catherine.macmillan

The link to the digital blue products page did not work, if you want to find out more about the digital blue microscope I used here is the link
http://www.playdigitalblue.co.uk/products/qx5/info/

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At the moment we are learning about planting and growing. At the end of last week we went outside on a minibeast hunt. We then used the digital blue microscope and our whiteboard to have a closer look at what we found. This allowed us to look and talk about as a [...]

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I often feel really disappointed when you see primary children being ‘taught’ ICT skills they were competently and independently displaying at three/four years old in pre-five.  Kirsteen Carmichael has described some examples from one of her early years settings.  This again highlights the skills pre-school children are developing through the exciting opportunities early years staff are providing. 

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Today I filmed the children playing co-operatively with others during free play. There were examples of every child doing something including sharing resources at the art table, helping each other solve problems at the computer, playing an imaginative game together and taking turns on the interactive whiteboard.
We then had a discussion at the end of [...]

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Today the pre-school children designed their own invitations for our Grandparents/Special Person Day using 2Publish.  It was great for developing their mouse control.  I scribed the message and some children attempted to type their own names, others preferred to print then write their name/experiment with symbols.  It was a simple activity that was easily differentiated to accommodate [...]

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Hello, my name is Catherine MacMillan and I work in Bowmore Primary Pre-Five Unit on Islay. I became involved in ICT when the Early Years, Forward Thinking initiative was launched and then later became an Early Years Masterclasser.
I make regular use of ICT in all curricular areas and thrive on seeing the children becoming [...]

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