S1+Lesson+ideas

Start with software - wrong approach?!

=What do I want them to learn?????=

Logging on to computers Opening a file Saving a file Logging into network Cut, copy and paste Saving an image
 * 'Basics'**

Podcasting? Radio show? Blogging? - blog per class? Collaborative creativity Wikis? - page per pupil with questions? Use to connect lessons? Summary of learning? Flickr and images - use to create a cartoon in Word with speech bubbles?
 * Web 2.0 stuff**

Safe surfing (and chatting etc)
 * Websites**

Video and editing? Stop motion animation? Edit existing material - eg pop music / VJing
 * Moving Image**

Funding from CEC and Scottish Screen?

Need - webcam / video camera, plasticine per pair, storage for models (tupperware tub), cardboard box set Use stimulus cards (like with the 24 hour film competition) for place, style/genre, character, word, title
 * Stop Motion idea expanded:**
 * Show examples (analysis and appreciation etc)
 * Idea and story
 * Storyboard
 * Type script
 * Design characters (drawing)
 * Make set
 * Make characters and props
 * Film
 * Record sound effects / voice over
 * Edit
 * Show to others
 * Design poster

Use online office applications?! - writely.com - Too much danger of slow internet or no internet + Kids can use websites and their files at home
 * Office Applications**

poster, christmas (etc) card Typing "About Me" information - use wiki instead?
 * Word Processing**

bingo (calculations and formula)
 * Spreadsheets**

police kidnapping case
 * Databases**

Create a presentation about a charity to persuade the teacher to donate imaginary money (from his/her fairy godmother) to the charity
 * Presentations**

Powerpoint 'text adventure' - E.g. "You are in a corridor, there are doors to the left and right. There is a ball on the ground"

Animated GIFs Advert / Football strips / Car activities Design a board game - using a template?
 * Graphics**

Board game idea expanded: Easy - customise a template with squares, colour them, drag snakes and ladders onto board, add text (eg "Go back two squares")

//Alternatively give pupils more freedom - design board and counters, questions, money, etc. Type up instructions/rules in Word. Pitch idea using a blog, get feedback, presentation (elevator pitch?), design and develop, play test, comment and adjust, focus groups, survey, sell! (Far too complex for S1/2 though)//

[|Mission Maker] - really easy to use but expensive [|Game maker] - free but too complex [|Crocodile Clips ICT] - dance game
 * Scripting and Control / Computer game design**


 * Useful site -** [|**Adobe**]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/typing/
 * Touch Typing?**