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Animoto and the Classroom Code

We've just renewed our Animoto account for school for another 180 days. I really can't fault Animoto on their service. We've been using them since early 2008, and they've never charged us a penny for what they provide.

Pure awesomeness

This afternoon I had two short lessons with groups of Year 3/4 children. The sessions are timed at just 40 minutes, and I am timetabled to deliver some ICT topics.

Take the epic challenge

A while ago we added the 'Epic Citadel' app to the iPads, with a view to inspiring boys to write in literacy. Yesterday I noticed a message on twitter announcing a challenge - to use the images from the app to tell a story.

Purple projects

2Simple are really working hard at making PurpleMash and unmissable resource. Approaching 300 projects available, but that's not enough. Take a look in their 'labs' and you can see what they are working on next.

iPad apps making use of the photo gallery

We've got two more apps for the pupils to use on the iPads now - and both of them are designed to make use of the photo album on the iPad.

Do we do, or do we don't?

Earlier today on twitter a fellow teacher posted a link to his latest blog post referring to pupils within his primary school using facebook outside of school. You can read that post here (Thanks Ian).

From iPad to Flickr, website and delight

Today in class one of the pupils used an iPad during our literacy work. The pupil is new to the school, has not settled in yet, and has lots of needs requiring a lot of support within lessons.

More Apps added

During the summer the iPads went home with members of staff, and the message from them seems to be "we love 'em". Staff commented on the ease of use, how quickly they start up, and the way they feel natural when being held.

iPads, visualisers and engagement

I used an iPad in the class today, and placed it on the visualiser. This allowed me to display the iPad on the IWB. As we were in a maths lesson I loaded the 'Percy Parker' app from Sherston.

It's all relative

The last few days have driven me slowly mad! As I mentioned in the last post, I've changed the navigation on the website, removed all the random navigation, and put in a single, central navigation bar.