Using role-play

After the session on using drama, I was inspired to think about other ways drama could be used to enhance learning. In terms of ICT, roleplaying is a great way to get children discussing about how to stay safe when using ICT.

Below are some scenarios found from the CAS community webpage. They are things that could very easily happen to the pupils and through roleplaying, pupils are encouraged to think about (and discuss) how they should act to stay safe.

Watching videos on e-safety might be useful but children tend to be passive in the process unless there is time to discuss the important aspects of e-safety. On the other hand, actually acting the situations out makes the scenarios more real to the children and should get them to actively think about how to deal these problems.

Pupils could act out how to act and how NOT to act, and can even film this as an additional use of ICT. The videos can then be shared with parents and other pupils of the school.