catherine.macmillan

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Entries from September 2006

Interactive Whiteboards

September 18th, 2006 · 1 Comment

I know there are mixed feelings about the use of interactive whiteboards, but from my experience of using a promethean activboard in the pre-five unit I have found it to be a fantastic asset for both staff and pupils.
I have been using the board now for about a year and a half but still get [...]

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Tags: Whiteboards

Using digital cameras for Emotional, Personal & Social Development

September 14th, 2006 · 4 Comments

During our first topic this session we did a lot of activities about our emotions. One activity we did involved the use of digital photography. During a circle time we discussed different emotions and when we experience them etc. The children then took photographs of each other displaying different emotions. We had some very dramatic [...]

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Tags: digital cameras