ICT Coordinators Update
As always it has been have very busy term for all those with ICT responsibilities. The teachers involved continue to work hard in attempt to improve the ICT skills of our local community both young and old. Also Mr Mercer and Mrs Watson have established enrichment courses and extra-curricular activities to broaden the educational experience of our pupils using the medium of ICT. The work of the ICT Coordinators together with Miss Gillespie (Transition teacher) falls into the following areas:
• Collaboration with our Feeder Primaries
• eTwinning
• Computer Club
• Community Relations
• Momentum Project
Feeder Primaries
Last term Miss Gillespie worked with Glenwood and Carrs Glen on the ICT Accreditation. Glenwood completed the Designing a Leaflet Task on the topic of Victorians, and they also completed the Charlottes Web task which tested their programming skills in Black Cat Logo. Miss Gillespie also worked with 2 primary 7 classes in Carrs Glen and both completed the Designing a Leaflet task. Their topic was the Titanic.
Mrs Watson collaborated with Currie Primary and Wheatfield Primary. Again pupils were developing their ICT skills in preparation for the Accreditation tasks. Pupils at Currie Primary produced calendars using Microsoft Publisher and pupils at Wheatfield completed a leaflet and Power point presentation.
Miss Gillespie and Mrs Watson were very impressed with the motivation from all pupils and the high standard of the work produced.
eTwinning
In eTwinning Mr Mercer together with his enrichment class been looking at how we can learn valuable lessons from our own life's history. They have been looking at key events that have shaped their lives. These are some of the thoughts about videos that some of the pupils have made about their lives.
Renata Krason, Poland
I think that all of these presentations can teach us something. What I've noticed is, that for every young person a real friendship means a lot and that's what can help them while having problems. Another important issue in most people's life is family. A helpful and supporting brother or parents which we can rely on are very valued by teenagers. It means, that all young people need support from others and every one of us wants to have a person who is always nearby when we need them.
Andrey Efremenkov,Russia
I guess other people’s stories can teach us much. Any person during his life does either something useful or something quite useless. Bearing other people’s stories we can during a short time get as much experience as another one has spent all his life to acquire. Thanks to other people’s stories humans made a great technical progress.
Kelly McIlwaine, GMS
Personally I think you can learn things from other peoples life stories but its up to yourself whether or not you want to change the way your living its easy to say yes i've been living in a bad way but its up to yourself to change that. Many people do have experiences in their lives that are good and bad, but this cannot help people from making bad or good decisions. If the thought is in someone's mind to do bad then they will if they want to do good then they will. It is your state of mind that can change your way of perceiving the world.
Computer Club
Mrs Watson and Mrs Rodgers have continued to hold a computer club every Monday and Wednesday in the Electronic Village Hall. Although numbers have not been as good as expected the pupils attending have worked very hard on the projects set. Currently they are working to produce a short film about our new school. The pupils have loved the opportunity to use new equipment and ICT applications.
