ICT on a budget, can it work? Most definitely. With the abundance of web 2 tools and interactive websites there is almost no need to spend fortunes on site licences and upgrades.
ABCya is a great interactive site suited from preps to grade 6. There are loads of games from Days of the Week to Tangram puzzles. In amongst the games, there are interactive activities that allow the user to create cars, gingerbread houses and even robots. The Make a Robot interactive game is great from preps to grade 6 students, depending on the grade level can determine the level of extension you can give your grade.
For example, if you have preps, they can learn how to navigate from the home page to the robot page, focusing on navigation skills and using the mouse.
For the grade ones and twos, they could complete a Google search for the site and also learn how to save their robot into the schools network, filling out the appropriate fields.
For the grade 3 – 6, I thought saving was too easy. They used the Sniping Tool to save their robot into their file. Using Microsoft Word, the robot was inserted, formatting the picture using text wrap and crop and enlarging it, as well as choosing an appropriate border.
In readiness for their Naplan, they then had to write persuasive sentences to create an advertisement to sell their robot, telling the consumers why we all need their robot in our life.
ICT on a budget - Engaging? You bet! Exploring? Navigating, new skills, searching! Explaining? The student’s favourite part was sharing their robot through the network on the IWB and explaining why their robot was so special.
ABCya is a great interactive site suited from preps to grade 6. There are loads of games from Days of the Week to Tangram puzzles. In amongst the games, there are interactive activities that allow the user to create cars, gingerbread houses and even robots. The Make a Robot interactive game is great from preps to grade 6 students, depending on the grade level can determine the level of extension you can give your grade.
For example, if you have preps, they can learn how to navigate from the home page to the robot page, focusing on navigation skills and using the mouse.
For the grade ones and twos, they could complete a Google search for the site and also learn how to save their robot into the schools network, filling out the appropriate fields.
For the grade 3 – 6, I thought saving was too easy. They used the Sniping Tool to save their robot into their file. Using Microsoft Word, the robot was inserted, formatting the picture using text wrap and crop and enlarging it, as well as choosing an appropriate border.
In readiness for their Naplan, they then had to write persuasive sentences to create an advertisement to sell their robot, telling the consumers why we all need their robot in our life.
ICT on a budget - Engaging? You bet! Exploring? Navigating, new skills, searching! Explaining? The student’s favourite part was sharing their robot through the network on the IWB and explaining why their robot was so special.
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