Using a digital camera for sequencing activity

Heather Waldron works for the Scottish Borders Language Support Service. She uses a digital still camera to take photographs of a small group of children making chocolate biscuit fudge cake.

She organises the photos into a PowerPoint presentation and uses it with the group later in the day, to prompt recall of the baking activity and to reinforce sequencing.

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Ms Waldron is a principal language support teacher for the Scottish Borders Education Authority. She has worked in language support for 10 years, having previously been a class teacher.
Ms Waldron did a word processing course at night school and has had New Opportunities Fund (NOF) training in ICT for pupils with special educational needs. She is a member of Masterclass. However, rather than going on intensive ICT courses, she has found that the best way to learn is by being drip-fed information in small, manageable chunks by someone who knows a lot about computers.

Coldstream Primary School is in Coldstream, a small town on the north bank of the River Tweed. The catchment area is predominantly rural and there are 170 pupils currently attending the school. There are 10 pupils with special educational needs.
The school has 30 computers: one in each classroom, and an ICT suite. Eight computers are linked by a wireless network. Staff regularly attend local ICT courses and are supported by a regional ICT co-ordinator.>
The school houses the Butterfly room: this is one of two language support units, to which children come from different schools in the Scottish Borders Education Authority. Each child spends two days a week at the unit