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Associated Teachers’ TV programme
Primary ICT SOS: Science
TTV-C1109001-A01 Primary ICT SOS Primary Science
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(narrator)
Coming up in this programme:
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a masterclass about how to get full
value from a digital microscope;
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how a year 3 teacher uses a digital
camera to make sense of fractions;
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and top tips for the classroom.
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Always carry a digital camera.
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It's really useful for taking photos
of children who are doing good work,
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taking photos of their work
so you've got that -
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it's easier than photocopying.
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There's lots of uses for it.
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Carry a digital camera and
you'll find you use it every day.
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Hello, and welcome to ICT SOS.
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Do you have a digital microscope
in your classroom?
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If so, is it gathering dust
in the back of a classroom cupboard?
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We came across one teacher
who wanted to find out
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how to get more out of
this useful piece of equipment.
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In year 5 we're looking at
life cycles at the moment
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and I'd really like to incorporate
some ICT in the science lesson.
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We have a bit of equipment -
this microscope.
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I'd like to be able
to use it with the class
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so they can see the images we'll
be looking at in greater detail.
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But I'm not too sure about how to
actually use it and what it can do.
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So if someone can give me a bit
of help, I'd really appreciate it.
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(Judith) And here to help Avril
is ICT teacher advisor,
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Ophelia Vanderpuye.
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The digital microscope
is a great piece of kit.
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It allows children
to take snapshots of specimens,
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it allows you to use it
as an ordinary microscope
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with different magnifications,
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and it also allows you
to do time-lapse photography.
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One of the things
that you might want to go through
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at the beginning of the lesson
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is talking to the children
about the microscope and its parts,
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particularly looking at
the magnification -
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- 60 times...
- OK.
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200 times, and so on.
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But also on the software,
what's really nice
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is that you can actually take
time-lapse photography.
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So I could do it
throughout the whole day?
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Throughout the whole day,
or 24 hours, or 48 hours...
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- Excellent.
- Whatever you choose.
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I'll put something under
the microscope for you to look at
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- so it makes a bit more sense.
- Right.
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2p.
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I am going to just adjust it
to the lowest setting,
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which is ten times magnification.
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- This is the software interface.
- (whirring)
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Basically it helps you to control...
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It makes funny noises as you mouse
over the various bits and pieces.
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The children will like that.
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This icon is for the top light.
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You can arrange it so that the light
is on top of your subject.
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- The light showing at the moment?
- The light showing at the moment.
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(Judith) There are
different makes of microscope,
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but they all do
pretty much the same thing.
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You can capture snapshots
at regular intervals,
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which can then be run together
to make a time-lapse film.
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For the life cycles topic,
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Avril is hoping to follow
the germination of cress seeds.
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But will there be time for the seeds
to germinate overnight?
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You would expect to see
some growth within 12 hours.
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So if we set up later on
this afternoon the experiment
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and leave it overnight,
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then tomorrow we can come back and
see whether anything has happened.
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- I'll have something by then?
- You should do.
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- OK.
- You should do.
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I would start off
by looking at the microscope,
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like you said, getting the children
to explore it first of all.
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When you've done that,
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perhaps you might bring something up
on the interactive whiteboard,
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and show them the microscope,
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and then go through a little bit
of labelling of the microscope -
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which they can actually do
afterwards as well, as a handout.
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(Judith) So how will Avril get on?
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First she talks the class through
the microscope's capabilities.
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So this is our microscope.
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And it's got a lot of features on
that I found out about,
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so I'm going to be telling you
all about those features.
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A button right at the top -
this one in blue - is a really...
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(Judith) Introducing
snapshots and time-lapse,
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she then adopts Ophelia's technique
of using the 2p piece
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to demonstrate magnification.
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That is actually...
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It's just been magnified ten times.
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We're going to set up
our cress seeds now.
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We're going to use a Petri dish.
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OK? You see these in "CSI"
all the time.
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(Judith) The cress seeds should
germinate on the moist cotton wool.
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(Avril) Let's first of all look
at these seeds under the microscope.
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OK, that's been magnified 60 times,
so it looks much bigger.
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(Judith) The class
will explore life cycles
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by tracking the stages of growth
as the seeds germinate.
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But also I want to think about
how long do we want to leave
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in between our snapshots.
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How long do you think
it will be, Krishna?
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Two days?
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If you leave it for, like, a minute
or two, it'll look really blurry.
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I think that more than one day
is too long.
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But one day is just about right.
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(Judith) The class decides
to set the microscope
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to take an image every 30 minutes.
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Avril ends the first lesson
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by asking the children to label
diagrams of the microscope.
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What we're going to do is have
a quick look at what we've seen,
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what's been happening.
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Remember, it's taken lots of
different pictures every half-hour,
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and then it's going to play that
so it will speed up.
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It will look as though the plant's
growing much faster than it is.
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Let's go to our show.
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Right there, exactly. Right there.
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OK. Can you see the movement?
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(Judith) It works!
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The time-lapse film does show
the cress seeds germinating.
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And it certainly
gets this group talking.
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I think it took 12 hours
for the root to germinate.
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It starts to change
after eight hours.
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In one day,
the root started to come out.
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How long do you think it took?
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14? 15? Maybe 17.
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So it has lots of capabilities.
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Remember, we can
look at things more clearly,
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using the different magnification
and using the focus.
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We can use the time-lapse program.
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And also, we can look at putting
our pictures into a presentation.
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(Judith) So, what did Avril
and Ophelia think about the lessons?
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I thought the very beginning part of
the first lesson worked really well.
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I liked the way she'd used
the physical microscope
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to actually describe
and explain to the children
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exactly what they were doing.
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And having the physical microscope
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actually helped them to focus on
exactly what they were going to do.
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If I was to do the lesson again,
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I'd allow the children
to physically hold the microscope
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and just play around
with the magnification,
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because it's quite sturdy,
so they can actually hold it
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and just pass it around
and see it in more detail.
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You can find out more
about digital microscopes
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or other things
you've seen on the programme
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by visiting
the Teachers' TV website.
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My top tip is:
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Children are sometimes
really good at computers.
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So why not use them to help you?
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My top tip is:
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Always save your files
using an obvious name
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so that you and others
can find it later.
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And, above all,
back up your precious files
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on something like
an external hard drive.
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My top tip is to make sure
that appropriate web pages
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are linked to
my curriculum folders.
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And finally today: fractions.
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A tricky subject to learn, and
sometimes a tricky subject to teach.
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So how can ICT help?
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Well, we've been to a school
in Harrow where a year 3 teacher
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has been using a digital camera
and her own classroom as a source
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to really bring the subject alive.
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You ready? OK.
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Double one.
One, two, three, four, five.
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(murmuring) Yes.
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OK. Double five. Ready?
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I've got a year 3 class,
and we're learning about fractions.
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To do this
I'm using digital photographs
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for showing real-life situations,
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such as windows, doors,
cupboards, shelves, recorders
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and the children's photographs.
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By using the real things, I'm hoping
that the children will realise
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that maths is all around them.
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I'm trying to bring their outside
environment into the classroom,
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and their learning in the classroom
back into their outside environment.
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Now, this is the window -
year 1's window.
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What fraction of the window
has somebody's face in?
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What fraction of that window
has someone?
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So there are two parts,
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and out of the two,
only one has a face.
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OK, let's try another one.
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How many recorders
have we got altogether. Eric?
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Three recorders.
Right, we've got three recorders.
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How many of those recorders are red?
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How many of those are red?
Well done. Let's see, Aisha?
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Good boy. That's it. Well done.
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So, can you tell me, Nitharson,
how do we say this?
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(Judith) It's such a simple idea,
but what's so good about it
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is that it uses images the children
are already familiar with.
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(Nina) In the past, I've taught
fractions without using ICT,
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where we've used paper,
cut-up pencils -
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done the usual cutting objects
into halves and quarters.
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It's difficult for the children
to learn visually,
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cos you've got
lots of bits of paper.
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But with things
on the interactive whiteboard,
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immediately the children
are able to see it clearly,
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and it's accessible
to all the children.
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We're gonna give one set to Wesam
and one set...
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(Judith) Nina now gets the
children working on the whiteboard.
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Do you want bananas or apples?
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(Judith) She's using digital
photos of the children themselves.
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It's a fascinating
motivational tool.
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(Nina) Children will come up
and sort the objects into two sets:
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one set that they want
near their face,
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and the other set
will be to the other side.
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I've used the children's images
partly to get their focus.
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So as soon as they see their
pictures, they'll be focused,
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and they'll want to know what we're
going to do with these activities.
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It's making it interactive.
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So, what fraction
of the fruit are apples?
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What fraction of the fruit
are apples?
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One... one half?
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Well done. One half are apples.
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OK, we'll try another one.
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(Nina) It provides a good way
of modelling and demonstrating.
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But it doesn't need
to be used in everything,
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because the children also need to
use hands-on, practical experience.
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(Judith) The practical experience
in this lesson comes in two forms.
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The middle and top sets use objects
such as toys and money
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to do extension work,
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while the others reinforce
their learning on laptops
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with a fraction software package.
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(Nina) For learning maths, this is
the first stage of their learning,
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having that practical,
real experience,
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which is what the lesson
will then move on to.
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OK. Now, how many did you have
altogether?
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- 13.
- Now you have to count them.
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And how many...
Well, you can choose whichever set.
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A set of 2p coins or a set of
10p coins. You can choose.
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(Nina) Having taught fractions
both with and without ICT,
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I can definitely say that
actually teaching it with ICT
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is much more beneficial for me
as it makes my job easier,
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especially with preparation and
things like that - it's much easier.
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And for the children,
they definitely learn better
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using things like
the interactive whiteboard.
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They're more excited about it.
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Children are definitely
more visual learners.
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They're much more focused.
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Seeing their photographs up there
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makes them more excited
about the lesson.
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So using the ICT
has lots of benefits,
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as long as it's used
for specific purposes
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and not just for the sake of it.
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That's about it for this programme.
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But before we go,
here's a top tip from me:
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I always set the screensaver on
my computer to at least 60 minutes.
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Otherwise it keeps interrupting
the flow of the lesson.
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Don't forget, you can get
information about this programme
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by visiting
the Teachers' TV website.
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And I'll see you next time.
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Visiontext Subtitles:
Doreen Trenerry
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