2. WHY USE I-CHAT.
At first I started using i-chat as a motivational tool. I wanted the
student to be more focussed and interested in reading.
Then I began to realise the benefits of using it for quiet
collaborative interaction between the students.
It wouldn’t disturb the group I was working with but it would
help the group work together to find answers.
Yes, sometimes one or two students got clever and did
everyones work and i-chatted it to their mates.
They thought this was excellent management because it then
meant they could go onto the internet and play games.
3. LET’S BEGIN
I know we aren’t meant to teach skills unless they are in context.
BUT I did let my students have a 20-30 minute session on i-chat
before we started.
I thought letting them have some fun would get a lot of the
playing around out of their systems and might make for a more
settled first session.
After the 30 minutes they had all picked up on something.
Even if it was only how to open i-chat, put up a smiley face or
change their name or picture.
4. Open i-chat
It looks like this in your menu bar or
go to applications
The first thing to check is that you are on
bonjour settings.
Go to ichat in your menu bar
click and go down to Accounts
then ensure the tick is by
Bonjour
5. Now we start
to play/learn.
When iChat is open this will
appear on your screen.
This is me;
This is everyone else in the
school who has their iChat
open.
To communicate with them you simply select your form of
communication
A for text or sending files movies even applications.
Phone is to have a verbal chat.
Movie camera is to video chat
The two rectangles screen sharing.
6. Play away.
The students have also taught me a lot.
Some fun time wasting things
to do are add smilie faces.
Change your name.
Go to window address book
7. Play away.
The students have also taught me a lot.
Then click on the small edit button, highlight your old
name and change it.
Change your picture
Drag your mouse to the
bottom right hand corner
of your picture. A small
arrow will appear.
Click and an assortment of
pictures will appear.
8. Play away.
The students have also taught me a lot.
If you go to edit picture you can either
take another picture of yourself
or chose one from anywhere
on your computer.
Special note you can’t use
Photo Booth if any other
application on your computer
is using it.
9. Play away.
The students have also taught me a lot.
Time to have some fun
playing with the
application.
10. TIME FOR WORK
Let’s pretend we are having a guided reading
session.
We will work on a prediction it’s a fun activity
looking at inference.
I am going to send you the prediction you will do
the task save your work with your name behind it
then send it back to me.
As a teacher I would save your work in your
groups folder and then mark it at home that night
have it printed out ready for the next day.
11. Your prediction will look like this
Dear Mr Man -Prediction
One
The world is full of signs, are they all useful but do we need quite so many signs?
Look at this first sign and answer the questions...
1.Where might a sign like this be needed?
2.How are the colours important in this sign?
3.What is the sign actually warning people about?
Sign 2
1.Where might a sign like this be needed?
Two
2.How are the colours important in this sign?
3.What is the sign actually warning people about?
Answer the same questions for signs 3-4-
Don’t do all the questions when you get a copy
of the text you will understand the prediction
better.
12. Or like this...
Prediction - Reinventing the meaning of life- Mouse Traps
Remember to save as on the desktop with your name added behind the name of the prediction. In this case it should look like this... Mouse traps [YOUR NAME]
There are many types of mouse traps
Look at these sites
http://apartments.about.com/od/pestcontrol/tp/mousetraptypes.htm
http://www.victorpest.com/advice/all-about/victor-traps/types-of-traps
Now decide which trap is the most...
effective
humane
user friendly
Type a little information under each heading after you have followed the links. Personally I feel the second link is better.
Snap Traps
Electronic Traps
Live Traps
Glue Traps
1. The most humane is definitely the live trap as it does not harm the mice.
2. The most effective seems to be the zap trap because it kills the mouse fast and covers the mouses remains.
3. The most user friendly is probably the zap trap as you don’t have to see the mouses rather gory remains. In terms of money saving the snap trap is the
best.
4. The glue trap is the least humane
If you have time design your own mouse trap. Be sure to label all the parts and then list the features of your mouse trap.
13. READING
While I am taking guided reading the students can send
their questions to me when they are stuck.
I can send their work to them on the computer for their
predictions and responses.
Links will show up in blue and students can simply click
on the link and do their research.
Yes I have made some that have been too hard for the
students
I have attempted iChat with readers who aren’t at their
reading age or have few computer skills it hasn’t worked,
yet.
14. PROBLEMS
Having a ball playing internet games, gossiping when they
should be working...
Fortunately students of this age have not yet learnt to mask
their body language.
The sneaky sidewards glances give them away.
Another good tool open photo booth click movie,
reduce it and film the class while you are working with the
group. Re-run then check the internet history on the
computers of the children you suspect.
Works wonders until they get too clever and delete their
history.
15. PROBLEMS
This is Ashleigh who
didn’t realise she was
i-chatting the teacher.
I changed my name
and picture often at
the beginning to try
and catch them out.
I pretended to be a
child from another
room.
