Short version of my presentation at ICT in Education Conference, Lit, Thurles. 11th May, 2013

1. Mary Jo Bell & Senior Infants,
St. Anne’s School,
Shankill.
@7MJB @MrsBellsClass
mrsbellsclassblog.blogspot.ie
Technology in the Infant
Classroom

2. 33 Technology loving SeniorInfants

3. •One laptop
•One digital camera
•Interactive White Board
•Visualiser
•Computer Corner/Computer Room
A little goes a long way!

5. •Animoto
•Audacity
•Voki
•MS Paint
•OpenOffice
•ePortfolios
•Social Media: Blog, Twitter, Skype, Google
Hangout
Some free techie things we love to
use:

6. • Free 30 second videos
• Sign up as an educator= longervideos
Animoto: so easy forInfants

7. Making ourAnimoto Video
“Shapes Outside”

8. One child makes a folderon desktop: “Shapes
Outside”
Children upload photos & drag into folder

9. We open Animoto & choose a “suitable” style.
Children upload photos, add text, choose music.
Produce theirvideo!

10. •Record news
•Record reading
•Record creative stories
•Record poems (Béarla & Gaeilge)
•Record project work
Audacity: Great for Literacy

11. Using Audacity in the classroom
Children workin groups to
create a story using Rory Story

12. Each group then records its story
Cubes are set in
sequence to help
children remember
theirpart of story.

13. Recorded stories are saved onto
laptop

14. Voki: great for recording poems
Children choose avatar, background, clothes & add some bling!

15. Poem is recorded & shared on
Twitter

16. Computer Corner. Computer Room

17. Workin OpenOffice & MS Paint

18. • 33 children + 3 computers in class
• 11 children have own folderon each computer
• Every child has own folderin ComputerRoom.
• Children save workto theirfolders
• Children photograph work& upload photos to
folders
ePortfolios

19. Children place name card under
work, photograph it & upload to
theirfolder

20. Saving workto ePortfolio

21. • Show & Tell
• Small objects
• Page frommaths book
• Story book
• Story cubes
Visualiser

22. Show & Tell

23. •Class Blog
•Twitter
•Skype
•Google Hangout
Social Media

24. • Parental permission
•Group photographs
•No names with photos
•CheckTwitterfeed forSpam
Safety Issues

25. Class Blog
mrsbellsclassblog.blogspot.ie

26. •To develop & enhance literacy skills
•To connect with otherclasses
•To share & display ourwork
•To highlight ouractivities forparents
•To add an element of creativity & fun to our
work
•To make connections forSkype & Google
Hangout
•To join in #artweek13, #anfomhar, #antearrach
Twitter: @MrsBellsClass
Why do we tweet?

28. Skype

29. Google Hangout

31. St Anne’s School.
Shankill,
Co. Dublin
@7MJB @MrsBellsClass
Presentation by:
Mary Jo Bell
& Senior Infants