Dolphin System

www.dolphinlearning.co.uk

KS1 - KS2 (Years 1 - 6)

ICT

This product is distributed by Dolphin Learning (Tel: 0131 477 4863)

The Dolphin System website delivers a peer-to-peer ICT skills-learning initiative that has many good aspects. The system boosts progress in ICT above and beyond normal expectations, if the school is behind it wholeheartedly. Pupils are required to take more responsibility for their learning and through using it they would gain a sense of independent learning. Teachers would also find that computers would be used to apply ICT skills in other subjects, leading to a more cross-curricular application. The online system is currently growing, and if completed, this website has the potential to make time spent on computers in schools much more worthwhile. This website may not suit your school, but on the other hand, it may be just the ticket.

The tutors and deputy-tutors were very enthusiastic about using Dolphin, always asking when the next session was, as if we could abandon the rest of the Curriculum! During the whole-class sessions, which were used to learn or refine ICT skills, the class seemed more self-reliant, allowing teachers time to evaluate children's learning. The rules the children devised gave useful insights into the level of their thinking as well as highlighting particular strengths and weaknesses in their understanding of technical aspects of the computer.