Several weeks ago news came through that Apple were holding their next round of applications to become a Distinguished Educator. The process is pretty striaght forward but the number of applicants is not. There are only 50 places available this time round (does it change?) for applications from 6 countries: Thailand, Singapore, Taiwan, Korea, Indonesia and the Philippines.
Demo Lesson for Interview - Year 6 Making a Side Scrolling Game in Scratch
Avery, very quick post.
Demo lesson on Tuesday morning means pulling something out the bag with something I feel confident in teaching to Year 6 students.
So this is it. Scratch and iPad as a second screen for instructions. Should go smooth enough. I hope ;)
Read MoreRobots, Games, iOS and Literacy: Cross-Curricular Educational Technology for 7 Year Olds
Over the past 6 weeks we have been working closely with both Year 2 and Year 3 in ICT. The idea, you can read in more detail here, is to integrate very closely ICT into as much of the focus topics as possible. In Year 2 this is maths and "All About Me". The children have learned how to use iMovie and Dropbox (This is fast becoming one of the most integral of all Apps in school) and creating a substantial movie. The Movie, should include as many of these elements as possible:
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