Pupil Collaboration Pupil Collaboration through Twinspacethrough Twinspace

Kate Keaveny kojk30@gmail.com

'Today's children are using technology 24 hours a day. Games

are online, they web chat with friends, create blogs and web pages, and then come to school and switch

off.'(Steve woods, Using ICT Creatively in the Primary Classroom 2010)

Benefits of Using Benefits of Using Twinspace with PupilsTwinspace with PupilsSecure and safe

Content can be uploaded from a variety of sources and shared

Showcase for pupils work that won't suddenly disappear.

Pupil's corner

The file archive was the place children could upload their

homework

The forum was created to encourage children to communicate with one

another.

The pupils posted some simple information about

themselves and then received replies.

Tools that pupils can use Tools that pupils can use through Twinspace and through Twinspace and upload to Twinspace.upload to Twinspace.

iPods and iPads can be used to take

photos, videos and talking apps which

can then be uploaded to

Twinspace easily.

The file archive allows you to upload talking apps that are saved as mp4 files.

Whole SchoolWhole SchoolIdeas for involving the whole Ideas for involving the whole

school.school.Forget the teachers.

Start with the pupils!

The pupils will understand

Twinspace and use it to it's greatest

potential far quicker than some

teachers.

Use the pupils work rather than creating additional work.

Ask the children what they want to share and upload.

A pupil's menu

produced at home and

uploaded to Twinspace.

Children Blogging

With young children using a

different platform for blogging leads

to potential problems. Many

require email addresses, if pupils are in supervised they may easily

move to other less suitable blogs.

Twinspace blogs are a great safe

and secure platform for

blogging.

Using google docs to Using google docs to create forms for use in create forms for use in

Twinspace.Twinspace.

Using google docs you can create a form and

then embed it in a blog.

The results from pupils. The questions were

answered on Twinspace on a form embedded from google docs.

If you include some required questions you can ensure you

can compare answers.

How could you use one these in a collaborative

project?

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To really enthuse the children To really enthuse the children we teach , we need to enter we teach , we need to enter

their world, and ICT is an ideal their world, and ICT is an ideal vehicle.vehicle.

'We are preparing our children for jobs that don't exist yet using technology that hasn't been invented to solve problems that we

don't even know are problems yet.'

(Karl Fisch, Shift Happens, 2006)