Bingel

I learned a few weeks ago that my school has bought a subscription to an app called Bingel and it’s from Samona and they have also learning material to the classroom.

 

The app is for grade 1-6 and the students have its own log in. When the students log in for the first time they have an avatar that’s just have shorts and a top on them. Now the student’s job is to collect points to buy the avatar clothes or superpower.  This avatar lives on an island and the students have different alternative to choose on. Most of the subjects that the student study in school they can practice on the island. Every grade has its own island.  Now the students gets a lot of different activities to take a part in.

The teacher can send the students activities if they noticed that the student need to work extra on something.

The teacher can see what all the students is doing and gets statistics on what they need to practice more on. And the students really like this game.

The teacher can limit the time the students play and they can choose what they want the students to play.

If the class have the books that goes along with this it’s more fun for the students. But it’s a fun way for kids to learn when they don’t know they are learning. One of the class in my school they have their own iPad and they are allowed to take it home and study on them and do their homework. That is from grade 4.  My colleague noticed that the students are playing a lot at home because they want to build up their avatar. But still it’s the teacher that decides what they can play.

// Ingegerd

Super Simple Songs

The ICT resource I’m particularly fond of and that I use quite often in the classroom is ‘Super Simple Songs'. The name is quite self-explanatory, however, for the sake of clarity I’ll explain what it entails. Basically, it’s English nursery rhymes and classic camp songs put together with videos to help kids learn and improve their English. The songs can either be bought on the website or they can be accessed on YouTube. So all you need is an internet connection to make it work!

From a teacher’s perspective, this is an incredibly useful tool since the songs also come with worksheets, flashcards, colouring pages, games and crafts. So, say you want to practice the alphabet, you play the alphabet song and later accompany this with tracing letter worksheets and flashcards which are at your disposal for free! 

Alphabet Flashcards

The search engine on the website is very useful as you can search for whatever you would like to practice or reinforce in class. You could browse by song, topic, series or even type! There are 6 different levels and the level is indicated on each worksheet so it’s easy to know what worksheet you need for different groups.

When choosing a song it is essential that you carefully examine what it is that you want the pupils to learn. Is it specific vocabulary, pronunciation, topic or grammar? Thus, having a clear idea beforehand will make it easier for you to pick a relevant song. It is also important to bear in mind the age and English level of your pupils as some songs might be either too difficult or too easy which will lead to the pupils losing interest! Therefore, always make sure you listen to the song beforehand and teach relevant vocabulary or structures so the kids don't lose interest. Also, as a backup, make sure you have the mp3 version of the songs, because although this is the age of YouTube, sometimes not being dependent on a connection might save your class! The kids might not be be able to see the video like that so it's also good if you know some simple choreography to accompany the songs!

From a student’s perspective, this website is also useful for the kids themselves! Not only can the children listen to the songs in the classroom, but they could also watch and listen to the songs at home together with the parents. The videos also come with some type of choreography and they are very colourful and the kids love to watch them and sing along. The songs encourage the kids to get up and move and follow the instructions on the video! It’s great fun for the kids and very educational and also helps to improve motor skills! Furthermore, songs can help support children's emotional development as they can express themselves through songs and it is a tool which increases enjoyment and participation  and could also help improve bonding! Moreover, the website also provides shows and games  which the children could access at home!

All in all, I find this website very useful as learning a language through songs is one of the best ways to help children improve their English and increase their curiosity. Many times all you need is a catchy song that the children will remember even after you’re done teaching a specific language skill and Super Simple Songs provides just that; super simple catchy songs! Happy singing y’all!

skolfederation.se

Sunday,16 December 2017

skolfederation.se

ICT Resource that is available for me as a teacher and my pupils.

The Resource:

The ICT resource is a website known as skolfederation.se

It is a  digital learning service provided by the municipality in my case the Botkyrka municipality.

How It Works:

One can log in directly via skolferedation.se or alternatively via the school platform VKlass.

Under the homepage of VKlass select Lärressurer located on the left-hand side.

The page will show nine(9) different digital learning services named (pedagogiska tjänster)pedagogical services to choose from.

Select the digital icon service that befits your class, subject and lesson plan/project/theme.

Once you select the icon it will take you back to municipality page asking your username and password.

Login in using your official school address  eg mellody.akinyi@botkyrka.se

You can use the same password for the school email or you can opt to change.

Under any given icon there are sub-icons/columns to chose from .once more all depends on the lesson plan.

Pedagogiska tjänster

AVC Botkyrka-Huddinge
Länk

Inloggning till AVC Botkyrka-Huddinge via Skolfederationen

Digilär
Länk

Inloggning till SO-biblioteket via Skolfederationen

Inläsningstjänst
Länk

Inloggning till Inläsningstjänst via Skolfederationen

Liber Online
Länk

Inloggning till Liber Online via Skolfederationen

MV-NORDIC
Länk

Inloggning till MV-Nordics tjänster via Skolfederationen. (tjänster som publiceras är det Botkyr...

Natur och Kultur (NOKflex)
Länk

Inloggning till NOKflex via Skolfederation (endast skolor med egen Licens)

NE
Länk

Inloggning till NE via Skolfederationen

Svenska Djur
Länk

Inloggning till Svenska Djur via Skolfederationen

Världens Djur
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Inloggning till Världens Djur via Skolfederationen

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Example of different sub-icons  after clicking the Svenska Djur Länk icon.

What you need to make it work:

One has to be a member either privately or through the school.

You need an iPad or laptop, an email address and login password.

Preferable a whiteboard and a projector if you have a larger class and most importantly stable electricity and accessiable internet.

How The Resource Can Be Used By Teachers:

They can use it as a tool to diversify and differentiate teaching instructions since it has texts, audios, films, video clips, games etc

It can also be used as a summative assessment or formative tool as the teacher can follow up with questions already given from  the text, audios or video clips.

The teachers can use it as a platform for inclusion as it has the possibility to be used either with the whole class, with groups, in pairs or with an individual.

How Can It Be Used By Pupils:

Pupils can use to train their learning skills e.g receptive, information, memory and production skills.

Pupils with reading and writing difficulties can use the videos, undertext and the audiobooks as a study support or help to develop their learning.

The study support in the inläsninstjanst link icon which is provided in different mother languages can be used by all pupils to understand better but most especially the new ones in Sweden who are yet to grasp the language.

The pupils can use it for educational games and get immediate feedback if the answer they select is right or wrong.

Advantages:

-The website covers a wide geographical area in Sweden e:g Inlästningsjänst is in 234 municipalities out of the 290 in Sweden.

-It has a guide that is easy to understand and follow.

Dokument och Användarguider

Information om Skolfederation och Botkyrkas pedagogiska tjänster
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-All materials are age appropriate and it equally adheres to the revised Lgr 11 which is now more geared to ICT teaching and learning developments.

-On Liberonline link under lärrummet, their is a quick guide to Lgr 11: Curriculum for the compulsory school, preschool class and recreation centre thus making pedagogy more reliable, effective and efficient.Besides, it has lesson tips.

-It is interactive making teaching and learning enjoyable.

-It takes into consideration the fundamental values and tasks of the school as indicated on the Lgr 11(pg 83)under the mother tongue tuition and I quote.

" Teaching should give pupils the opportunities to develop their cultural identity and become bilingual".

-Easy and simple to navigate through the icons.

-All subjects are included further it some have news, actual happenings(like breaking news in media).

-The Days Artful(Dagen Klurig)can we used as lessons warm-up tips to keep pupils focused and actually enjoy lessons.

-You can login to pupils individual iPad using your password and assign the same work or a different one. 

Other Considerations When Using This Resource:

-Always have a backup plan just in case the internet fails or due to blackout.

-Have a clear pedagogical objective and lesson plan.

-Have in mind all different type of learning styles and your pupils' levels.Evaluate every icon and its suitability to your class.

-Always make sure to log out when not using private iPad or laptop.

-Evaluate accessibility of equipment eg laptop, projector, whiteboard and internet.

-Check out issues to do with sound effect and lights etc before you begin.

Lastly, I hope you are inspired and you will try it out.I hereby highly recommend Liberonline and Inlärningstjänst Link.

Bingel

                                                                              Bingel

At the school where I work, we have started to work more consciously with ICT. We have started using a web-based learning platform called Bingel. This platform is created by the publisher Samona. Bingel is a virtual complement to the publisher's own teaching material, which makes it more fun for the pupils to study and learn different subjects.  Bingel is a digital tool where the students train skills in a new, fun and motivating way.

To access Bingel, the school needs to buy an annual subscription. However, you can try Bingel for 30 days free of charge. Even though Bingel is based on the publisher´s teaching material, you do not have to work with or have access to the physical book. However, the idea is that Bingel is a complement the book and help students to repeat and understand a certain field of work through a more varied approach. The system needs an administrator who controls who has the access to what within the system, both students and teachers.

The teacher can control the tasks the students work with. This means that the teacher can choose to limit the students to work with tasks in certain areas of work or let the students work freely. However, the risk of allowing students to work alone in their own pace may be that some students may finish all tasks relatively quickly and get way forward while others may not be able to do more than a few tasks, depending on the students' ability and interest. Furthermore, using Bingel as a tool in teaching facilitates the teacher's work because the teacher does not need to develop new material for each subject area because it already exists in the platform. The task packages also work well as self-correcting homework. Also, Bingel helps the teacher to adapt exercises according to each student’s level or to the whole class. Meanwhile the teacher has an overview of who has completed the task and how they did but also when they did it. I think it is good for teachers to know where mostly of the exercises are done because this helps the teacher to adapt the teaching. Bingel enables teachers to better adapt information to students' level of knowledge, which challenges students at their level and based on their individual ability. This is possible because data can be linked to students based on different grades and different teaching materials placed on the platform. As a teacher, you have full insight into how students work at the student and class level. You can communicate by giving formative feedback but also giving praise and encouragement.

Viewed from a student´s perspective, Bingel is an adventure game mixed with concrete subject knowledge to help solve various problems that arise. Students are rewarded through various tools like medals, stickers or most importantly, points. These points can be used by the students to buy their avatars new clothes as an example. Furthermore, students can choose which tasks they want to implement and work with them at their own pace. This helps the material to be used individually, based on the student´s interests and abilities.

How can students start to bingel? Everything that is needed to bingle is an internet connection and a login. No program needs to be installed because everything is web-based. Each student receives his own login and can bingle both at school and at home.

You must have in mind when working with Bingel, like with every other ICT tool that you should always have a backup plan if planning to work during class. This is because even if you as a teacher add exercises to the island, it is not guaranteed that the students have access to the task. This can lead to misunderstanding and upset studenst, so make sure to have a backup plan during class. But even though this problem may occur, my students really enjoy working with Bingel. You try it too with your students and you will see a great joy and progress in learning. 

//Katarina Kasmarvik