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|content=This case study involved the use of iPads and iPod touches with a mixed Year 4 and Year 5 class, with the children taking on the role of 'digital reporters'. This series of lessons was linked to a whole school event called 'Camp Cardboard', run by artists from a group called Responsible Fishing over the course of a full day. They provided a large amount of recycled cardboard boxes to the school hall and worked throughout the day with each year-group to build a cardboard camp, using the children's ideas to construct rooms, tunnels and even a cardboard garden. | |content=This case study involved the use of iPads and iPod touches with a mixed Year 4 and Year 5 class, with the children taking on the role of 'digital reporters'. This series of lessons was linked to a whole school event called 'Camp Cardboard', run by artists from a group called Responsible Fishing (http://www.responsiblefishinguk.co.uk/) over the course of a full day. They provided a large amount of recycled cardboard boxes to the school hall and worked throughout the day with each year-group to build a cardboard camp, using the children's ideas to construct rooms, tunnels and even a cardboard garden. | ||
The digital element of this project involved teams of children from the class visiting the hall, acting as reporters to record the events unfolding. They the Instagram app to take and manipulate photos and to add filters. They also used the notes app to make notes on what they saw. | The digital element of this project involved teams of children from the class visiting the hall, acting as reporters to record the events unfolding. They used the Instagram app to take and manipulate photos and to add filters. They also used the notes app to make notes on what they saw. | ||
On return to the classroom the children used the same mobile devices to add posts to a blog about their day. This initially involved discussions about eSafety and the audience of the blog. The children produced a range of interesting and individual blog posts that incorporated their photos and text, using the Wordpress app to post their ideas. | On return to the classroom the children used the same mobile devices to add posts to a blog about their day. This initially involved discussions about eSafety and the audience of the blog. The children produced a range of interesting and individual blog posts that incorporated their photos and text, using the Wordpress app to post their ideas. | ||
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Children took a creative and positive approach to using the technology, working successfully with the apps they had been introduced to, finding their own way around problems that arose and using their initiative to explore alternative uses that supported their aims. | Children took a creative and positive approach to using the technology, working successfully with the apps they had been introduced to, finding their own way around problems that arose and using their initiative to explore alternative uses that supported their aims. | ||
|Learning Objectives= | |Learning Objectives=To use technology to communicate an event to a wider audience | ||
|additional resources=iPad | |additional resources=iPad | ||
|useful information= | |useful information= The Instagram and Wordpress apps can be downloaded free from the Apple App store | ||
|related resources= | |related resources= | ||
|other= | |other= | ||
