Final Session- Presentations

This week was the last session of the term and we had to present our assignments in small groups. The assignment was a smartboard presentation using interactive tools, that could be used for a foundation subject lesson. It was a short part of the lesson and could have been a starter or a plenary. My presentation was for a Key Stage 2 Geography lesson and it was a 3 slide starter. The main lesson was based around researching different places in the UK and comparing them. The starter was to introduce the bigger picture of the UK. The first slide had a map of the UK and the children had to draw on the borders, click to reveal the country names, and use pull out tabs to reveal information about the UK. The second slide had images of the flags for UK countries and used the magnifying glass tool to reveal names of the flags. The third slide had images of landmarks in the UK and the children had to drag text in a box to see if they could name the landmarks. I went through the interactive slides when presenting to my observer and explained the learning objectives, success criteria, and many other aspects as I went along. After the slides I gave information on the areas of the National Curriculum that it covers, differentiation, age rang etc.The presentation flowed nicely and went well. I received some good constructive criticism too, specifically that I should use a bigger variety of landmarks as most of mine were in London. I will use this to improve the resource before I use it in school. This session was useful as I was able to observe other presentations and will be able to use my own advice when making more resources. The whole idea of these presentations is useful to us all because we can use everyone elses resources in our own career as we are able to access them through dropbox.

Overall, I think this ICT module has been very useful. My subject knowledge has improved, I have a wide variety of new ideas to use in teaching not only ICT but across the curriculum. My attitude towards ICT in schools has grown to be more positive as I now understand fully all the benefits it has on childrens learning. Writing this blog has been a useful tool for reflection..
Thanks for reading!