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Pupil Collaboration Pupil Collaboration through Twinspacethrough Twinspace
Kate Keaveny [email protected]
'Today's children are using technology 24 hours a day. Games
are online, they web chat with friends, create blogs and web pages, and then come to school and switch
off.'(Steve woods, Using ICT Creatively in the Primary Classroom 2010)
Benefits of Using Benefits of Using Twinspace with PupilsTwinspace with PupilsSecure and safe
Content can be uploaded from a variety of sources and shared
Showcase for pupils work that won't suddenly disappear.
Pupil's corner
The file archive was the place children could upload their
homework
The forum was created to encourage children to communicate with one
another.
The pupils posted some simple information about
themselves and then received replies.
Tools that pupils can use Tools that pupils can use through Twinspace and through Twinspace and upload to Twinspace.upload to Twinspace.
iPods and iPads can be used to take
photos, videos and talking apps which
can then be uploaded to
Twinspace easily.
The file archive allows you to upload talking apps that are saved as mp4 files.
Whole SchoolWhole SchoolIdeas for involving the whole Ideas for involving the whole
school.school.Forget the teachers.
Start with the pupils!
The pupils will understand
Twinspace and use it to it's greatest
potential far quicker than some
teachers.
Use the pupils work rather than creating additional work.
Ask the children what they want to share and upload.
A pupil's menu
produced at home and
uploaded to Twinspace.
Children Blogging
With young children using a
different platform for blogging leads
to potential problems. Many
require email addresses, if pupils are in supervised they may easily
move to other less suitable blogs.
Twinspace blogs are a great safe
and secure platform for
blogging.
Using google docs to Using google docs to create forms for use in create forms for use in
Twinspace.Twinspace.
Using google docs you can create a form and
then embed it in a blog.
The results from pupils. The questions were
answered on Twinspace on a form embedded from google docs.
If you include some required questions you can ensure you
can compare answers.
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To really enthuse the children To really enthuse the children we teach , we need to enter we teach , we need to enter
their world, and ICT is an ideal their world, and ICT is an ideal vehicle.vehicle.
'We are preparing our children for jobs that don't exist yet using technology that hasn't been invented to solve problems that we
don't even know are problems yet.'
(Karl Fisch, Shift Happens, 2006)