Supported by the National Year of Reading, there are two age groups for judging; 4-7 years and 8 -12 years. Entries can be submitted in any format on CD or DVD by email or post.

A school or after school group will win:

1 x 5 user license ‘I Can Animate’
5 x webcams
5 x table top tripods
5 x Stikfas movable figures
5 x chroma key screens

The winning school will also be able to enjoy a tour around the PPC office (numbers tbc).

The winning trailers will be shown in Film Street’s Cinema and Kudlian’s website; they will also be catalogued and preserved in the Media Archive for Central England for future generations to enjoy and study.

Closing date for the competition is Friday 3rd April 2009.

If you fancy entering and want to learn more about animation and film making prior to the competition, then why not attend one of our training sessions here at the CLC in January and February?

• To learn how to use the IWB for simple annotation and drag and drop activities
• To feel confident using the IWB in class
• To move from using the board as a projection screen to a tool for student-teacher interaction

Please use this area to share ideas and materials connected to the sessions and to let us know how it goes if you try something out in class. You can also recommend good web sites or seek advice from colleagues. Most of all we want you to join in and support each other.

Useful Guides:

DFeS Guidance on Interactive Whiteboards in English

Whiteboard Basics - Using Activstudio 3

Whiteboard Basics - Using Text in Activstudio 3

Whiteboard Basics - Using Images in Activstudio3

Video Guides:

Whiteboard basics - using Activstudio 3

Whiteboard basics - using text in Activstudio 3

Whiteboard basics - using images in Activstudio 3

Teaching Tips:

IWB Tips

Teaching Techniques using a Whiteboard

ActivStudio 3 Flipchart of Examples

Flipchart

Some points to consider..

Can you identify any resources that you currently use that lend themselves better to using the whiteboard? (i.e. cut and paste, matching exercises)

Are there any videos that you will be showing this year that could be put onto the whiteboard in clips? What would be the advantage of this?

Can you think of any activities that you currently use as a plenary that would be ideal for using with the whiteboard?

What aspects of English are best suited to sorting, sequencing and classifying information as a way of testing hypotheses / modelling?  These aspects are ideal activities for pupils to come to the whiteboard and manipulate to understand or find something out for themselves. (i.e. dragging and dropping different paragraphs to find out which works best as a story opening or conclusion)

We have learnt a number of lessons about what constitutes effective learning and teaching using technology.

What do you think have been the most valuable things the CLC has learnt about improving teaching and learning using technology?

Firstly we will spend thirty minutes looking at year 7 blogs and going over how to access and comment on these blogs.

The second half of the session will look at Frog and what learning platforms offer to the hard-pressed teacher. In particular we’ll go over assigning work to students using Frog.

At the end of the sessions I’d be very grateful if you would complete the survey here.

The project will be shown amongst other winners as part of the e-Inclusion Ministerial Conference and Exhibition, taking place in Vienna on 30 November - 2 December 2008.