You have to pay the standard £2.99 for this one but it’s really good. Great interface and interesting coding puzzles to solve which can be tackled by most 6-7 year olds. It’s a bit of a throwback to the 60’s and 70’s when, as a very new teacher, I remember loving the LOGO programmed turtle Full Article…
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Programs for Programming
Most children, by the age of 7, will already have an interest in coding, which we can foster. Many of them will like playing games and will ask questions such as “How can I make him go faster / jump higher / turn around?”. Given the chance, they like designing avatars or changing the colours Full Article…
Augmented reality colouring books.
Wow! – is all I can say. I thought this would be a great activity for 4 olds but this 64 year old has spent the morning colouring in pictures. ColAR Mix is an augmented reality app that turns paper drawings into animated 3D objects. Available for Android and iOS tablets. Basically you choose a Full Article…
Melody Morph
Eric Rosenbaum, creator of Singing Fingers, is working on a new app called Melody Morph – iPad app for constructing melodies and making improvised music. He says.. “MelodyMorph …. removes a constraint of traditional musical instruments: a fixed mapping between space and pitch. What if you blew up the piano so you could put the keys Full Article…
Singing Fingers – lets you finger paint with sound!
Another fun-classic from Eric Rosenbaum and Jay Silver. Have been driving my family nuts over the weekend painting music with Singing Fingers (well, I think it sounds musical!). This could be the answer to teaching reluctant primary pupils the basics of composition. And if it doesn’t – who cares?? It’s a fabulous exploration of synthesis Full Article…
Elections and voting
There’s a great interactive tutorial here about voting systems, it works well as a whole class demonstration on an interactive whiteboard or could be worked through independently on tablets or desktop computers.
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