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P59: Evaluating how ICT can help develop confidence in two underachieving Year 3 children.
Author: Sarah Mangle, Hunwick Primary School
Date: 2006

Summary

Sarah investigates the use of ICT equipment to help two children with behavioural problems to interact more successfully with the rest of the class. The children were asked to lead a project producing a PowerPoint presentation incorporating photos of each class member.

Action

The two children were each given a list of classmates and asked to take each child's picture and add it into the PowerPoint presentation along with their favourite memory from the year. The rest of the class were asked to support them wherever necessary.

Outcomes

Sarah noticed a marked improvement in the children's behaviour both in and out of the classroom, particularly in the way they interacted with the other children. They were both more confident and happy, and keen to participate in the activities. Due to the timing of the exercise however, Sarah was unable to tell if there was any long-term improvement, but she is hoping to explore this more in future.

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