My first blog...

Week 1 

Hello all!

Today we discussed the place and value of ICT within the national curriculum and schools. It quickly became apparent how important it has become as its own subject as well as in supporting all other subjects and aspects of a school day.

ICT within the National curriculum:

• ICT remains a compulsory National curriculum subject at all 4 key stages. However, schools are free to develop their own curricular for it. 
• 'Learners as consumers' ICT supplies a range of multi-modal formats that children turn into knowledge. Good examples of this in ICT are the use of; blogs, pod casts, mind maps, coding and programming etc. 

Here are some useful web based resources:

• http://cooltoolsforschools.wikispaces.com/
• http://www.lgfl.net/Pages/default.aspx
• http://www.britishpathe.com/

Blogging: 'Personal news'

What is blogging?
'Blog' is the morpheme of the two words web log. Blogs enable everybody to have a verbal and creative say on any topic or event they wish to. It is often described as the 'personal news'. This week we discussed the up and coming use of blogs within schools. We saw what valuable learning experiences come from creating your own blog, receiving feedback, and viewing your peers blogs.

E safety

When using the internet children must learn the rules of e safety and how to keep safe on the internet. 

Cyber bullying :(

What is Cyber bullying?

Cyber bullying is when a person or a group of people uses the internet, mobile phones, online games or any other kind of digital technology to threaten, tease, upset or humiliate someone else.

What makes cyber bullying different from other types of bullying?

 

Cyber bullying is a form of bullying but because it happens online or on mobile phones it can happen 24 hours a day, seven days a week.

• If you are being bullied at school you can usually get away from the bullies when you are at home but with cyber bullying it can feel like there is 
  no escape.
• Cyber bullying can be done anonymously. For example, they might set up fake accounts and hide their IP address or block their 
  mobile number.
• When bullying happens at school it is usually one person or a small group of people. Cyber bullying can be really scary as it could involve a lot more people  - you might feel that people ganging up on you.