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Title
BeeBot Story Boxes
Objective/s
To use the BeeBot box and it’s contents to aid transition from
nursery then into school through all stages by transferring
learned skills.
To use the BeeBot together with a story to provide a cross
curricular approach to learning.
To use the BeeBot with other cross curricular approaches to
develop a Curriculum for Excellence
Creator/s
Lorraine Munro, ICT Staff Tutor Early Years
Date
Feb 2008
Documents
Web Links
ICT Nursery/P1 Transition
BeeBot Website
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About
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Background/
Rationale
The background for this ICT Project was to find innovative ways
in which to integrate ICT into the classroom.
The BeeBot is an exciting new programmable floor robot, it’s
simple and child friendly layout is a perfect starting point for
teaching control, directional language and programming to young
children but I also wanted to support learning across the
curriculum.
Using BeeBots are a fun way to support learning as I had already
worked with these within the Primary 1 classroom.
I decided to create a box which would incorporate many aspects
of the curriculum but the context would be the story “We’re
Going On A Bear Hunt” and using the BeeBot as the tool for
delivering the intended learning.
It is also hoped to use this to promote transition from nursery
then into school through all stages, children bringing their
learning with them through school.
Documents
BeeBot activity ideas
Web Links
Curriculum for Excellence
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People
Learning Together in Dundee
People
Lorraine Munro, ICT Staff Tutor Early Years
St Vincent’s Primary School, staff and children from the
Nursery Class on into the middle stages of Primary School
The first box for this Pilot Project is
‘We’re Going On A Bear Hunt’
Web Links
St Vincent’s Primary School
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Project
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Project
The Project involved creating a box that’s main context was a
story. It was decided to begin with “We’re Going On A Bear
Hunt”. I began by collecting as many resources as possible. I
did this by sourcing the internet and found many resources
for use across the curriculum.
Within the box there is a pen drive with many resources to be
used within the classroom. These include activities to promote
reading, writing, literacy, maths, ICT, PE, PSED. These also
included interactive white board activities.
These are a list of resources that were created for the Box.
Documents
BeeBot Activity
Sheet
Web Links
Sparklebox
website
Learning
Intentions
Useful
Downloads
Other Suggested
Activities
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Impact
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Impact
*Feedback from Staff has found that using the BeeBot
has proved extremely beneficial when working with
control and modelling.
*Using the Story Box has given a context and they have
seen how they can use the BeeBot and take it in other
directions e.g. using it with different stories, developing
different characters for the BeeBot.
*The different activities in the box e.g. number line and
sequence cards have supported learning across the
curriculum.
*Children will now have opportunities to explore learned
skills throughout each stage of school.
Documents
Feedback from teachers at
St Vincent’s
Web Links
Curriculum for Excellence
Technologies
Curriculum for Excellence
Technologies
Experiences & Outcomes
Impact of Project in School
MIICE evaluation
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Next Steps
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Next Steps
The project has taken off well
and other boxes have now been
created.
These include:
Goldilocks and the Three Bears
The Very Hungry Caterpillar
Handa’s Surprise
Oxford Reading Tree
The Goldilocks box and Hungry
Caterpillar box include
resources and activities for use
with Foreign Languages
including a Photo Book which
retells the story in French and
Polish
Documents
Impact of ICT
in Schools Blank
Web Links
MIICE Website
Click here to view the contents
of the Goldilocks box.