The presentations below, from the Interesting Ways series, are deliberately tech-neutral and much more broad than their counterparts.
It would be great to build some new momentum with them again and gather together some further ideas from the community. Of course these ideas may well include the use of technology but there is no expectation for it to be included, anything that is a good idea gets in.
Remember One Idea, One Image, One Slide always works best. I have opened them up to be edited so you should be able to go ahead and do so without needing an invite. Look for the Edit option from the Actions menu. Any problems with this though just drop me an email or Tweet.
As always I look forward to your ideas and contributions to the shared presentations.
Thanks for sharing your idea Alison – I will add it to the presentation
We are currently REALLY improving writing by starting each unit (which are generally skills based) with a hands on or dramatic starter. My class wrote amazing Tudor Murder stories after I mocked up a very bloody murder with a large puppet. We also had a Tudor Fair in the classroom. Recently we have made fairy cakes to stimulate Instruction writing. When we wanted to write a setting we all listened to wooden ship noises, watched video and pulled ropes soaked in salty water. I got some super pirate ship settings from reluctant and EAL pupils.
An interesting approach to digital story-telling http://cloudworks.ac.uk/cloud/view/4103