Daily Archive for May 26th, 2006

Delayed Blogging from ICT Research Expo – The Other Sessions

Well, if you read the last two posts and were confused, a little bit of background is in order. Today I attended the ICT Research Expo at TSOF which featured presentations from the 2005 ICT Research Grants. The Action Research Grants have been a DECS initiative since 2003 and I was lucky enough to score [...]

Live Blogging from ICT Research Expo – Session Two.

Creating animations through peer tutoring. Mandy Way, Karen Butler, Averil Pope and Malcolm Woolven from The Pines PS. Their research question was: I’ll show you – creating animations through peer tutoring. Using the program Swish to improve the literacy outcomes of ESL students was the focus. We saw a short video clip showing the kids [...]

Live Blogging from ICT Research Expo – Session One.

Digital Cameras in the Junior Primary Classroom Annette Davey and Diana Smith from Port Lincoln J.P. Their research question was: How does the use of ICT and in particular digital cameras and related technology enrich the early Literacy shills acquisition of new Reception students? The two teachers maintained a professional journal – used Word, then [...]