The PDP Conference - case studies


Case studies PDP Conference Introduction by Joy Drever The aim of the student conference is to develop the idea of a professional learning community. Keynote Address by Huw Thomas Huw, Local Headteacher and author, discusses the value of continuing professional development. Supporting Children’s Creative Imagination by Eleni Katsiada Eleni, an international student talks about her action project for the MA in Early Years Education. Visual Auditory Kinaesthetic Learning Styles by Linda Dye Linda examines the influence her VAK training has on teachers’ perceptions of classroom learning. The Design & Implementation of Mobile Learning by Cristian Bustamante Socrates/Erasmus 2006/07: Teacher mobility seminar at UMEA university, Sweden. E-learning Skills Support for developing Digital Media Applications by Cristian Bustamante Answering technical questions and offering online support for learners at Masters level. DMA - Video, Text and Pedagogy by Richard McCarter Analysing the pedagogical value of the synergy between video and text in a digital media application. Computer Games and Children’s Collaborative Talk by Rob Hobson Based on his Extended Professional Project Rob examines how children work together and how “Talk Lessons” can affect group dynamics.


Computer games and children’s collaborative talk by Rob Hobson Contribution overview Programme: MA Education Module: Extended Professional Project I am a Key Stage 2 teacher, and have been teaching for 10 years. I am particularly interested in ICT and language and am keen to see how the use of computers in the primary classroom can encourage the further development of the language used by children. I am also interested in how the way that children work collaboratively in groups can help them to construct their own learning and development. The presentation is based around small-scale research that I have carried out for my MA dissertation. This involved examining the way in which children work together in groups and how the talk that they used was influenced by the way they worked. Download Presentation: SHU_games_talk.pdf (174k) Supporting text: SHU_computer games_childrens_talk.pdf (32k) Video sequences This text is replaced by the Flash Video 1. This text is replaced by the Flash Video 2.

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