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Our Wiki is designed to aid children with maths and english through the use of ICT. We chose to focus on a Shopping Spree as our main theme, as this is an area that children will be familiar with and we can incorporate alot of practical and relevant activities using this theme. The implementation of ICT is used throughout our lessons, students interact with Microsoft Word, Microsoft excel, online video, interactive word sleuths, the class smart board and Powerpoint. The lessons gradually build up from developing and practicing math skills to using these skills in a real life situation, preparing a food stall for the school fete. The students interact with mathematics through the preparation for the stall using addition and multiplication skills in particular. The aim is that through the class, individual and group work students can personally observe the process of mathematics being applied to everyday life. The incorporation of an excursion to the shopping centre and preparation of the food they prepare a recipe for will make the lesson engaging and fun for the students and allow them to see the development and reward of their hard work.
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We chose to use the Learning Federation games, Inspiration, Mimio using the Smartboard, and PowerPoint in our learning sequence. All of these tools were used as they provided extra learning and enhancement to the main objective we were trying to achieve in each lesson. All of these ICT tools are easy for the students to use, understand and access. The Learning Federation maths game provided extra maths support in a fun environment. Inspiration is a great way for the children to map out their ideas in a more visual way. Mimio is a great learning tool as it enhances learning, such as the "Shot the Sherriff" game which displays the sums on the board for all the children to see. Power Point is a great way to display the childrens ideas in a more exciting manner, using pictures and words together to display to the whole class if they so choose.

We understand a constructivist classroom to be one that promotes interactive learning. That is why we tried to use group work as a class or small groups to encourage more interaction between the students. We used these specific forms of ICT as we believe they again promote the idea of active and constructivist learning in the classroom. Alot of the activites and games require the students to construct their own learning, using the base ideas we have taught them and then expanding them.

LESSON PLAN 1- using mimio [|maths lesson plan on mimio.doc] LESSON PLAN 2- shopping trip and creating a menu [|maths shop LP.doc] LESSON PLAN 3- finding a recipe [|finding a recipe.doc] LESSON PLAN 4- modifying the recipe for the fete [|modifying our recipe.doc] LESSON PLAN 5- preparing for our shopping spree [|Stranger Danger.doc]
 * __Lesson Plans__**

[|ICT integration project.isf]
 * __Inspiration Map__**

[|Project Management.docx]
 * __Project Management__**

Library, Internet, Education Websites, Learning Federation Website, Progress Maps, Curriculum Framework
 * __Resources__

Websites Used

[] - Curriculum Council [] - You Tube [] - The Learning Federation**