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My StoryBird
View the story above by clicking on the image. I created this story by choosing an artists work that I liked. I chose a variety of images to create the basis of my story and then dragged them on to a...
View ArticleThe Essential Elements of Digital Literacies
After exploring stimulating technology in my previous session through creating a story using StoryBird and an animation on Animoto, I decided to research the essential elements of digital literacies....
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Data, modelling and simulations
Unfortunatley I was not able to attend this session as I had a medical appointment, however the focus was looking at Data, modelling and simulations as well as looking at infographics to help enhance a...
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13 Reasons to use Educational Technology in Lessons
After exploring data, modelling and stimulations in my previous session through looking at infographics, I decided to research the benefits of using such technology within education. 13 Reasons To Use...
View ArticleComputing Using Games for Learning
In this session I created a game which I completed using the software program ‘Scratch’ – Learn more about this project We were experimenting with programming as this is what the new National...
View ArticleBrenda Brathwaite: Gaming for understanding
After creating my own game using the software Scratch, I decided to research way that games can be used to enhance learning. In this video Brenda Brathwaite expresses the fact that games can enhance...
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Computing Using Kits – Draw Your Own puppy
In today’s session I was experimenting with manipulating written code. I started experimenting with this concept by using step by step instructions to write the code for ‘draw your own puppy’, this is...
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Computing Using the Programming KODU
This is a landscape created using the programming KODU. What is KODU? The landscape was altered to include water mountains and trees, this was to enable basic features to be added to it, this enables...
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Digital Game-Based Learning
“Marc Prensky is an internationally acclaimed speaker, writer, consultant, and innovator in the field of education and learning. He offers deep experience and insight into educating today’s youth and...
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Information Literacy and eSafety
In this session the focus was on eSafety and whether the Internet is suitable and safe for children… Take Facebook for example, it could be argued that Facebook is not suitable for young children, as...
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