Back in the Trenches!

This week World War One History was taught to pupils of Small Heath Secondary School in a new and exciting way. The year nine pupils enjoyed animating pictures of soldiers, women and even rats using Crazy talk software. This gave the children a new perspective of how lives were effected by the misery of war. The children all produced work that was very well thought out.

Also, Parkview CLC started a project called 'English ICT Champions', in which four English teachers from various network schools were given the opportunity to learn new ways of teaching their subject using ICT. The project includes training in different techniques and how to apply them using equipment which is also provided by the CLC. The kit includes among other items a Ferrari laptop and digital camera. We will keep you updated on the progress of this project in following weeks.

Lego It!

Parkview Secondary School enjoyed creating more animations using iStop Motion last week. Not only did they write good storylines but they also incorporated music which had been created using GarageBand software. All in all it was a good day.

Also, last week the CLC ran INSET sessions for 'Podcasting in the classroom' and Kar2ouche. Various network school teachers attended and enjoyed the different aspects of the training given. Some created their own podcast and learnt how effective it can be when used in the classroom and others learnt how to utilise the Kar2ouche software in different subjects.