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|content=This case study involved the use of iPads and iPod touches with a mixed | |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 project 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. | ||
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 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. | ||
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Parents and members of the project team were asked to contribute comments to the blog and to interact with the children while they were blogging. The blog can be found at cardboardbds.wordpress.com | Parents and members of the project team were asked to contribute comments to the blog and to interact with the children while they were blogging. The blog can be found at cardboardbds.wordpress.com | ||
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. | |||
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