RiskIT for a biscuit?!

At the end of October we participated in Naace's two week RiskIT campaign at school, which encourages staff to try something new in ICT. The Key RiskIT Elements are:

• Working in judgment-free environment
• Trying new things
• Experimenting
• Taking the fear out of technology
• Making teachers young again
• Mind over matter
• Taking control of the technology
• Learning new things
• Learning from students
• Not afraid of failure, but learn from it

So how did we RiskIT? By doing lots of things that may not have been new to all teachers, but were a big leap for some. I put up a timetable in the staffroom to encourage teachers to sign up and 'RiskIt for a biscuit!' 

So here are some of the things that teachers did at Roydon Primary:

• Use crazytalk to start an enquiry/drama lessonss
• Give the digital leaders the opportunity to create their own blog
• Year 2/1s used crazytalk on the ipad to create a news report about the great fire of London
• Other year 2/1s used book creator to create fact sheets about the great fire
• Create symmetrical pictures using textease paint
• A skype session with a viking
• Using Mr Thorne does phonics apps in class on the ipads with reception aged children

 I think they earned a biscuit or two!