Today my pre-school group of children were learning about different shapes in the environment. We had a circle time in the nursery first and talked about some of the different shaped objects we could find. Afterwards the children were given the digital camera in groups of three to go around the school and take photographs of different shaped objects they could find. It was an exciting and motivating way to learn about shapes. The children were also developing their skills in using the camera, they had a sense of ownership of their learning, they were co-operating with each other and they were becoming familiar with different places within the school and meeting other staff members. Next we plan to go around the local area and take photographs of shapes in the environment.
Shape hunt using a digital camera.
October 4th, 2006 · 3 Comments
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whereisab » Blog Archive » Getting into the habit :||: the digital home of andrew brown
// Oct 5, 2006 at 4:25 am
[...] Yesterday, Catherine MacMillan posted about how she and her pre-5 pupils are using digital cameras. What a brilliant, simple illustration of how to use ICT seamlessly in the curriculum. Dead easy idea though, eh? I wonder how many times in the future of our kids education, they will be ‘taught again’ how to use a digital camera? We seriously need to learn how to take account of prior learning and truly incorporate this into our childrens development. [...]
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Arlene
// Oct 23, 2006 at 3:33 pm
This is a brilliant idea Catherine. About to start shape with p1 this term and have been thinking about ways in which to make it more interesting and purposeful for them. This is a great way of using ICT to develop children’s learning.
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Florian
// Jan 28, 2007 at 6:58 pm
Hi,
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Just saved your feed in my reader, have a nice day
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