An Introduction to Higher Order Thinking Skills
An Introduction to Higher Order Thinking Skills: An exploration of aspects of learning and thinking and how ICT can be used to support these processes written by Don Passey of Lancaster University. Includes infomation about Bloom’s Taxonomy, Learning Styles, National Curriculum, De Bono and using ICT. This is a pdf document.
Reports from the Farmington foundation
Teaching & learning styles http://www.farmington.ac.uk/documents/new_reports/TT174.pdf
Effective RS through the teaching of ethics http://www.farmington.ac.uk/documents/new_reports/TT176.pdf
Unlcoking potential - motivating students at KS4 http://www.farmington.ac.uk/documents/new_reports/TT188.pdf
Thinking skills at KS3 http://www.farmington.ac.uk/documents/new_reports/TT192.pdf
Gifted and talented at KS3 http://www.farmington.ac.uk/documents/new_reports/TT200.pdf
Educating children about charity at ks3 http://www.farmington.ac.uk/documents/new_reports/TT201.pdf
Religion and the media http://www.farmington.ac.uk/documents/new_reports/TT203.pdf
Developing independent learning through RE http://www.farmington.ac.uk/documents/new_reports/TT204.pdf
Exploring the links between RE and Work Related Learning http://www.farmington.ac.uk/documents/new_reports/TT205.pdf
To develop interactive resources for use within the classroom that will enhance the delivery of the ‘Assessment for Learning’ Strategy
http://www.farmington.ac.uk/documents/new_reports/TT210.pdf
Teaching and Learning in RE using Gardner’s Theory of Multiple Intelligences http://www.farmington.ac.uk/documents/new_reports/TT211.pdf
Ofsted report on ICT in schools - the impact of government initiatives in Religious Studies
http://www.ofsted.gov.uk/assets/3641.pdf
Scrapblog programme - brilliant way of organising pictures and information
This online multi-media authoring programmw lets both teachers abnd students to creatively organize, present and share digital media. It’s possible to combine photos, audio, video and text in almost any way imaginable.http://www.scrapblog.com/
Google Apps for education
Lots of applications from Google which might be useful - Google Docs can be used by more than one person at a time and so is a brilliant resource for getting students to improve each others work etc.
Capturing offline copies of youtube videos
http://www.speedofcreativity.org/2007/07/05/capturing-offline-copies-of-youtube-videos/
Voicethread
This is how the site describes what it does:
A VoiceThread allows every child in a class to record audio commentary about the ideas and experiences that are important to them. Whether an event, a project, or a milestone, children can tell their story in their own voice, and then share it with the world. For teachers, VoiceThreads offer a single vessel to capture and then share all the diverse personalities of an entire class. You will hear the pride and excitement in their voices as the students “publish” their work.A VoiceThread can be managed with little effort, creating an heirloom that can be shared by students, parents, and educators alike.
One class project can have many stories to tell, and a VoiceThread offers a simple way to capture and share them all. For the students, publishing their creation (which can be seen from Seattle to Shanghai), strongly reinforces the message we try to send our children everyday, that their work is great, and worthy of the world’s attention.
VoiceThreads are free for educators!
Creating VoiceThreads will always be free for educators and the students that fill their classrooms. This includes publishing them on the web, and sharing them with the child’s friends and family. It’s really important to us that there are no barriers; no cost to fully participate, no software to buy or download, and no contracts to manage.
Tagging toolbox
This is what mashable www.mashable.com says about this resource:
Tags - for some, one of the best ideas on the web, for others, merely a visual distraction. Yes, we’re talking about those loosely defined categories which are usually organized into cute little clouds. Looking for tag-related resources can be tough, so we’ve dug up 30 tools and resources that every seasoned tagger should check out. http://mashable.com/2007/07/13/tagging-tools/
Newspaper generator - make your own newspaper on line
Students will love this - it will make those newspaper article homeworks much easier to do!
http://www.fodey.com/generators/newspaper/snippet.asp0
Teachertube - videos for teachers
You have used Youtube, now try teacher tube. To be honest, there is not a lot there yet for RS, but given time I am sure that will change.
http://www.teachertube.com/video.php?category=mr&viewtype=
Interactive plenary quiz maker
http://www.teachers-direct.co.uk/resources/quiz-busters/index.aspx
Quiz-Busters is an interactive plenary quiz for two teams based on the popular television quiz program Blockbusters. The resource is designed to be used on an interactive whiteboard as a teacher led activity but can be played by individual students. Hopefully you and your students will find this a fun alternative to traditional question and answer plenary and can actively contribute to Assessment for Learning (AFL).
- Completely free to use!
- Great for SATs Revision or GCSE revision.
- Requires no additional software purchase.
- Helps to improve knowledge of technical terms and keywords.
- Hundreds of ready made games to chose from.
- Supports foreign languages.
- Can be tailored to suit your individual curriculum needs.
Another site to share slideshows etc
A visual search engine
Not used this, but if it works then it would be good for those students who are dyslexic etc.
