My first attempts at creating an animated visual of a journey (some 15 years ago) were laborious and frustrating and involved taking multiple screenshots of a small plane graphic as I moved it across a blurry background map. Now you can purchase dedicated map-journey software such as PriMap or use freebie (yay!) online tools such
Design & Technology
pics2phone
As much as I love my iPad (and I’m a dyed-in-the-wool Windows PC person) the lack of ease in transferring photos to applications is frustrating, to say the least. The issue this time was iDoceo, a brilliant marks book / electronic portfolio / lesson planner which I’ve been using for a while. I had all
Tags: iPad, photos, transferGoogle Alerts
Google Alerts are “email updates of the latest relevant Google results (web, news, etc.) based on your queries”. This is a very handy service if you have specific topics you like being kept up to date with. Here’s the Google Alert form at www.google.com.au/alerts Setting it up There’s a few options: Search query: Complete with your topic
Backwards
YouTube is a huge resource for teachers and especially so for those in the areas of Music, Multi Media and Drama. I came across the video ‘Forward’ after following a Reddit link. The clip features music by Fred V and Grafix with video by Messe Kopp. The concept is simple; have your principal actor walk
Tags: music videos, Soundtrack, video, VideoPadZite Update
Zite, my favourite news aggregator, has just been updated. As mentioned in my original post, Zite uses an algorithm to gradually tailor the app’s content to your interests. Over time this results in pages (and pages and pages!) of news and blog articles that I simply just have to read. Awesome! The new Zite has an updated icon
Tags: app, iPad, ziteGraduation Certificates
Here are samples of the two certificates we presented to graduating students from our primary section in 2012. The Year 7 students received their certificates (along with a big slice of cake) at our annual Graduation Dinner where we celebrate the completion of their Primary education. The Year 2s received their certificates at a special assembly. Both certificates were designed in Adobe
Tags: certificate, graduationOlympic Sports Symbol Posters
Here’s a free set of Olympic sports symbol posters. Each poster features a graphic symbol of the sporting event, the name of the sport and a photo of a piece of equipment used in that sport. Great for decorating the Olympic classroom! Lesson ideas: Drama Spot the Sport: Divide into teams. Each team attempts to
Tags: Olympic, Posters, Sports, SymbolsEasy Portfolio app – it’s a start
Easy Portfolio is an app for collecting and storing student portfolio. It’s a good start but unfortunately it’s not quite ready for intense classroom use. The good You can add portfolio names (probably one per student / one per project. You can add a range of document types namely video, photos, documents, urls, notes
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Photostory 3 Tutorial
Photostory 3 was released by Microsoft several years ago. It’s a painless way of creating videos from a selection of photographs. Here’s a tutorial I wrote for our staff. Photo Story 3 Tutorial (5Mb) It’s also available from TES: My resources at TES Connect You can download the Microsoft software here: Photostory Download (5Mb)
Tags: photograph, Photostory
Picasa Tutorials
Picasa’s been a permanent part of my PC since it first came out many years ago. It’s easy to use, has plenty of tools for photo manipulation, a (relatively) easy to operate filing system and it’s free. So what’s not to like? One of the gems of flash features which your students (and probably you
Tags: Picasa, picture pile, tutorial