Mary Jo Bell & Senior Infants,St. Anne’s School,

Shankill.@7MJB @MrsBellsClass

mrsbellsclassblog.blogspot.ie

Technology in the Infant Classroom

33 Technology loving Senior Infants

•One laptop•One digital camera

•Interactive White Board•Visualiser

•Computer Corner/Computer Room

A little goes a long way!

•Animoto•Audacity•Voki

•MS Paint•OpenOffice•ePortfolios

•Social Media: Blog, Twitter, Skype, Google Hangout

Some free techie things we love to use:

• Free 30 second videos• Sign up as an educator = longer

videos

Animoto: so easy for Infants

Making our Animoto Video“Shapes Outside”

One child makes a folder on desktop: “Shapes Outside”Children upload photos & drag into folder

We open Animoto & choose a “suitable” style.Children upload photos, add text, choose music.Produce their video!

•Record news•Record reading

•Record creative stories•Record poems (Béarla &

Gaeilge)•Record project work

Audacity: Great for Literacy

Using Audacity in the classroom

Children work in groups to create a story using Rory Story Cubes

Each group then records its story

Cubes are set in sequence to help children remember their part of story.

Recorded stories are saved onto laptop

Voki: great for recording poems

Children choose avatar, background, clothes & add some bling!

Poem is recorded & shared on Twitter

Computer Corner. Computer Room

Work in OpenOffice & MS Paint

• 33 children + 3 computers in class• 11 children have own folder on each computer• Every child has own folder in Computer Room.• Children save work to their folders• Children photograph work & upload photos to folders

ePortfolios

Children place name card under work, photograph it & upload to their folder

Saving work to ePortfolio

• Show & Tell• Small objects

• Page from maths book• Story book• Story cubes

Visualiser

Show & Tell

•Class Blog•Twitter•Skype

•Google Hangout

Social Media

• Parental permission•Group photographs

•No names with photos•Check Twitter feed for

Spam

Safety Issues

Class Blogmrsbellsclassblog.blogspot.ie

•To develop & enhance literacy skills•To connect with other classes •To share & display our work•To highlight our activities for parents•To add an element of creativity & fun to our work•To make connections for Skype & Google Hangout•To join in #artweek13, #anfomhar, #antearrach

Twitter: @MrsBellsClassWhy do we tweet?

Skype

Google Hangout

St Anne’s School.Shankill, Co. Dublin@7MJB

@MrsBellsClass

Presentation by:Mary Jo Bell

& Senior Infants