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I have a little boy with learning and beavioural problems who doesn't know all the alphabet letters and is struggling to read.

His first step into ICT learning was taking photos of his friends and making his own reading book. This was also to help him learn children's names.

When we eventually got Kidspix loaded on classroom computers, he was one of the first to learn how to use it. I then showed him how to put an animated "A", he drew an apple and we labelled it and put music to his picture. I showed him how to save his work and move his picture into a slideshow. A teacher-aide then did letters B and C with him. He was then left to his own devices and when we turned to see how he was getting on, he was up to the letter M (with the help of an alphabet chart.) By the end of the following day, the whole alphabet was finished. I have never seen this child concentrate so long on any task before - he normally does not complete tasks set for him without 1-1 help. He had had problems - someone deleted some frames of his slideshow - and he was able to solve this problem by himself.

His next brainstorm came when the class was writing a narrative story and making their own books. His story was a dictated text. He completed his book with help and illustrated it. Then he came to me and said, "Do you know what I could do now? I could make this book into a slideshow." This opportunity had never occured to me but away he went and completed his task with words, illustrations and sound.

The rest of the class have watched his progress and are now using his ideas and extending them, as though he is now the teacher! Anne

We have been using the digital camera to record some things that are happening in the classroom. We have been reading Jack and the Beanstalk and the children have made bags to hold 5 beans. The children took photos of their bags as part of their assessment. They were able to explain what they had done well. why they had used what they did and what they would change next time. Paula

The kids love the class wiki space. I have included some games so they can practise basic facts as part of their numeracy programme. The kids use it often at home and they like to invite their parents into school so they can challenge them. Jeannette