Using Tech to Enhance and Engage – The PYP Exhibition

This week our school has just celebrated the learning and achievements of our Year 6 students during their PYP Exhibition. Exploring how people express themselves, the students conducted an in-depth inquiry over six weeks into a Central Idea they helped to create based on their interests and passions.

CENTRAL IDEA

The Arts are a creative language that we use to express ourselves and to inspire others to change the way they think and act.

Facilitated by their teacher and mentor, each student developed their own line of inquiry to investigate. After weeks of asking questions, conducting research, collaborating with peers and exploring different concepts, the students presented their learning to their parents, teachers and other students across the school.

Throughout the Exhibition, students, teachers and mentors used a Google Site (with the added sparkle of Padlet) to communicate and organise resources. See my post Collaborating Online – The PYP Exhibition.

Being able to join Year 6 on their inquiry journey as a Digital Coach was an absolute joy! It was wonderful to see the creative ideas from students and mentors for using technology in their Exhibition. When students wanted ideas for presentation inspiration, we worked together to find ways for technology to engage and captivate their audience. Below are some examples of how we used tech in different ways across the Exhibition groups. Click on the circles to view images and captions.

Using Chrome Music Lab, visitors created melodies that played in the Silent Disco.

Another student demonstrated how different coloured filters can be used in photography to elicit different emotions.

Student made photography filters.

After viewing artwork, visitors shared their feelings through a word cloud poll.

Using Prezi, this student shared his research about different Jazz, Blues and Gospel musicians.

One student created a stop motion to demonstrate his understanding of how people express themselves through Science Fiction films.

A student used the Puppet Palls app to create a video of traditional and modern day interpretations of Shakespeare plays.

Visitors were encouraged to share their impression of London by submitting their response to an online poll.

Word cloud of London Photography poll.