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Sock Puppets – Digital Technologies Lesson Plan

Subject: Digital Technologies

Year Level: Foundation – 2, 3 -4, 5 – 6

Strand: Digital Technologies processes and production skills

Sub strand: Using digital systems and Collaborating and managing

2.1 Identify and use digital systems (hardware and software components) for a purpose

2.6 Work with others to create and organise ideas and information using information systems, and share these in safe online environments

4.7 Work with others to plan the creation and communication of ideas and information safely, applying agreed ethical and social protocols

6.9 Manage the creation and communication of ideas and information including online collaborative projects, applying agreed ethical, social and technical protocols

Link to the resource
https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/sock-puppets/id394504903?mt=8

Cross curriculum priorities and general capabilities
Literacy (LIT), Critical and creative thinking (CCT), Personal and social capability (PSC), Information and Communication Technology (ICT), Intercultural understanding (ICU), Sustainability (S)

Links to other learning areas
English, Health, Mathematics, Humanities and Social Science, Science, Drama, Language and Art.

A classroom activity using this resource
The Sock Puppet application lets you create your own lip-synched videos and share them on the Interactive White Board (IWB) or the school virtual learning environment e.g. Moodle. (Facebook and YouTube can also be used but this would be dependent on the schools ICT and online security policies).  Create Sock Puppets and add props, scenery, and backgrounds to create an individual or collaborative animated movie/story to share with others. It is an engaging resource that allows students to be creative and innovative in a fun and simple way.

Sock Puppets is an interactive technological resource which can be integrated into other learning areas.

  • English – They can create storyboards, character writing or retells whilst demonstrating their scripting and editing skills.  Maybe interview you sock and link it to another learning area.
  • Mathematics – The planning and presenting a script demonstrates the use of time.
  • Science – As a presentation demonstrating a Science topic e.g. Space using space characters and backgrounds
  • Art – As a planning tool to create their own sock puppet using recycled materials.
  • Drama – After planning your story in the sock puppet application, making a real sock puppet, then students can put on a play using their sock puppets.
  • Language – the sock puppets could demonstrate the use of another language
  • Health, Science, Humanities and Social Science can be integrated through themes that relate to these topics e.g. SwimSafe, Bullying

Sock Puppets is a free application from the Apple App Store.

How to use this resource
Have students plan and script their story or presentation. Using an iPad, iPod or iPhone, download the Puppet Pals app through iTunes. Within the application you can choose 4 sock puppet characters/actors, 5 different backgrounds to create different scenes and select 4 props. You then open the stage and can move the characters around, and play around with editing the characters and the back drop. Hit the record button, save your story and then play – the puppets automatically lip-synch to your voice.

  • Install the application (internet access is needed) https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/sock-puppets/id394504903?mt=8
  • Click on the URL link http://youtu.be/fM83udhORoE to watch a video detailing how to use the application.  The Help function within the application also contains tutorial information. Both are suitable for classroom instruction
  • This could also be used as a formative and summative assessment tool at the end of or during a learning cycle.

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Snappy!

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Subject: Design and Technologies

Year level: 3-4

Strand: Design and Technologies processes and production skills

Sub strand: Using Digital Systems: creating designed solutions by generating

  • 4.6 Generate, develop, and communicate design ideas and decisions using technical terms and graphical representation techniques

Link to the resource: http://www.scootle.edu.au/ec/viewing/L11652/index.html

Cross curriculum priorities and general capabilities: Literacy, Critical and Creative Thinking, ICT Competence

Links to other learning areas: English, History, Science, Society and Environment, Health and Physical Education, Arts

  • Plan, draft and publish imaginative, informative and persuasive texts demonstrating increasing control over text structures and language features and selecting print and multimodal elements appropriate to the audience and purpose (ACELY1682)
  • Understand how different types of texts vary in use of language choices, depending on their purpose and context (for example, tense and types of sentences) (ACELA1478)
  • Use a range of communication forms (oral, graphic, written) and digital technologies (ACHHS071)

A classroom activity using this resource:
‘Snappy’ is used to create an interactive presentation where you can add your own digital images, audio files and text. In a classroom activity, students may have researched a science concept and must now present their findings in the form of an interactive presentation. Students can choose a layout and style for each page. Once students have completed their presentation, they can then share it with the class to engage and inform.

Educational value:

  • Allows students to explore and manipulate images, layouts, styles, text and audio files to create their own interactive presentation.
  • Provides opportunities for students to improve writing and comprehension skills.
  • Includes demonstration videos for students and teachers to follow.
  • Provides an option to print the presentation to further assess students work.

How to use this resource:

  • Download the Adobe AIR as Snappy is an Adobe AIR application.
  • Create a new folder in your computer – inside it, put all the audio and image files you want to use.
  • Images must be JPEG files and audio files must be MP3.
  • Select Snappy to download and run the application.
  • Choose a layout and style for each page.
  • Add a caption to each image.
  • The presentation will save while you are working.
  • Once completed, you can view the presentation in an internet browser and share with others.
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Showbie

Subject: Digital Technologies

Year Level: 3+

Strand: Digital Technologies Processes and Production Skills

Sub Strand: Creating digital solutions

4.7 Work with others to plan  the creation and communication of ideas and information safely, applying agreed ethical and social protocols.

6.9 Manage the creation and communication of ideas and information including online collaborative projects, applying agreed ethical, social and technical protocols.

Link to the resource
http://www.showbie.com/

Cross Curriculum Priorities and General Capabilities

Literacy

Information and communication technology capability

Critical and creative thinking

Personal and social capability

Ethical understanding

Links to other learning areas

Could be linked to all learning areas, including English, Mathematics, Science, Health, Languages and SOSE.

A classroom activity using this resource
This resource could be used for a research project for any subject.  The task could be assigned, including instructions, links, templates etc.  The students must then research the set topic and post their work on Showbie.  They can post their work in a number of formats, including video, text, audio, powepoint presentations and much more.  The teacher can then assess the students’  work, adding annotations, voice notes and comments on to the work.  Students and parents can access this feedback immediately.

How to use this resource
This resource is an excellent way to assign, collect and assess student’s work.  Students are invited to class groups and each student has their own profile.  From here, they can access different subject areas/topics.  Teachers can assign tasks, post reminders or provide general information for the students to see.  Once students have completed an assigned task, they upload it to the appropriate folder.  This can be in the form of a text document, a video, images, or voice recordings.  Teachers can access these tasks and provide immediate feedback using voice notes, comments or annotations on the students’ work, or by attaching a rubric/checklist.  Conversations can take place, which is great for clearing up any misunderstandings or queries regarding a set task.

As well as allowing easy communication between class members, Showbie also allows different class groups to join together and share their work.  This is excellent for buddy classes.  Parents can also access their child’s Showbie account in order to view the students’ work, monitor student progress and communicate with the teacher.

Showbie can be used for any task type, in any learning area.  It is a great way of increasing student accountability and responsibility over their learning, as they are responsible for regularly checking Showbie for new tasks and updates.  Students love being able to use the iPads for their class work, and enjoy the benefits of sharing work and receiving immediate feedback.