Do you have brilliant bloggers at your school – if so then we have the competition for you, with a fantastic prize! We are looking for creative blog posts on any subject, these need to be uploaded onto this community area by Friday June 14th, the most creative entry as judged by the Switched on [...]
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If you have just invested in a set of iPads and are wondering how to get started – this excellent post from Anthony Evans @skinnyboyevans on Twitter explains how using the Switched on Ict iPad projects can help: If like many schools you have taken the leap from the safety of your ICT suite over to [...]
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This first Guest Post comes from James Langley, @lordlangley73on Twitter. In this post James give top tips for starting Geocaching this links with Unit 6.1 We are Explorers Geocaching is a ‘Treasure Hunt With Tech’ using a mobile phone or GPS device to find hidden ‘geocaches’ all over the world. I (@lordlangley73) first found out [...]
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It has been fantastic to see the great work from Paganel primary – they have shared their work with us via our twitter account . In Year 2 they have been using Unit 2.2 We are Painters and linked this to work on The great Fire of London. They used Google docs to create their own animated [...]
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Training support for schools in Croydon and Bromley Exclusive to primary schools in Croyden and Bromley, Stephen Schwartz, e-learning improvement officer can offer support to schools in introducing and embedding Switched on ICT into their curriculum. Support can be tailored to meet the needs of each individual school and is available in two support packages. Option 1 [...]
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This term we have been observing the butterfly lifecycle, with Painted Lady caterpillars in the classroom. We decided to record their development using iMotion on our class iPad. Each day a child was in charge of recording 20 frames, and once we had released the butterflies I put it all together using Windows Live Movie [...]
Contributed by: Jolyall.
Cannot wait for September to come round in many ways because we are launching KS1 new ICT plans and then follow on with KS2! Will post up results and tips as we use the units.
Contributed by: PrimaryteachICT.
View the animations we made for our Year 2 animation project! These are stop motion animations made using MonkeyJam software.
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As part of our Olympics project this term, we have been learning about Ancient Greece. We began a storytelling project, with each child learning a story to share with friends and family. The class then chose their favourite four stories to animate. Working in small groups, we spent some time preparing for the animation, by planning [...]
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As part of the National Curriculum review, the government have confirmed that ICT will remain a compulsory part of the National Curriculum in all stages and that the ICT programmes of study will be disapplied from September 2012. Teachers will have the flexibility to to teach ICT in ways that are creative, inspirational and innovative. [...]
Contributed by: Julia.
Want to use Scratch programming in your lessons? Check out this great reference guide to using Scratch 1.4 and get started using Scratch to create your own interactive stories, animations, games, music, and art and share your creations on the web. Use this handy guide to learn how to program with Scratch and let us [...]
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Watch this walkthrough demo for beginners which takes you through Scratch programming software and shows you how to use it to make animations so you can use it with pupils in your lessons. Scratch is covered in Switched on ICT Unit 2.5 ‘We are astronauts’, Unit 3.3 ‘We are animators’, Unit 4.5 ‘We are artists’, Unit [...]
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Bug hunt data About this unit Software: Microsoft PowerPoint ®, Microsoft Excel ® / 2Simple 2Count / RM Starting Graph Outcome: Graphs showing bugs found in different locations Are the children in your class fascinated by bugs? Do they enjoy exploring and working outside of the classroom? In this unit, the children go on a [...]
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Programming on screen About this unit Software: Scratch Hardware: Programmable toy, such as a Bee-Bot, Constructa-Bot or Pixie Outcome: A Scratch file with scripting blocks programming a sprite to move Are the children in your class fascinated by the thought of travelling into space? Would they like to become astronauts? In this unit, the children will [...]
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Animating history About this unit Software: MonkeyJam / Pencil / Anithings / 2 Simple 2 Animate / I Can Animate / iStopmotion (for macs), Windows LiveTM Movie Maker (for Windows Vista and Windows 7) / Windows Movie Maker (for Windows XP) Outcome: A stop-motion animation depicting a famous event in history Are your children fascinated [...]
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