UltraMobile PC project Sheffield Galleries and Museums Trust

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Ultra-Mobile PC projectSheffield Galleries and
Museums Trust
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Support

• Project supported by
• South Yorkshire e-learning
• programme
• Funding from European Union
• Social Fund
• UMPCs supplied by Sheffield South City Learning
  Centre

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Equipment

• 10 Samsung Q1 Ultra Mobile PCs
• Separate screen and Qwerty keyboard held together
  in pouch
• Held in the childs arms or placed on a surface
• Touch screen children use stylus to click on
  items

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Consultation and feedback

• Pilot sessions with a local school
• Positive feedback from teachers and pupils
• INSET day for teachers to highlight the offer and
  gain feedback
• - positive feedback and suggestions - a few
  changes were made to improve the trails
• - resulted in teachers booking for sessions

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Sessions

• Free sessions for KS2 pupils, aimed at years 5
  and 6 (funding requires as many year 6 classes as
  possible)
• Held at Weston Park Museum,
• Sheffield
• Session lasts approximately
• 2 hours

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Sessions

• Children work in
• mixed ability groups
• of three per PC,
• with one adult to
• one/two groups,
• following
• a trail around
• the museum

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Sessions

• Custom made, unique trails made using Macromedia
  Flash Player
• Two trails Ancient Egyptians
• -- Animal adaptation
• Cross curricular ICT and either history or
  science

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Sessions

• Children record answers
• by typing or recording
• audio responses
• suitable for childrens
• different abilities and skills
• Childrens work is uploaded to an online blog and
  saved to a CD to be accessed back at school or at
  home
• If wanted, children can create a presentation or
  tour to bring family members and friends back to
  the museum

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UMPC Activities

• Activities include
• - doing drag and drop exercises
• - watching videos
• - looking closely at/looking for objects to
  answer questions (children have an allocated
  amount of time where they have to look at the
  objects)
• playing games
• The activities are all completed using the stylus
  and touch screen or Qwerty keyboard

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• Example pages
• from the
• Ancient Egypt
• trail

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The future

• Sessions are already booked, hopefully more
  bookings will follow
• Project runs until June 2008 with a view to renew
  it for another year after this time
• Possibility of extending offer to family and
  community groups

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Find out more

• E-Learning Coordinator Jacqueline ONeil,
  Sheffield Galleries and Museums Trust
• 0114 2782653 jacqueline.oneil_at_sheffieldgallerie
  s.org.uk
• Make a booking Lucy Edwards
• 0114 2782655 education_at_sheffieldgalleries.org.uk