OPS+Teacher+Reflections+on+Implementation

Teacher's Reflections on how the feedback from Conferences have been implemented into their classroom programme.

// "I had the pleasure last term to be presented with a short seminar regarding the use of eBooks in the classroom. At the time of the course I was quite sceptical regard more use of the computers for reading purposes as my personal view is that books should be the integral part of any guided teaching programme. To my surprise however in using eBooks in the class, it has resulted in some surprising outcomes. The children seem to be more engaged in their reading compared to standard big book activities and are talking more about there activities they are doing during group reading time. During our daily reflection the eBook activity has come up several times as being a positive learning point of their day and I now feel the use of eBooks during their Reading session is integral to their ICT and reading development. I have thoroughly changed my view since taking part in the initial seminar." //

"I have the luxury of having an Activboard in my classroom. This has made using eBooks with the class easier and more effective. My target audience were very new Year 1’s (5 years – 5.3 months old). My class do not have the skills to independently use the class pc’s All emergent readers so my choice of eBooks was around developing language/ word meaning. Orally rote learning the text, identifying high frequency words, finger pointing word for word. Reading skills not yet concrete/ established….  But they have a love of pictures and being read to. The following site has Clifford story books with highlighted words to click on, It reads the story to the children. And also there are interactive activities. []   Another favourite : []   Last year when we went to Howick Historical Village. I would have loved to show my class the following eBook site.It’s free to down load, traditional stories and pictures [] these are traditional tales of the Gingerbread man, Jack and Jill the story.

If it’s variety you want the following site is easy to navigate, you can select your age group, language eg English, French and choose from a large selection of books. I suggest you check what you are downloading first, as some of these books were hard to read and not appropriate ESOL children may enjoy browsing and finding an eBook in their language to read. [] I have a folder called Reading eBooks in my Favourites. Book sites checked, then their WWW stored. Easy to find book site and use with the class. With my Activboard I can show children how to navigate, read the books, play the games. They have quickly learnt the basic process."