It was fantastic to see this blog (link at bottom) from the prestigious London Symphony Orchestra, showing their involvement with the community, particularly in the early years setting. This blog is a great read and you MUST watch the videos!
http://blog.lso.co.uk/lso-discovery/discovering-early-years/
One of my focusses in the next coming weeks is to understand when and how technology is best used to enhance learning in the classroom. I hope the reading I have been recommended can guide me to make up my mind about how ICT can be used to further children to be creative, to collaborate and advance their own learning metacognition.
Bruner (1966) notes that good methods for structuring knowledge should result in simplifying, generating new propositions, and increasing the manipulation of information.
With the aim for all pupils to become ‘digitally literate’, teachers need to apply these methods when teaching ‘the principles of information and computation, how digital systems work and how to put this knowledge to use through programming.’ NAACE. (2013).
Teachers need to have a clear idea of what the computing curriculum entails for appropriate teaching of subject knowledge. Many teachers will need to explore their own computing knowledge and update this to really help inspire children with relevant material.
Bruner, J. (1966). Toward a Theory of Instruction. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press.
NAACE. (2013). Computing in the national curriculum A guide for primary teachers. Available at: http://www.computingatschool.org.uk/data/uploads/CASPrimaryComputing.pdf. (Last accessed 14.02.14.)
Panaramic view from the 6th floor of Rolle.
Blogging is something that has been mentioned a lot recently, in lectures and throughout conversation with fellow trainee teachers. I thereby thought it was about time I got around to creating my own!
I hope that through blogging, I’m able to connect and learn through other teachers and trainees about the effectiveness of blogging within schools.
That’s all from me now. Over and out.
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