INSET Workshops

Links to Websites:
Here you'll find a range of websites mentioned during Inset sessions.

Session 1: Developing writers for the future: what new media writing is and how it inspires kids to write

• Opening the Space
  
• The Breathing Wall webtaster by Kate Pullinger
  
• Landfill by Gavin Stewart
  
• Fallowfield by Dene Grigar
  
• New media projects on Kids on the Net
  
• Main Kids on the Net

Collaborative Projects:

• Noon Quilt
  
• Migrating Memories
  
• MGBSchool.com

Collaborative projects on Kids on the Net

• Kids’ Castle
  
• Monster Motel

Child Safety Online:

• Net Rules!

Within the curriculum

• The eTeachers’ Portal

Session 2: Practical Uses of the Internet in the Classroom

What type of work can be produced for the Internet in a classroom?

Examples from the school website

Straight from paper

• Story writing

• Poetry writing
  

Work suited for the Internet:

• The Gateway – Random Chapters Story
  
• Goldilocks and the Sweetie House – KS1 Internet work
  

Collaborative work for the Internet:

• This is My City – Local Studies project (Class collaboration)
  
• School Newspaper – Collaborative work (School collaboration)
  
• Comic Relief Web Nose Day – PSHE work (School collaboration)
  
• Where In the World – Geographical resource (School collaboration)
  
• Virtual Time Capsule – Historical snapshot of the school (School collaboration)
  

Adventure / Fun tasks for the Internet:

• Goose Fair – Informative project about a local funfair
  
• Pirates Booty – online adventure game and inspiration for Adventure Island
  
  

Session 3: Adventure Island – creating an Island

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