
Microsoft’s Songsmith Microsoft’s Autocollage
Windows Movie Maker Photostory 3 for Windows
E-books are so easy to create and read
Skype and mystery Skype conversations
with global classrooms
How Foundation Phase teachers around the world are using technology in their classrooms
2. How are Foundation Phase
teachers around the world using
technology in their classrooms?
Flickr photo ‘Kindgergarten
kids ‘by Jeffrey Kehrig
“Everything I learned about
education I learned in Kindergarten”
play
create
socialize
discover
experience
express
move
relate
Children are starting young these days
(What digital natives want from their library)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7_zzPBbXjWs&feature=player_embedded#!
Matt Gomez
Kindergarten teacher
http://mattbgomez.com/
‘My hullabaloo’
„Kindergarten have only ever known the
technological world.‟
How Foundation Phase teachers around the world are using technology in their classrooms
http://kindergartenaroundtheworld.blogspot.ca/p/sign-ups-project-description-faq.html
Grade R Gleanings…
From Matt Gomez…
• Get the class writing short sentences on the
class Twitter account
• Learn about the world in real-life terms with
classes across the globe
• A blog can hold everything together for a
teacher
• Participate in a Twitterchat called #kinderchat
to learn more from others
Kathy Cassidy
Grade 1 teacher,
Canadahttp://mscassidysclass.edublogs.org
http://kathycassidy.com
‘Mrs Cassidy‟s classroom blog’
How Foundation Phase teachers around the world are using technology in their classrooms
How Foundation Phase teachers around the world are using technology in their classrooms
Twitter in the Grade 1 classroom video
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=GfbKwpsH9RA
How Foundation Phase teachers around the world are using technology in their classrooms
Skype in the Grade 1 classroom video
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=3BH2r6tk1MM
How Foundation Phase teachers around the world are using technology in their classrooms
Blogs in the Grade 1 classroom video
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=01Wav6WdGeY
Other Grade 1 examples
• Pam Roberts – Somerset House, Somerset
West - ebooks
• Carrie Sorensonson – USA – Learnist Boards
• Orge Karaoglu – Turkey – animate pictures
How Foundation Phase teachers around the world are using technology in their classrooms
• Learnist boards
How Foundation Phase teachers around the world are using technology in their classrooms
Before the advent of the Internet, classrooms were forced to be isolated learning
hives. Now, those hives can all be interconnected as classrooms can easily link with
other classrooms and experts to ask questions, compare experience and learn together.
Tools suchas Skype, Twitter and blogs make connecting and collaborating with classrooms
from anywhere a possibility.
Gleanings from Grade 1 teachers
• Before the advent of the Internet, classrooms
were forced to be isolated learning hives. Now,
those hives can all be interconnected as
classrooms can easily link with other classrooms
and experts to ask questions, compare
experience and learn together.
• Tools such as Skype, Twitter and blogs make
connecting and collaborating with classrooms
from anywhere a possibility.
Before the advent of the Internet, classrooms were forced to be isolated learning
hives. Now, those hives can all be interconnected as classrooms can easily link with
other classrooms and experts to ask questions, compare experience and learn together.
Tools suchas Skype, Twitter and blogs make connecting and collaborating with classrooms
from anywhere a possibility.
• Instead of just writing in a classwork book…get
the class writing short sentences on the class
Twitter account, or create blogs
• Use Skype to enhance the classroom
experience
• Start learning about digital footprints while
they are young. Digital portfolios
• Keep your own resources online so that you
can share with others
Grade 2 examples
Parklands College - Dinosaur research
Research in the Grade 2 classroom video
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LVOENJfztfo&feature=player_embedded
Grade 3 examples
Linda Yollis Grade 3 blog, USA
How Foundation Phase teachers around the world are using technology in their classrooms
http://www.pppst.com/
Gleanings…
From Grade 2 and 3 teachers
• Develop storytelling which can then develop
into good writing skills
• Learn information in innovative ways
3. Conclusions about using
technology in the Foudation
Phase classroom
The all-important question…
“Is technology essential or
even necessary for good
teaching to take place?”
“If children do not learn
the way we teach then we
must teach the way they
learn.”
Before the advent of the Internet, classrooms were forced to be isolated learning
hives. Now, those hives can all be interconnected as classrooms can easily link with
other classrooms and experts to ask questions, compare experience and learn together.
Tools suchas Skype, Twitter and blogs make connecting and collaborating with classrooms
from anywhere a possibility.
• Technology should not just allow us to do
traditional in a different way; it should allow
us to do things that we thought were not
possible.
• e.g. Drawing a picture. With technology you can
publish it, animate it, share it etc
• When you write news or do some research – to
take it further integrate it as an ebook
• By sharing their artifacts digitally, students
invite the involvement and support of their
parent, grandparents, and anyone who sees
their work.
• What technology is NOT – keeping
students occupied, used for the sake of
it
• Why not try some of these ideas for
yourself and share your ideas with
colleagues – not only in your own school
but on a wider scale.
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How Foundation Phase teachers around the world are using technology in their classrooms

  • 1. How Foundation Phase teachers around the world are using technology in their classrooms’ by Fiona Beal fiona@schoolnet.org.za
  • 2. Gotta share – the musical http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=soAk3F0wX9s
  • 3. Outcomes for today I would like to: • show that times are changing for teachers in South Africa • find out what teachers in the Foundation Phase around the world are doing with regard to using technology • draw a conclusion about technology and teaching
  • 4. 1. So what is changing for teachers in South Africa?
  • 6. Free online courses and webinars are rife http://schoolnetsa.blogspot.com/p/free-short-online-courses.html
  • 7. Twitter and Tweetchats for teachers http://www.edchatsa.co.za/ @schoolnetsa
  • 10. Tablets and BYOD (Bring your own device) in the classroom
  • 11. Free classroom motivational programmes http://www.classdojo.com/ A review: http://lachhull.blogspot.com/2012/02/classdojo-school-approach.html
  • 12. It’s the era of global projects
  • 13. Tons of amazing free tools on the Internet (http://www.pil-network.com) Microsoft’s Songsmith Microsoft’s Autocollage Windows Movie Maker Photostory 3 for Windows
  • 14. E-books are so easy to create and read
  • 15. Skype and mystery Skype conversations with global classrooms
  • 17. 2. How are Foundation Phase teachers around the world using technology in their classrooms?
  • 18. Flickr photo ‘Kindgergarten kids ‘by Jeffrey Kehrig
  • 19. “Everything I learned about education I learned in Kindergarten” play create socialize discover experience express move relate
  • 20. Children are starting young these days (What digital natives want from their library) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7_zzPBbXjWs&feature=player_embedded#!
  • 21. Matt Gomez Kindergarten teacher http://mattbgomez.com/ ‘My hullabaloo’ „Kindergarten have only ever known the technological world.‟
  • 24. Grade R Gleanings… From Matt Gomez… • Get the class writing short sentences on the class Twitter account • Learn about the world in real-life terms with classes across the globe • A blog can hold everything together for a teacher • Participate in a Twitterchat called #kinderchat to learn more from others
  • 25. Kathy Cassidy Grade 1 teacher, Canadahttp://mscassidysclass.edublogs.org http://kathycassidy.com ‘Mrs Cassidy‟s classroom blog’
  • 28. Twitter in the Grade 1 classroom video http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=GfbKwpsH9RA
  • 30. Skype in the Grade 1 classroom video http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=3BH2r6tk1MM
  • 32. Blogs in the Grade 1 classroom video http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=01Wav6WdGeY
  • 33. Other Grade 1 examples • Pam Roberts – Somerset House, Somerset West - ebooks • Carrie Sorensonson – USA – Learnist Boards • Orge Karaoglu – Turkey – animate pictures
  • 37. Before the advent of the Internet, classrooms were forced to be isolated learning hives. Now, those hives can all be interconnected as classrooms can easily link with other classrooms and experts to ask questions, compare experience and learn together. Tools suchas Skype, Twitter and blogs make connecting and collaborating with classrooms from anywhere a possibility. Gleanings from Grade 1 teachers • Before the advent of the Internet, classrooms were forced to be isolated learning hives. Now, those hives can all be interconnected as classrooms can easily link with other classrooms and experts to ask questions, compare experience and learn together. • Tools such as Skype, Twitter and blogs make connecting and collaborating with classrooms from anywhere a possibility.
  • 38. Before the advent of the Internet, classrooms were forced to be isolated learning hives. Now, those hives can all be interconnected as classrooms can easily link with other classrooms and experts to ask questions, compare experience and learn together. Tools suchas Skype, Twitter and blogs make connecting and collaborating with classrooms from anywhere a possibility. • Instead of just writing in a classwork book…get the class writing short sentences on the class Twitter account, or create blogs • Use Skype to enhance the classroom experience • Start learning about digital footprints while they are young. Digital portfolios • Keep your own resources online so that you can share with others
  • 39. Grade 2 examples Parklands College - Dinosaur research
  • 40. Research in the Grade 2 classroom video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LVOENJfztfo&feature=player_embedded
  • 41. Grade 3 examples Linda Yollis Grade 3 blog, USA
  • 44. Gleanings… From Grade 2 and 3 teachers • Develop storytelling which can then develop into good writing skills • Learn information in innovative ways
  • 45. 3. Conclusions about using technology in the Foudation Phase classroom
  • 46. The all-important question… “Is technology essential or even necessary for good teaching to take place?”
  • 47. “If children do not learn the way we teach then we must teach the way they learn.”
  • 48. Before the advent of the Internet, classrooms were forced to be isolated learning hives. Now, those hives can all be interconnected as classrooms can easily link with other classrooms and experts to ask questions, compare experience and learn together. Tools suchas Skype, Twitter and blogs make connecting and collaborating with classrooms from anywhere a possibility. • Technology should not just allow us to do traditional in a different way; it should allow us to do things that we thought were not possible. • e.g. Drawing a picture. With technology you can publish it, animate it, share it etc • When you write news or do some research – to take it further integrate it as an ebook • By sharing their artifacts digitally, students invite the involvement and support of their parent, grandparents, and anyone who sees their work.
  • 49. • What technology is NOT – keeping students occupied, used for the sake of it • Why not try some of these ideas for yourself and share your ideas with colleagues – not only in your own school but on a wider scale.

Editor's Notes

  1. This is definitey the age of professional development in your pajamas. The Internet is totally amazing in my opinion – one of the greatest inventions ever made – and we can have facts at our fingertips. W can learn so much in the privacy of our own homes – more than ever before.
  2. Our most recent chat was on the topic of Do new technologies in the classroom change pupil behaviour?"
  3. Flatten classroom walls and link with classes all over the world. Karen’s rhino project, flat rosy project
  4. And of course, there is a move away from having a computer teacher in a school but rather having a technology integration facilitator who helps the teachers introduce technology into their own classrooms and there are quite a few schools around the country who are doing this.
  5. I originally planned to make this talk only for Kindgergrten teachers but when natalie told me Foundation Phase teachers in general had booked I decided to just start in Kindergarten. Why did I want to start in Kindergarten? Most of the revolutionary changes have been around for a while in kindergarten. Now is the burning questions. Is technolgoy essential for good teaching? Or does it simply good teaching better. make f
  6. She discovered that chidren start very young with technology these days. Many start with technology long before they get to school.