in the Foundation · create QR codes, as well as QR code readers can be found on Hwb. This activity...

Interacting and collaborating

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Hwb

Background Lastyear,ChristopherJoneswontheNationalDigitalLearningAwardforBestCommunityResource.Hisideawassimple,butveryeffectiveinbeginningtobringanelementofdigitalcompetencetoFoundationPhasepupils.ItinvolvedusingQRcodesinahuntforMinibeasts.Sincethen,tobegintoimplementtheDigitalCompetenceFrameworkintohisactivities,hehasdevelopedashortsetofactivitiesbasedoncreatingerecipebooks.

Viewlastyear’sawardwinningresourceonHwb.

• Selectappropriatesoftwaretocompletegiventasksinordertousetext,image,soundanimationandvideo.

• Collaboratewithapartneronapieceofdigitalwork.

Digital Competence Framework

Introduction Thethemeforthetermhadbeen‘Supermarkets’.Childrendiscussedbakingbreadandlearntaboutwritinginstructions.

Activity Researchoncookbooks,ande-books.Createowninstructionsanddrafttoimprove.Workinpairs,collaborating,usingBookCreatortocreateane-bookandsavethefileusingafamiliarword.(UsingtheBookCreatorappwasmodelledtochildren.)

Activity Childrenaddtextto

imagesinBookCreatortoexplaineachstep.Recordandaddaudio

buttonsforeachinstruction.

OncecompletedthechildrencanuploadtheebooksontoJ2eand(maybewithsomehelp!)cancreateQRcodesusingJ2E5.TheQRcodesarethenplacedinthebookcorneroftheclassforthechildrentoaccessusingatablet.Learnerscouldcreatemagazines,books,newspapersoranyformofdigitalpublicationthroughthecollaborativeprocess,andsaveandsharethemusingQRcodes.

FullinstructionsonhowtocreateQRcodes,aswellasQRcodereaderscanbe

foundonHwb.

Thisactivitywasdesignedfor

FoundationPhasechildrenandthestatementslinkedwiththatkey

stage.

Thissessionwaspresentedby

ChristopherJonesAllSaintsChurchinWales

SchoolJonesC3001@hwbmail.net

HowYear1childrencreate,collaborate,storeandshare

e-books.

QR Codes in the

Foundation Phase

Activity Useatabletcameratotakephotosofimagestheyhavedrawn,oroftheactualstepsoftherecipebeingmade.TOPTIP..Keeptherecipesimple!!

TOP TIPS!

Childrencanresearchthetopicon

EncyclopaediaBritannica.PicturescanbefoundsafelyonImageQuest.