Starter+Sheets

=Introduction:= toc The Starter Sheets are resources for the classroom teacher. The intention of each sheet is to introduce a tool, technology or activity that could be easily adapted for use in the classroom. Each sheet is created to a template design and should have the following features:
 * must be two pages
 * must have pictures that illustrate process and outcomes
 * process must be straight forward
 * must be simple to read and understand
 * must have clear benefits for the teacher in the classroom, the exemplar should be easy to adapt to a variety of classroom settings
 * must have an alternative - web based or application
 * must be linked to Bloom's Digital Taxonomy and Sensory learning styles using VARK

=Resources:=

Tool or Technology:
This is an infographic that summaries the main Network cable standards - Cat 2, 3, 4, 5, 5e, 6 & 6e and their respective speeds, frequencies and ranges. It also explains UTP, STP & ScTP

Curriculum Area:
Information Technology, Computer Science, ITGS, Technology, Digital Technology

Tool or Technology:
This is an infographic that summaries the key wifi standards - A, B, G, N & AC and their respective speeds, frequencies and ranges.

Curriculum Area:
Information Technology, Computer Science, ITGS, Technology, Digital Technology

Tool or technology:
This starter sheets is looking at the online service Crocodoc which allows the users to upload, share and annotate document. The documents can then be downloaded in the mark-up format or in the original format. This service supports PDF and Microsoft office files. This is a useful way of collating student work sharing exemplars and adding comments and drawing with out modifying the original document.

Curriculum area:
All

Link:
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Tool or technology:
This starter sheet uses a blog post as a tool for self developed reflection and comment based feedback. it uses the reflection cycle as a too to scaffold the process. The reflective cycle has 5 stages - This can be used in a wide range of situations whether it is a student reflecting on their learning and contribution, a students posting a comment on a peers blog and using the cycle to offer critique and comment or a student reflecting on the events of the day.
 * 1) Select an event
 * 2) describe the event - what, where, when and who
 * 3) Analyse the event - break it down into the component elements and as the How and why questions
 * 4) Evaluate the event - make a judgement having considered the impact, importance, effectiveness and relationships
 * 5) Transform - make a change based on the process

Curriculum area:
All example from mathematics

Tool or technology:
This starter sheet uses Google forms as a tool for diagnostic assessment. It shows to to create a simple multiple choice test and collate the responses in a usable manner. It also looks at what are suitable multiple choice answers.

Curriculum area:
All

Tool or technology:
This starter sheet uses Moodle Quiz as a tool for diagnostic assessment. It shows to to create a simple multiple choice test and collate the responses in a usable manner. It also looks at what are suitable multiple choice answers. This sheet examines what is a process for deciding on the aspects to be assessed in your diagnostic assessment

Curriculum area:
All

Tool or technology:
This starter sheet uses Voicethread as a tool to provide formative assessment and feedback to students. the teacher, leaving a comment on students work is as simple as playing the slides and clicking on the text, voice or web camera comment button at the bottom of the page. From their the speak a comment or type a statement or both.

Curriculum area:
All - ideal for students developing presentations or uncomfortable presenting in front of their peers

Tool or technology:
This starter sheet looks at providing formative feedback using the review tools in MS Word

Curriculum area:
All

Tool or technology:
This starter sheet looks at providing formative feedback using the comment and revision tools in Google documents. It focuses on the use of the word processor, however the same tool kit is available in all of the applications (word processor, spreadsheet and presentation tool)

Curriculum area:
All

Tool or technology:
This starter sheet looks at providing formative feedback using the comment tools in Adobe Acrobat Pro

Curriculum area:
All

Tool or technology:
This starter sheet looks at Delicious the social bookmarking tool.

Curriculum area:
Bookmarking research in science

Synopsis:
This starter sheet covers the basics of start individual and class accounts, tagging pages and how this fits into classroom activities.

Tool or technology:
This starter sheet looks at Diigo, The Directory of Internet Information, Groups and Other Stuff - a social bookmarking tool.

Curriculum area:
Bookmarking research in Humanities

Synopsis:
This starter sheet covers the basics of start individual and class accounts, tagging pages and how this fits into classroom activities.

Tool or technology:
Voicethread - Audio recording tool with video and still images

Curriculum area:
In Science

Synopsis:
This starter sheet covers the basics of starting an accounts, uploading media and adding narration to produce an enhanced podcast.It also how it could fit into classroom activities.

Starter Video
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Tool or technology:
Google Maps and Streetview

Curriculum area:
Languages - French

Synopsis:
This example look at the use of Google maps and street view to develop an understanding of the culture in France by a virtual field trip to Paris using the Google Maps and Street view tools.

Tool or technology:
Wiki using wikispaces

Curriculum area:
Information Technology

Synopsis:
This is a example of a wiki developed collaboratively between four schools for an element of an assessment.

Tool or technology:
Google Search engine - Advanced search mode

Curriculum area:
Humanities

Synopsis:
This starter sheet looks at using the advance search features of this popular search engine.

Extension
Boolean Searches explained

Tool or technology:
Buzzord - online collaborative word processor. This is adobe's product. It is a flash based ribbon menu word processor.

Curriculum area:
Science

Synopsis:
This starter sheet look at the use of this online tool in science. The product allows collaboration with a history feature that allows the monitoring of the students input and contribution.



Tool or technology:
Animoto is a video creation technology that takes stills images, text and music and creates short length (30 seconds - free) or full length ( > 30 Seconds at a subscription) It is simple straight forward and easy to use.

Curriculum area:
Humanities

Synopsis:
Students use Animoto to create a slide show showing the plight of children in Countries effected by Poverty.

Tool or technology:
Mixbook - an online publishing tool that allows the user to create, edit, share and publish their work in a digital or hard copy format.

Curriculum area:
English

Synopsis:
Students use Mixbook to create their own portfolios of poetry in a variety of Genre, styles and forms, enhancing these with images, backgrounds and layouts that suit the purpose and audience.

Tool or technology:
Mindmeister collaborative online mind mapping or concept mapping tool

Curriculum area:
Mathematics

Synopsis:
The students use the basic edition of [|Mindmeister] to create simple shared mind maps. The maps are easy to construct and manipulate.

Tool or technology:
Google Documents Forms

Curriculum area:
Information technology

Synopsis:
Students use Google forms to structure, collate and process data on the level of piracy of music and software within the student community. Google forms are an extension of the Google documents product [|http;//docs.google.com]

Tool or technology:

 * GIS or Geographical Information System**. Google Earth - Downloaded and installed client, internet connection required

Curriculum area:
Humanities

Synopsis:
This starter sheet looks at the power of Google Earth. While it only looks at one aspect of the tool, the Global Awareness Layers, particularly the Crisis in Darfur, this tool has a range of other uses in a wide variety of subject areas especially science with the Google sky feature, the Global volcanism projects and alike.

Tool or technology:
Microblogging Tool

Curriculum area:
professional learning network, communication tool and microblogger

Synopsis:
This starter sheet introduces the microblogging tool twitter and how it can be used as a tool for your personal leanring network as well as keeping up to date with news your colleagues friends etc.

Tool or technology:
Word cloud generator

Curriculum area:
Any subject or curriculum area.

Synopsis:
This tool will allow you to collect and organise keywords into a visual