Monsters at Monteney

DEFT

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A DEFT case study with Monteney Primary school, Sheffield

Lesson idea. Children are using online open source tools for digital arts, storytelling and poetry. The write-up of the case study includes resources that will enable children to work independently resources for teachers in the form of OERs. The particular technologies focussed on by this case study are: open source tools such as Scratch and dgital animation

Teaching approach. This cross curricula⁽ⁱ⁾ case study focusses on Digital Literacy, in particular using E-skills^(topic) to: Learn the basics of programming and embed open source tools in pedagogical practice. The case study explores the pedagogical potential of open source tools such as Scratch; it also looks into issues involved in sharing lesson plans as OERs.

One of the lesson ideas from the case study is available as a separate resource at Programming Monsters using Scratch

Resource details
Title	Monsters @ Monteney - using Scratch and other free web2 applications to create and animate digital monsters
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Teaching approach
Learning Objectives	To use programming to animate
Format / structure	Case study
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Additional Resources/material needed	Scratch: http://scratch.mit.edu
Useful information	This case study was conducted at Monteney Primary School, Sheffield in conjunction with Peter Winter, Head of ICT.
Related ORBIT Wiki Resources	One of the lesson ideas from the case study is available as a separate resource at Programming Monsters using Scratch
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Files and resources to view and download	http://www.digitalfutures.org/index.php/case-studies/schools/school-case-study-6/
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