Preparation: Online scenario used as an English resource
Preparation
The Buddy scenario is an online adventure in which the pupils pretend to be reporters: they gather information and carry out exercises at different locations in order to build up a picture of Buddy’s life.
Kenny created the Buddy scenario as a result of his work with the European Union Innovative Teaching and Learning Environments for Schools (ITALES) project. On the technical side, he had to familiarise himself with the ITALCO authoring tool and then construct the scenario, which also made use of Hot Potatoes software. On the content side, he had to read Buddy, write the information pages and create suitable exercises. Luckily the English department had a booklet of exercises that he could adapt.
At the moment, creating scenarios is demanding in terms of time and expertise. However, Kenny says that, as the frameworks develop, it will become much easier for teachers to produce their own scenarios.
Top tip
When deciding which software authoring tool you should choose to develop the learning content make sure that it adheres to the open systems inter-connections standards. This fits in with the e-learning ethos that educational content, delivery services, online solutions are any time any place, and any device learning.
Q. So how do you check that the authoring tool complies with the open systems standards?
A. Either contact your software vendor or your ICT support staff, they will definitely be able to tell you whether it’s open systems compliant or not.”
What you need
- Computer
- Interactive whiteboard
- Software authoring tool
- Microsoft Word templates
- Hot Potatoes software
| Lesson preparation: producing an online scenario | |
|---|---|
| Description | Kenny Stewart, principal teacher of computing at Grove Academy, describes how he created the online scenario based on Buddy by Nigel Hinton |
| Duration | 2 minutes 13 seconds |
| Windows version |  Windows Media video: Lesson preparation: producing an online scenario |
| Mac version |  QuickTime movie: Lesson preparation: producing an online scenario |
| Transcript | Read a transcript of the Grove Academy preparation video. |