Walking

 the  Talk  ©  Jacqui  Sharp  2010  

  
Adapted  from  Wesley  A.  Fryer    2005  

Technology  has  sure  changed  the  way  we  learn…  

Comment  by  the  school  Caretaker,  April  2009  
 Entry   Desks  are  in  rows  

Junior  Tables  are  scattered  around  in  the  

centre  of  the  classroom  leaving  a  large  mat  
area  
Very  few  or  no  small  tables  around  the    
walls  of  the  room  (if  there  is,  it  is  for  storage)  

Nothing  is  hanging  down  

Very  little  on  the  walls  and  if  it  is…it  is  not  
presented  well  

Teacher  stands  at  the  front  of  the  class,  

teacher  desk  is  at  front  of  the  class  

Computer  is  usually  covered  and  is  at  the  

Adapted  from  Cuban,  L.  (2001)     back  of  the  room  
Oversold  and  Underused  Computers    
in  the  Classroom.  Harvard  University     Computer  is  an  add-­‐on  in  the  classroom  
Press  
Adoption   Desks  are  in  rows  pointed  to  the  front  of  the  room.  

Junior  Tables  are  scattered  around  in  the  centre  of  

the  classroom  leaving  a  large  mat  area  clear.  

Some  small  tables,  cupboards,  cubby  holes  are  

placed  around  the  walls  of  the  room  (if  there  is,  it  is  
for  storage).  

Some  artwork  is  hanging  down.  

Some  of  the  children’s  work  is  on  the  walls  and  
very  little  of  it  is  has  been  created  with  a  computer,  
if  it  has  it  is  ‘Published  Writing’.  

Teacher  stands  at  the  front  of  the  class  and  does  
some  moving  around  the  desks,  teacher  desk  at  
front,  maybe  to  the  side  of  the  room.  

Computer  is  uncovered  and  is  used  periodically  for  

Wordprocessing  or  Commercial  Maths  games.  
Children  prefer  to  work  alone.  

Students  may  be  using  the  internet  occasionally  for  very  

broad  Internet  searches  but  otherwise  the  teacher  is  not  
very  comfortable  with  them  being  on  the  Internet.  
 Desks  are  in  groups.  
Adaptation  
Junior  Tables  are  scattered  around  in  the  centre  of  
the  classroom  leaving  a  mat  area.  

There  may  be  some  small  tables,  cupboards,  cubby  

holes  around  the  walls  of  the  room  designating  
specific  areas  of  the  classroom.  

A  lot  of  the  children’s  work  is  hanging  in  the  classroom  and  
it  is  well  presented.  

A  lot  of  the  children’s  work  is  on  the  walls.  A  significant  
amount  of  it  is  WordProcessed.  

The  Teacher  works  with  groups  and  moves  around  the  

desks  and  tables,  the  teacher  desk  is  at  the  side  of  the  
room.  

The  ‘Computer  Centre’  has  been  set  up,  children  use  it  for  
Wordprocessing  and  most  days  for  Reading  and  Maths.  
There  is  evidence  of  management  systems  in  place.  

Keyboarding    and  computer  skills  are  being  formally  taught.  

http://www.west-­‐windsor-­‐plainsboro.k12.nj.us/Wicoff
%20Classroom%201.jpg   Internet  is  being  used  more  for  games  and  research.  
Appropriation   Desks  maybe  swapped  for  tables.  

Very  little  mat  area,  enough  for  at  least  ¾  of  the  class  to  
sit  in.  Teacher  will  be  using  a  projector  and  laptop  (and  
maybe  a  mimio  or  IWB)  frequently  for  teaching.    

Tables  around  the  edge  of  the  room  are  curriculum  

specific  with  learning  centre  activities.  

The  room  is  full  of  children’s  finished  work  that  is  
both  computer  presented  and  hand  done.  

The  teacher  works  with  groups  and  moves  around  the  

tables.  The  students  also  freely  move  around  the  
classroom  from  task  to  task.  The  teacher’s  desk  is  not  
obvious  in  the  room.  

Children  are  rotating  through  the  computer  centre  or  are  at  
laptops  around  the  room  all  through  the  day,  following  
management  boards  and  timetables  working  on  specific  
tasks.  They  experiment  with  other  digital  equipment  such  
as  cameras,  iPods,  the  IWB  etc.    

Internet  research  skills  are  well  developed.  Students  work  

well  collaboratively.  HOT  models  are  integrated  
seamlessly  
 Classroom  is  divided  up  into  curriculum  areas  with  large  
Invention   tables  holding  resource  material.  Learning  Centres  are  
being  used  freely.  

There  is  barely  any  mat  area,  enough  for  a  small  group  of  
children.  Projector/IWB/mimio  is  being  used  all  day  by  
teacher  and  students.  

The  room  is  full  of  mixed  media  published  work.  

There  maybe  several  computers  scattered  around  the  

classroom,  other  digital  equipment  such  as  iPods,  tablets,  
midi  keyboards,  game  consoles  and  cameras  are  being  
freely  and  confidently  used.  

Teacher  and  children  move  freely  around  the  room,    

teacher’s  desk  is  not  obvious  in  the  room.    

The  teacher  is  an  informal  practitioner  who  involves  students  in  the  
planning  of  programmes  and  tasks.  Students  are  highly  independent  
and  self  managing  and  are  able  to  make  choices  themselves  about  
what  they  are  going  to  do  and  how  they  are  going  to  go  about  it.  

Students  learn  the  skills  as  they  are  needed.  The  teacher  is  
able  to  recognise  when  a  skill  needs  to  be  taught.  

Students  are  able  to  work  collaboratively  and  co-­‐

operatively  with  others.  Internet  skills  are  highly  developed.    
Wacom  Drawing  Tablet  
Laptops  

Flip  Video  

Mimio  Pad  
Interactive  
Whiteboard  

Mimio  
 iPhone  Amplifier  
iTouch      ($45)  
Nanos  ($249)  
($389)  

Composite  AV  
Cable  ($75)  
iKaraoke  
iPod  Splitter  ($20)    ($109.95)  

iPod  Classic     Speaker  Systems  

($399)    (from  $99.00)  
Microphone  
 ($119.95)  

http://ipodsiphonesineducation.wikispaces.com/    
 Browsers  

Mul5media  (Music,  Movies  

Picture  Edi5ng)  
Wordprocessing  
Graphic  Organisers,  
Drawing,  Recording  and  
Repor5ng  
 Year  5/6  class  28  Students  Decile  10    Mac  School  

WHAT  THE  CLASS  HAD   WHAT  I  ADDED  

  3  eMacs       One  iMac  

  1  teacher  laptop,       3  Windows  laptops  
  Access  to  a  COW  (8     1  Windows  standalone  
laptops)     1  Windows  Netbook  
  LCD  TV  screen     mimio  
  mimio  pad  
  Wii  
  PSP  
  iPods  
  PDA  
  Day  one  
Respect  the  equipment  (remember  it  cost  a  
lot  of  money)  
Press  lightly  on  the  keyboard  (thumping  it  
will  eventually  break  the  keys  and  then  we  
may  have  to  do  without  our  computer  for  a  
few  weeks  while  we  wait  for  it  to  be  fixed!)  
No  food  or  drink  by  any  computer  
equipment  (If  you  have  a  problem  see  the  
computer  monitor  first  before  you  ask  the  
teacher)  
Please  don’t  download  games  and  load  it  on  
to  any  of  our  equipment  as  it  is  illegal    
Please  don’t  change  the  desktop  setup  
without  the  whole  class  approval  
Please  work  co-­‐operatively  and  
collaboratively  at  the  computer  centre  
Please  keep  to  the  roles  assigned  to  you  for  
your  session    
Please  don’t  take  the  mouse  off  the  mouse  
operator  
Book  specific  digital  equipment    by  writing  
your  name  on  the  Whiteboard  timetables  
Record  tasks  that  you  have  completed  on    
individual  recording  sheets    
Keep  computer  centre  clear  of  clutter  and  
unnecessary  items  
Be  self  managing  and  organised,  know  what  
you  need  to  do  and  how  you  are  going  to  do  
it!  
Great  IWB  
activity  
h"p://www.nzhistory.net.nz/<meline    

h"p://www.nzherald.co.nz/    

h"p://www.metservice.co.nz/public/localWeather/auckland.html    
 http://www.jsharp.co.nz/keyboardactivities.htm    

http://www.slideshare.net/
sharpjacqui/keyboarding-­‐
practice-­‐1403910    
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name     mice     correct     chocolate     height   beneath     characteris5c     available    
not     milk     country     choir     hero   between     chemistry     abduc5on    
now     miss     course     coffee     hoping   biFer     cigareFe     contradic5on    
than     moon     cousin     comb     house   blaze     especially     introduc5on    
that     more     cricket     comfortable     hung   blood     execu5ve     performance    
the     train     cries     commiFee     modern   blossom     exercise     sentence    
then     tree     cruel     community     monotonous   declara5on     exhausted     cushion    
there     truck     daughter     complete     na5on   delighHul     expenses     aluminium    
they     tow     decide     computer     na5onal   delivered     extraordinary     turquoise    
this     under     describe     concert     naughty   Department     fascina5ng     audience  

http://www.slideshare.net/sharpjacqui/level-­‐4-­‐week-­‐one    
  Spelling  Activities  

http://delicious.com/Takahe1    
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http://www.jsharp.co.nz/thegardensresources/perimeter_and_volume_maths_unit.htm      
Come  in,  start  Class  Activity  

If  you  get  any  wrong,  you  

have  to  do  the  ‘Workshop’  

Otherwise  work  through  

Student  Self  Tracking  Sheet  
http://
www.slideshare.net/
sharpjacqui/area-­‐
workshop-­‐1314238    

Great  IWB  
activity  

 
 How  to  write  
excellent  
Explana<ons  

The  Purpose  is  

to  explain  how  
something  
works  or  why  
something  
happens   h"p://www.slideshare.net/sharpjacqui/how-­‐
to-­‐write-­‐excellent-­‐explana<ons    
http://jacquisharp.blogspot.com/2009/03/hero-­‐factory-­‐create-­‐
superhero-­‐avatar.html    

http://
www.cpbintegra
ted.com/
theherofactory/    
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h"p://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stormbreaker_%28novel%29  
Google  
keyword  also  key  word  (  )  
n.  A  word  that  serves  as  a  
key  to  a  code  or  cipher.  A  
significant  or  descrip5ve  
word.  
(www.answers.com    )  
Is  a  word  that  is  
associated  with  a  site  or  
contents  of  a  site.  
Keywords  are  used  to  
categorize  and  search  for  
specific  web  sites.  (
h"p://www.man<s.biz/
glossary/#k  )  
 Keywords  and  Hits  
   

•  Telephone  
•  Telephone  invent  
•  Telephone  invent  
alexander  graham  bell  
•  Telephone  invent  
alexander  graham  bell  
telegraph  
Do  a  search  on  a  topic  you  are  doing  at  the  moment  with  one    
keyword,  record  the  hits,  now  try  it  with  another  keyword,  record  
and  then  one  more  <me.  Look  at  the  quality  of  the  hits!  
 •  Do  you  believe  what  
you  see  and  what  you  
hear?  
•  h"p://
www.youtube.com/
watch?
v=NBfi8OEz0rA&eurl  
•  h"p://
www.youtube.com/
watch?
v=hibyAJOSW8U&eurl      
Ideas  adapted  from    
h"p://langwitches.org/blog/2009/03/11/dont-­‐
believe-­‐everything-­‐you-­‐see-­‐online/    
 All  about  Explorers  

•  Go  to  
h"p://
allaboutexplorers.co
m/webquest/    
•  And  click  on  the  
name  of  an  Explorer  
•  Complete  the  tasks  
•  What  did  you  find  out  
•  Put  a  comment  on  
your  wiki  page  
Ideas  adapted  from    
h"p://langwitches.org/blog/2009/03/11/dont-­‐
believe-­‐everything-­‐you-­‐see-­‐online/    
 Search  Engines  
Try  these  Search  Engines  with  your  keywords  

h"p://www.soriix.com/index.aspx    

h"p://clusty.com/    
http://www.freerice.com/     http://www.readinghorizons.com/lemonsforliteracy/    
  Are  you  transforming?    

  Your  students  are…  

  Cuban,  L.  (2001)  Oversold  and  Underused  Computers  in  the  
Classroom.  Harvard  University  Press.  
  Dynamic  Classroom,  Transparent  Technology  (Wesley  A.  Fryer)  
http://www.wtvi.com/teks/dynamic/  
  Jonassen,  D.,  Peck,  K.,  &  Wilson,  B,  W.  (1999).  Learning  with  
technology.  A  constructivist  perspective.  Upper  Saddle  river,  NJ:  
Merill.  
  Sharp,  J.  (2006).  Graphic  Organisers.  Ideas  and  activities  with  CD.    
  ICT  teaching  and  Learning  http://sharpjacqui.blogspot.com/  
  Web  2.0  and  Education  http://jacquisharp.blogspot.com/    
  Class  Delicious  page  http://delicious.com/Takahe1    
  Comic  Life  http://http://plasq.com/comiclife    
  Hot  Potatoes  download  
http://www.halpakedsoftware.com/hot_pot_download.php