School Case Studies
| Bodsham Primary School Kennington Junior School | Age Range | Years 4, 5 and 6 | |
| Contrasting a rural and urban locality Bodsham and Kennington |   | |
| Learning Intentions | Activities |
The children will:
| • Use the Internet to view maps, aerial photographs and find out information about both locations • Visited each location to compare land use, buildings and traffic • Used digital cameras and camcorders to record information • Used ICT to create Multimedia presentations and share their work with others |
| Learning Outcomes | ||
| What the children did: • Created their own maps (including a key) of both locations • Produced a user guide about their own locality containing information for a visitor to read • Wrote and published poems and reports on Infomapper and Making the News about Bodsham and Kennington • Created and published on Infomapper Multimedia and Digital Video files about “Kennington and Bodsham – Similarities and Differences” | ||
| Published Infomapper Layers | ||
| The children created and published the following layers on Infomapper:
• Historical information about Bodsham Village • All about Bodsham School • Lauren, Journey to Bodsham School | ||
| Use of ICT to enhance Teaching and Learning | ||
| The children used:
• MP3 recorders and audacity to interview members of the public and record their own thoughts and feelings about each loacation • Windows Movie Maker to edit and share their video presentations with others • Making the News to publish their written reports on the Internet • Skype to video conference and collect information about each locality |
• KJS all about Bodsham School
• digital cameras and Intel Movie Makers to record information about land use, buildings and human activity