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Contents 1 Introduction 1.1 Activity 2 Display Titles, Labels and Worksheet Using Word 2.1 Demonstration - Making titles 2.1.1 Create A Banner for A Display 2.1.2 Activity 2.1.3 Using WordArt and other software to make titles 2.2 Activity - Making Labels 2.3 What to do with the file once it is saved? 3 Using blockposter 3.1 Activity 4 Lunch 5 Sharing Resources 5.1 Joining and using the Classroom Displays Flickr Group 5.1.1 What? 5.1.2 Why? 5.1.3 How 5.1.4 Activity 5.1.4.1 Classroom Displays Blog 5.1.4.2 TA Forums 5.2 The power of delicious 5.2.1 Activity 5.3 Displays in the ICT suite 5.4 Plenary 5.4.1 Answering the Questions 5.5 Finishing off

Introduction

Image:TA ICT Training Displays - Usefulwiki.pdf Pdf file of today to download to your usb drive

By the end of the day you should be able to:

• Use Word to make titles and labels for classroom displays
• Choose fonts and colours that will make displays clear and inclusive
• Use online tools to make large pictures for use on displays
• Use websites to find ideas for displays

Activity

In pairs

• Have a quick discussion about what you want to learn today
• Write one thing each on a post-it note.
• Come and stick them up at the front of the classroom.

Write your first names on Linda's sheet (for use later)

Display Titles, Labels and Worksheet Using Word

How do you do it in your school?

Lettering and fonts presentation

Demonstration - Making titles

Create A Banner for A Display

• Open Word
• Save document with a short meaningful title
• Change to layout to landscape
• Change font - either use something plain like Ariel, or choose a fancy font. Some schools have handwriting fonts like Sassoon.
• Change the font size by typing in the number you want. You can type in 200 and press enter to create massive text.
• Change the colour of the text
• Use print preview to check how it will look. It cost nothing to check but ink is expensive!
• Make any changes and re-check in pre-view
• Make sure landscape is selected in 'print preferences'
• Print

Activity

Make a banner for a display you are going to be doing this term.

Save it to your usb drive

Using WordArt and other software to make titles

Reminder - watch out some styles distort text too much. It has to be readable.

Activity - Making Labels

• Open Word
• Save document with a short meaningful title
• Click on Table-insert-table
• A box will pop up (properties box)
• Set the number of columns to 1 and the number of rows to the number of children in the class
• Change column width from auto to 15 cms
• Save
• Hover over the top left of your page until a cross in a box appears
• Right click on it and choose Table Properties - Row
• Set the height of the row to 2.5 cms and set to 'exact'
• Click OK
• Save
• Click into the first cell
• Type in the first names (use the tab key to move down the cells)
• Save
• Text will look too small and pushed over to right
• Hover mouse at top left of table again till x in box appears
• Right click on it
• Choose Cell Alignment - Centre
• Use Control A or your mouse to select all your text
• Click on font menu - choose appropriate font
• Set font size to about 30 - 36.
• Experiment till you are happy with it
• Save
• Print (consider using pale coloured paper in printer)
• Cut out and laminate.

What to do with the file once it is saved?

See section below: Sharing Resources

Using blockposter

• Using http://www.blockposters.com/default.aspx to create giant posters

Blockposter presentation

Activity

All go to blockposter site and make one - save as pdf. on your usb drive

Lunch

Sharing Resources

But are we wasting our time making these resources?

Couldn't we pool them somehow?

Web 2.0 and the sharing of resources presentation.

Joining and using the Classroom Displays Flickr Group

Presentation

What?

Field trip to group

http://www.flickr.com/groups/classrmdisplays/

Why?

• Getting ideas
• Sharing practice
• The e-portfolio

How

• How to join
• How to search the group
• Tags (what and why)
• Using CC Licences

Activity

In pairs use the search and tags in the Classroom Displays Group to find your favourite:

• Display for Spring
• Valentine's display
• Numeracy display

Each pair to show their display and explain one thing they would change to improve it for their classroom.

Classroom Displays Blog

A very brief overview of the Classroom Displays Blog

TA Forums

Links to forums with threads about displays TA Chat Forum You need to scroll about a bit to find stuff but worth it for ideas.

HLTA and TA Staff Room Lots of good stuff here including very friendly community. Great place to ask for advice.

You should also look at Debbie from HLTA Forum's blog HLTA Staff Room Blog

The power of delicious

Delicious presentation

Delicious/tag/classroomdisplays

Flickr: Classroom displays

visual classroom displays of real classes

schoolslinks.co.uk

Block Posters - Create large wall posters from any image for free!

create any size wall posters from any size images Totally Free To Use!

Display Photos

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Activity

Set up your own delicious account

• Go to https://secure.delicious.com/register
• Find a site you thought was useful today.
• Copy and paste the url into delicious and tag it classroomdisplays

Displays in the ICT suite

• What's yours like?
• Who is responsible for displays in your ICT suite?
• What makes a good ICT display?

Selection of examples of theme ideas with photos

Dive into Technology

more

Information Highway

explore Mrs Coggin's ICT room

Plenary

Looking back at our targets.

In pairs decide

• one thing you'll take away from today and actually use
• one thing you've learned
• one question you'd like to ask.

Answering the Questions

Group activity

Finishing off

Evaluation sheet.

2 stars and a wish post its before you leave.