PSP and Games Based Learning

We used PSPs in a unit for the hearing impaired and a special school for profound, severe, and multiple learning difficulties

Using the Sony PSP

ConnectEd have advised us on introducing PSPs into our schools including those with units for hearing impairment The Feltham CLC has a number on loan to schools. Norwood Green Junior School are using them with students with hearing impairments

ConnectEd have a number of videos on their site on using the PSP in education (well worth watching if you are thinking of introducing PSPs into your classroom). The PSP will connect to the Internet and you can use it with a camera. Pupils can video themselves in character or interview each other or grandparents, e.g., for history projects.

You can download graphic novels and E-books . For example, free ones include Classical Comics that are available in differentiated levels

and Manga Shakespeare for a modern take

You can run Sums On Line and impact on SATS results

Using the Leapster

Lindon Bennett are experimenting with Leapsters at the moment to test how they help co-ordination, motivation and decision making as well as resposibile at home and at school