We have mentioned Comic Life in several other posts but we think it is an absolute basic in a primary teacher toolkit. For us, the biggest attractions of using something like Comic Life are that: Children who are not very artistic or find difficulty in writing love being able to produce a piece of work Full Article…
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Science Comics
We all know how much children like doing hands-on science and finding out for themselves how things work. Sadly, we also know that writing up their experiments according to very rigid criteria is guaranteed to dampen their natural curiosity and turn science into a chore. Nic has come up with a novel way of recording Full Article…
Photos in schools
Just got this post in from Ian Addison’s blog. I think it is one of the best blogs around and well worth following. Ian is a primary school ICT co-ordinator and knows EXACTLY what it’s like to walk the talk in the classroom every day. Today he is talking about the downside of the digitally Full Article…
Dancing Queen
Discovered Dancing Paul a few weeks ago and kept grandchildren amused for entire holiday! I’m sure there is something creative teachers could do with this…. For now, just enjoy!!! I’ll work on some ideas when I get around to it. Meanwhile – I’m dancing along!
Glogs
Glogster is a perfect tool for pupils to present or communicate information. You can use it for creating posters, fact files, project boards or ‘how to…’ instructions. It also serves as a good entry level activity to blogging. You can put text, images, audio and video files on your Glog and add hyperlinks as well Full Article…
Light and shadows
Here’s a great primary school resource from BBC schools about light and shadows – it’s a game you can play in groups or as a class. Before you play the game try out all or some of these introductory activities Brainstorm a list of things that ‘give out light’. (List everything learners suggest, even if Full Article…
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