22 May 2013

Shape Collage

I came across these which were created using the iPad app Shape Collage during Year 5/6's Risk IT day. It's a creative way of sharing learning and the photos can be used within other software.


 
This design is a particular favourite!
 
 

Hector's World meets Puppet Pals!

Key Stage 1 have been using Puppet Pals and characters from Hector's World to explain how to stay safe when online.

9 May 2013

Climate Change Animation


Millie, Jasmine and Laura sharing information about climate change through animation using the iPad apps Puppet Pals, Morfo and iMovie.

26 April 2013

ICT for Education Conference 2013

These are some of the slides I shared at the Leeds ICT for Education Conference at Wetherby Racecourse, which outlined the school's progress to date towards integrating and using Apple iPads across the curriculum. http://www.ictforeducation.co.uk/

Our rationale for using iPads....


Here are some of our favourite apps...

Motor control and handwriting


Sentence structure and spelling

Numeracy


Spanish 

Photography



Animation



19 April 2013

RHTV

Check out our RHTV You Tube Channel by visiting the school website and clicking on

9 March 2013

Tute

We are always interested in ways in which we can extend our Spanish curriculum and this half term are exploring the use of Tute, an online learning platform in which social technology including an interactive whiteboard, microphone, webcam and chat are used to provide a tailored teaching programme.

Lewis, Charlie, Videet, Lauren, Taylor and Amelia in Year 3/4 are taking part in a weekly online class with a fully qualified Spanish teacher through Tute, in which they are learning about the weather and clothing.

5 March 2013

Isle of Tune

Year 3/4 have been continuing to explore how technology can be use to compose music.

They have been exploring Isle of Tune http://isleoftune.com/

Here are an example from our first session...

Lewis and Chit




18 February 2013

Year 5/6 Prezi

Prezi, a web based presentation tool, has been the focus for Year 5/6 over the the last half term. 

Year 5/6 have been refining their research skills and then using Prezi to present their information about retro superheroes. Now that they have practised using the tool, Year 5/6 can use Prezi in other areas of the curriculum.

Here's the children showing how their presentations are structured...


16 February 2013

Sock Puppets

KS1 ICT Club have been exploring an app on the iPad called Sock Puppets. Sock Puppet enables you to add your own backgrounds. The children used some pictures from our school which they saved from the Dropbox app.

We imagined used some very unusual creatures and people from the app an imagined they had visited school!

Here's a couple of examples...


The record function in the app enables a voiceover to be created too.

Year 3/4 are musicians!


Year 3/4 have been exploring how technology can be used to create music. They have been using Garageband to create compositions to accompany silent film footage, which they first of all viewed on Dropbox. They chose their favourite clip and saved this to their iPad's camera roll. Next, they used Garageband to compose their music and shared this with iMovie, where they then brought the music and film together. Year 3/4 were challenged to create a pulse in their compositions using drum and bass loops in Garageband.

15 February 2013

We've been busy....

ICT Club have used photography apps on the iPad (Pic Collage and Shape Collage) then created a poster about themselves in Comic Life.

Year 5/6 have been using iMovie to compare and contrast the Amazon Rainforest and Rio de Janeiro. As part of RISK IT day, they explored how Scratch could be used to programme a game about Henry VIII. They've also been using Comic Life to present information about charities.

Year 3/4 have been programming games using Scratch.
Key Stage 1 have been programming games using 2DIY.



 


 

 

Foundation Stage have been using a paint programme to design their own house.




27 January 2013