Download pdf - in the Foundation · create QR codes, as well as QR code readers can be found on Hwb. This activity was designed for Foundation Phase children and the statements linked with that

Interacting and collaborating

NDLE 2017 Market Place

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

[email protected]

HowYear1childrencreate,collaborate,storeandshare

e-books.

QR Codes in the

Foundation Phase

Activity Useatabletcameratotakephotosofimagestheyhavedrawn,oroftheactualstepsoftherecipebeingmade.TOPTIP..Keeptherecipesimple!!

TOP TIPS!

Childrencanresearchthetopicon

EncyclopaediaBritannica.PicturescanbefoundsafelyonImageQuest.