I am gladly part taking in a Entels Project via H2 Learning and the following reflection is a prerequisite of this course. To introduce myself, my name is Miriam Bergin, I am a Business/Accounting and ICT teacher in Coláiste Mhuire Co Ed, Thurles for 16 years, I worked in one other school for one year previous, so I guess whatever I know I learned in Thurles!.
The first app I will use is http://edu.symbaloo.com/ in ICT coding class. The second app I chose is mindmaps in Business studies class.
We are a pilot school for the coding specification and so I am interested in finding the best way to teach the computer theory to our first years.
The first app I will use is http://edu.symbaloo.com/ in ICT coding class. The second app I chose is mindmaps in Business studies class.
We are a pilot school for the coding specification and so I am interested in finding the best way to teach the computer theory to our first years.
The following is a reflection on teaching binary numbers to a first-year mixed ability class.
The student handout includes 8 tasks related to binary numbers and five referenced links to useful websites. The latter could be used repeatedly to achieve other learning outcomes in strand 1 of the coding specification.
I used this www image to draw attention to the website links but students did not use their own initiative to access the websites.
I think that Symbaloo may address this issue but I did not know of it at that time. So I have created a coding webmix that I can share with students. I can stimulate interest in the websites by creating a treasure hunt quiz to find information based on the specification and will encourage students to find good websites to add to our class coding webmix. To hopefully give them a sense of ownership, additionally the webmix will serve as a revision tool. The webmix includes 4 computer theory websites, one youtube clip and 2 computer coding websites.
http://edu.symbaloo.com/mix/coding181
My presentation includes a student handout, please note that I taught 3 classes and then reflected on what was working well in class and being reactive rather than proactive, I then prepared the task page and corresponding rubric for assessment of/for learning.
The powerpoint is a reflection on what happened in class and what helped students reach the success criteria.
The only aspect I am still unsure about is; on the lesson plan page I have identified A=All, M=Most, S=Some, they use the latter to differentiate in UK computer science. Should I leave this on student copy or just on teacher copy? A cohort of students may see S or M and think….Sure I don’t have to do that!!
1. Student handout with tasks on binary numbers:
(Word) http://bit.ly/1TI5hIG
(PDF) http://bit.ly/1TfFWYe
2. Answers to tasks:
(Word) http://bit.ly/1Qn9lJP
(PDF) http://bit.ly/1RxsZ8p
3. My reflection (PP) on teaching binary numbers to first years..
(PPoint version) http://bit.ly/1QlF0Pk
4. Binary handout via www.csunplugged.com
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0BzoOi1a8UpioT2M4MVFHbHpMY1E/view?usp=sharing
I created this prezi, it is my first time using prezi so a learning process! The aim is to motivate students as I have include some student work in it, I also briefly show scratch code they need to use. But am not sure if it will work but will test it out. I can share the prezi with my students so it can be a reference point,
http://prezi.com/n5gdvmwl9hdd/?utm_campaign=share&utm_medium=copy
Mindmaps: Use a digital mind map for a whole class activity to gather feedback, thoughts, ideas and interpretations on a particular topic. I will share this via google classroom and give students a hard copy.
I Intend to use the following mindmaps and a kahoot quiz as an AFL.
Mindmaps
Topic
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Link
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Detail
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Business Documents
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Mindmap-Key words
Made by Ms Bergin
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Mindmap-Business Documents
Made by Ms Bergin
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Mindmap….Treatment of Invoices, Statements and Credit notes.
Made by Ms Bergin
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My reflection, I will add this next week after using the above mindmaps.
