Technology

media type="custom" key="3845279"I-pod touch- For the use of teachers to scroll through slideshows, procedures, projects for the class to follow without the teacher having to walk to her laptop to change the slide when she’s already walking around the room. The teacher would just have to pull out the I-pod and one touch will change it. The I-pod will be used as a teaching technique, this means the kids instead of always looking at the screen they can give their eyes a rest and reset and look at the teacher who will be encouraged to walk around the classroom well talking to the students. Subjects used in: Maths, Social Studies/Topic, English.

Skype- If there's a subject that we need to bring a specialist in, we could just hook the laptop up and video cam her speaking to the children on the projector. The kids can also ask questions and they can answer them because of live video calling. For example if the class was leaning about dinosours, and they thaught that i would be cool to talk to a real Archeologist the teacher would simply call (useing Skype) the Archeologoist and the class would be able to takl to him and ask questions.Subjects ued in: Social Studies/Topic

Tablets- These are laptops that can be written, drawn on and have a swivel screen with a touch pen. We can replace the keyboard and add it to the screen so that you just have to touch the keys and so you don't have something extra. This will make typing easier for little kids. For year 1,2 there will be one set of 8, the same for year 3,4 and for year 5,6,7,8 there will be one set of 8 per year. Subjects used in: Maths, Social Studies/Topic, English.

Pods- Little rooms where the year 7,8 can go when they are working on a presentation or assignment when the class is too crowded or if student groups don't want their ideas to get stolen. There will be a plug-in screen for the laptops so all student can share their ideas with each other. This also gives the older kids a sense of responsibility, to go off into groups by themselves. Subjects used in: Social Studies/Topic, English.

Internet- Most of our reading resources will be able to be accessed by students on the internet, for example if you need a specific page for english, instead of going around the classes trying to find the book you can just go on the library site and type in the name of the book and the page number. Our Math books will be on line so you can go straight to the page you need. How convenient! Subjects used in: Maths, Social Studies/Topic, English.  Smartboards- These are whiteboards hooked up to the teachers/pupils laptop. This is a perfect example of visual learning. The kids can sit at their desks or on the floor and watch the screen, the teacher can also write on the screen to show the class what to do. We have placed 1 smartboard in every room from years 1-4 and 3 in every room for years 5-8 put in a triangle shape in the middle of the class.Subjects used in: Maths, Social Studies/Topic, English.