Age 10+ Ease *** Overview This software literally couldn’t be simpler to use, yet by the end of the lesson learners will have had a taste of producing, directing, scripting and casting their very own movie. It’s also easy to differentiate tasks, allowing higher ability learners to experiment with plot and continuity by adding Full Article…
Happy Homework
Age 8+ Ease ***** Overview Wallwisher is a great way to collect ideas and contributions from learners. It can be used for gazillions of purposes e.g. collecting feedback on lessons, teaching MFL, making predictions and posting general learner ideas and contributions. We used it as a quick, easy and fun homework task – hence the Full Article…
Glog it!
Age: 6+yrs Ease *** Overview Whenever you want learners to present or communicate information, why not get them to glog it using Glogster! This software is perfect for creating posters, fact files, project boards or ‘how to…’ instructions. It also serves as a good entry level activity to blogging. Here, we’ve used it to create Full Article…
Cartoon science
Nic Daniels using cartoons to make science fun…. Children love making cartoons and on the whole hate writing up science experiments so recording science experiments as a comic strip can be the way forward. We used Comic Life to create the ones above. It comes bundled with the Mac but entry level is free for Windows and that Full Article…
Wii bowling number chains
Use Wii Sports Bowling with younger children to practice number bonds to 10. Write down the number of pins knocked down and those left standing to create a number sentence (7+3 = 10 etc) Some children could be extended by writing down a three part sum with the second ball. Can also use with older children by Full Article…
Wii golf maths
This could be a great game for a Friday afternoon or the end of term. Find someone with a Nintendo Wii with the sports package. Organise the children into teams (4 players in each group is good) Children start by making a note of the length of the hole they are about to play (A). Full Article…