tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-47820804353754521072024-03-06T05:23:55.184+00:00Redbridge Games NetworkNic Hugheshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13537722164761317048noreply@blogger.comBlogger98125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4782080435375452107.post-22526341240621373522014-03-23T21:23:00.000+00:002014-03-23T21:23:02.894+00:00Code.org An easy way to learn coding !!!With the new computing curriculum focusing on coding in general. This website maybe the golden key to the treasure chest!<br />
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<a href="http://code.org/">Code.org</a> is an exciting new way for pupils to learn code.<br />
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No matter what you ability is (beginner or <span style="background-color: yellow;">not) </span>Code.org has got it covered!<br />
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Oh and did i mention its free? Yep <span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Gotham A', 'Gotham B', sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22px;">Code.org is a non-profit, dedicated to expanding participation in computer science by making it available in more schools.</span><br />
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<br />Mr Miltonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03708057388998618185noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4782080435375452107.post-37106722054243420452014-02-05T22:45:00.000+00:002014-02-05T22:51:32.502+00:00South West Learning Technologies Conference 6Th Feb 2014Below is a copy of the Prezi that I used during the workshops.<br />
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This is the game I used for one for the DS demo. <a href="http://www.topmarks.co.uk/Flash.aspx?f=ThinkingOfANumberv3" target="_blank">Thinking of a Number</a><br />
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When we first looked at Wii games we create mind maps of all the possibilities that they had. Below is a link to all of those ideas Free free to use these ideas and adapt them.<br />
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decided to run a parallel project in years 1 and 5 at <a href="http://www.becontreeprimaryschool.com/" target="_blank">Becontree Primary School</a>. We wanted to use 2Do It Yourself, from<a href="http://www2.2simple.com/" target="_blank"> 2Simple</a>, to promote
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In Year 5 we started by discussing what made games appealing to them. We
looked at various online games and children came up with a list of a
'top 3' features they wanted to see on games.
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There was great excitement when I told the class that they were going to
be game developers for the Year 1 children to play. Having never used
the 2DIY software before, the class and me, found it very interesting.
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After a little exploration, the children started to design and create
their own games. It certainly got the children engaged and many were
taking their work home and working on it at play times. This led to some
very good teamwork as well as some intriguing
discussions between the children. <br />
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Most of the pairs completed their games and again, there was plenty of
discussion about ways to improve their end products. Unfortunately we
were unable to share our games with the Year 1 class. The class were
disappointed about this after the effort that they
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With regards to improving writing, some of the boys were more involved
in writing plans/instructions for the games. However I'm not sure if it
had a huge impact on everyone. However it was a very worthwhile
experience, both for the pupils and myself.
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</span></span>pearlyadderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03763588107389674107noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4782080435375452107.post-56194983213418419112013-09-17T14:49:00.002+01:002013-09-18T22:26:41.429+01:00Using 2 Do It Yourself to promote writing - year 1<style>
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Back in the spring term, we decided to run a parallel
project in years 1 and 5 at <a href="http://www.becontreeprimaryschool.com/index.asp" target="_blank">Becontree Primary School</a>. We wanted to use 2Do It Yourself, from <a href="http://www2.2simple.com/" target="_blank">2Simple</a>, to promote writing.</div>
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In year 1, we told the children that for the duration of the
project, they were going to be game developers. At the end of the project they would have the chance to share their games with the year 5 children and also to try out the games from year 5.<br />
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The children started the
project by evaluating different video games using the Cbeebies website. They were able to vocalise their thoughts quite clearly and it was easy to see that they were expanding their thinking. They
then moved onto investigating 2DIY software, planning their own game, creating
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In the six weeks, not many of the pairs of children managed
to finish their games, but there were some interesting ideas and themes
developing. There was also some great teamwork developing. Unfortunately we ran out of time to share the games with year 5, and this was disappointing but there was no possibility of extending the project.</div>
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As for whether it helped to promote writing, there was no discernible surge in interest in writing, but the project did lead to some very
insightful comments from the children during class discussions, and it
definitely made the children look more critically at games for which they are
the audience. The vocabulary that the children started to use when evaluating games was varied, and for those reasons, the project was very worthwhile for the year 1 children.</div>
pearlyadderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03763588107389674107noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4782080435375452107.post-39008642243458388652013-07-15T20:42:00.002+01:002013-07-15T20:43:01.341+01:00DfE supporting 'Tablets for Schools' research findings<a href="http://www.agent4change.net/policy/ict-provision/2058-dfe-supporting-tablets-for-schools-research-findings.html" target="_blank">Interesting article that is worth a read. </a> Not heard of the <a href="http://www.tabletsforschools.co.uk/" target="_blank">Tablets for Schools</a> campaign before.<br />
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What with the recent <a href="http://www.slideshare.net/Microsofteduk/surface-rt-23495727" target="_blank">Surface Offer</a> from Microsoft and companies like <a href="http://www.jigsaw24.com/fcp/content/e7-project/content" target="_blank">Jigsaw24 </a>offering free iPad trials its seems that the market is getting very competitive for schools interest.<br />
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<br />Nic Hugheshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13537722164761317048noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4782080435375452107.post-51673434688080891722013-05-31T22:51:00.004+01:002013-05-31T22:51:59.431+01:00Games Based Learning - is back! Did it ever go away?This is a phrase that we have talked about a lot on this site and at conferences. I have felt in recent times the phrase has been lost, but linked below is a presentation made by Jen Deyenberg who shows it is alive and well. She runs a teaching with Technology blog called <a href="http://www.trailsoptional.com/" target="_blank">Trails Optional </a> I didn't see the live presentation but get email updates from her blog. Have a click though.<br />
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What struck me is that along with some interesting new games and ideas, the older ideas that we have talked about on this very site are still being used today.<br />
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I spent the afternoon with my 12 year old friend teaching me all about Minecraft - its definitely something that I need to get into and this presentation just confirmed it again for me.Nic Hugheshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13537722164761317048noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4782080435375452107.post-85153650816262399402013-05-19T13:34:00.001+01:002013-05-19T13:34:14.582+01:00Dead Pixels<img alt="deadpixel cover idea 2 copy.jpg" height="179" src="https://static.squarespace.com/static/5017c2ace4b01a67d6bdc30c/51651115e4b018661c5ea3c6/51651134e4b0cac6e79c0cbc/1365578039731/deadpixel%20cover%20idea%202%20copy.jpg?format=1500w" width="320" /><br />
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I'm pleased to showcase a new site started up by a friend of mine who used to be a member of the Games Network back when he was working in this country. Check his site out for lesson ideas and resources.<br />
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<br />Nic Hugheshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13537722164761317048noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4782080435375452107.post-6067721160344818222013-04-15T12:00:00.000+01:002013-04-15T12:00:13.228+01:00Nintendogs - Oakdale Infants Project Overview<span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">Nintendogs is a two week project that is totally cross
curricular and happens in the summer term in Year 1. The children are put into
groups of 5/6 and given 1 DS and 1 game. Initially the project was put together
to encourage sharing and teamwork in a rather difficult Year 1 class but we
soon realised there were many other positives to this project. The major thing
that came out of the project was the fact that my reluctant boy writers were
writing independently and through their own choice. The children are given the
task of caring for a group dog. They have to choose it together, name it, feed
it, walk it and clean it together. They are given 15/20 minutes twice a day to
look after their dog and every time they are given their DS’s they have to fill
in their Nintendog diaries describing what they have been doing for their dog.
The children began to write Nintendog adventure stories and creating comic
strips and pictures during free choosing and at home and bringing them in. </span><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">The children completed maths activities that
link in as well as Design and Technology, Art, Science, RE and PE activities.
The children particularly enjoyed the Crufts for kids activities (sports day
practise)</span><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">and our Guide Dog day where we
had a real guide dog brought into school to meet with the children. The
children then spent the rest of the day completing different activities e.g.
wearing a blindfold and trying to eat beans, get dressed, spread butter etc. or
writing their name in brail after drawing a self-portrait.</span><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">We have now run the project for 3 years this
year and the children who are in Reception all look forward to being able to
use the DS’s and taking part in the project. Many parents have been very
impressed with the level of their children’s level of enjoyment and engagement
with the project and one parent last year said ‘ it’s the first time in his
school life that he is coming home eager to talk about what he did at school
today.’</span><br />
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<br />Nic Hugheshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13537722164761317048noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4782080435375452107.post-47663048619677244482013-03-26T17:43:00.000+00:002013-03-26T17:43:36.138+00:00Eyepet - Oakdale Infants Project Overview<br />
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plan to help cover fantasy settings in Year 1. It is usually completed in the autumn
term and is planned to be very creative and to develop and extend the
children’s imagination and use of descriptive language. There are strong cross
curricular links to Art but there are also links to Design and technology and
science. The children us the PS3 for about 20 Minutes if that throughout the
whole project! The first thing we did was sit the whole year group down to
watch the beginning sequence of the game. We asked them lots of questions
around where were they? Who was the man
in the white coat? etc pausing the game each time to get the children’s
responses. We let them watch up to the point where an egg is delivered and then
turned the ps3 off. We went back to our classes and did a lot of work around
the egg where is it from? What is inside it? How did it get here? We really
focused on our question words and asked the children to write their questions
on post it notes and place on large egg shaped paper. By the end of the 2 weeks
the children had designed their own planets and eyepets, they had written
stories and descriptions about the eyepet and its home planet and also created
a detailed care plan for their eyepet including likes and dislikes and the best
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Nic Hugheshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13537722164761317048noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4782080435375452107.post-23579619319340725212013-02-10T20:04:00.000+00:002013-02-10T22:30:18.595+00:00Exploring the world of Minecraft<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Around 2 and half years ago I started to hear news surrounding a small indie game development team called Mojang from Sweden. The concept of the game sprung out at me, imagine Lego + sandbox video game. This game was going to allow me to build structures just like Lego did and also let me create and tell my own story. Already Minecraft was starting to sink its teeth into me and had no intention of letting go.<br />
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Minecraft is a <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open_world">sandbox game</a>, when you are first dropped into its “blocky” world your first task is to find/build shelter. With no materials to hand you have to gather wood by running up to trees and punching them until its drops a block. This block can be picked up by the player and then crafted into tools, say an axe. Use the axe to then gather more wood quickly and then you can create more tools such as a spade, pickaxe or a sword. This all sounds quite surreal, so just below is a video of me playing the first 20 minutes.<br />
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Minecraft has come a long way since I first started playing its early Alpha/Beta stages. Hundreds of new features have been added over the years to keep the game fresh and appealing. This is why I have a love for Minecraft and its eager and committed community. Updates for the game arrive every month which include new features and bug fixing. The community is always growing and with over 9 million copies of the game sold to date and it looks like it’s not stopping anytime soon. As Minecraft got bigger and bigger more people started to look at what it had to offer.
As part of the Redbridge Games Network, I was interested to see how Minecraft could play a part in the classroom. Just over a year ago I stumbled across Joel Levin better known as <a href="http://minecraftteacher.tumblr.com/">MinecraftTeacher</a> on Twitter and Tumblr. He began his own Minecraft club at his school in New York. I started looking at the work he and his pupils were creating and instantly I wanted to follow in his footsteps. His idea was to create a self-built community by the children whilst looking at different aspects of learning. They were covering Literacy, Numeracy, PSHCE (Citizenship) and even Design and Technology.
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In September 2011 I started my first Minecraft club; it was aimed at low achieving boys in year 4. It was going to be a creative writing club. I had 8 boys in the club and we started to play Minecraft together. I had bought 4 Minecraft accounts so we could all play on the same server (one account per pair) and play together in the same world. I had already edited this world so when the game started we all began on a beach with a sunken ship just off the coast. I told them they were all miners travelling to South America by boat when they had been hit by a storm and woken up on this island. What should we do? Where should we go? What are our priorities?<br />
Over the course of the 6 week unit we created Wordles, diary accounts and audio logs of our time on the island. They had all really enjoyed the experience and word spread around the school that I was using Minecraft in lessons. Some excellent work was produced and I have posted some of this in the post.
As word spread of Minecraft club more and more pupils wanted to join. I decided to change the clubs name to Creative Worlds in January 2012 and took the club in a different direction. My aim was to take children from years 4, 5 and 6 who didn’t really know each other and create a community around Minecraft. The club was more about working together and building cohesion between the pupils who had never really spoken to each other before in school.<br />
I was going to be blogging about this club but I just never got around to recording all the wonderful things the pupils had created. I have a few of the worlds saved and it was amazing to watch their world come to life with more buildings, shops, swimming pools and rocket ships.
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Starting this week I have new club of 16 children and together we are going to write about our experiences once a week. The children will be contributing to the posts and explain what they are getting from using Minecraft in the classroom. In these blog posts I will be going into more detail about how to set-up servers and creating multiplayer games. I will also talk about how to use the excellent tool from Minecraftedu which allows the teacher full control of the world and the players to give the lesson more focus when needed.
I’m very excited to start a new journey in Minecraft, it is a brilliant multi-purpose learning tool and I hope to show what it has to offer over the coming weeks.<br />
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@The_ALT_Teacher Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4782080435375452107.post-47508181742224762042013-02-01T00:10:00.001+00:002013-02-01T00:10:04.113+00:00BETT 2013 - Interesting Products<a href="http://nicholashughes.blogspot.co.uk/2013/02/bett-2013-products.html">Have a look at my post about today's trip to BETT at my blog. </a><br />
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<br />Nic Hugheshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13537722164761317048noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4782080435375452107.post-33501545781243405182013-01-31T08:35:00.002+00:002013-01-31T08:35:46.034+00:00Google back Raspberry PiJust a quick link to some great news.<br />
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Google have just backed the Raspberry Pi Foundation to provide 15, 000 Raspberry Pi's to school children in the UK. It seems that the children will be selected though a process. <a href="http://www.raspberrypi.org/archives/3158" target="_blank">Read more here.</a><br />
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<br />Nic Hugheshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13537722164761317048noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4782080435375452107.post-63295674882062899152013-01-17T19:47:00.002+00:002013-01-17T19:47:51.917+00:00Redbridge Games Network in Print.Recently one of our members Dawn Hallybone has been interview about her work. Linked below are the two articles. The first appeared in he Telegraph and the second in Vodafone's Digital Parents Magazine about e-safety.<br />
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<a href="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/video-games/9745664/Mario-Kart-in-the-classroom-the-rise-of-games-based-learning.html" target="_blank">Mario Kart in the classroom - Telegraph</a><br />
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<a href="http://asp-gb.secure-zone.net/v2/index.jsp?id=1134/2660/5747&lng=en" target="_blank">Vodafone Digital Parenting Magazine </a> - Go to page 118 for the article. The whole magazine is worth a read.<br />
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That's all for now. In the upcoming months you will see an increase in the posts and we are eager to tell you about the new ideas we have developing.Nic Hugheshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13537722164761317048noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4782080435375452107.post-85395908513346748842012-10-13T12:20:00.000+01:002012-10-13T12:21:18.763+01:00CPS Students thinks Bluster! is so Cool!<a href="http://a1637.phobos.apple.com/us/r1000/044/Purple/32/06/2a/mzl.zpnfkfvd.480x480-75.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="background-color: black;"><img border="0" height="200" src="http://a1637.phobos.apple.com/us/r1000/044/Purple/32/06/2a/mzl.zpnfkfvd.480x480-75.jpg" width="152" /></span></a><span style="background-color: black;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"></span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Students in years 2,3 & 6 said it was one of the coolest apps on the ipad for learning literacy.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The App which is one of the most used apps at CPS has become very popular with students and staff, who even play it in the staffroom :)</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: black; line-height: 16px;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This word matching game develops vocabulary and word understanding for school-aged children, or anyone brave enough to battle the elements.</span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: black; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Pupils<span style="line-height: 18px;"> have also Collaborate with a friend in team mode. The multi-touch iPad screen allows both players to play simultaneously, so you can work together to weather the vocabulary storm.</span></span><br />
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<br />Mr Miltonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03708057388998618185noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4782080435375452107.post-38959853188642097082012-10-12T12:39:00.001+01:002012-10-12T12:39:06.020+01:00iPad project at cps - week 1 - Ipad review- Mrs IsmailWe used the ipads for mental and oral starters on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday in our Maths set (top set). We showed the children how to find and use the ‘Explore Learning Times Tables’ app on the Tuesday, and they were able to find, load and use the app independently on the Wednesday and Thursday. We used the ‘Time Trail’ in the ‘Quizzes’ section and the children had 1 minute answer multiplication multiple choice questions. Having learnt the 5x table by rote in class, this was an opportunity for them to show their understanding and they really engaged with the tech, building up the speed of their recall to achieve silver levels! <br />
We also used the same app for recall of the 3x table and it has made a huge impact on the children’s ability to recall and identify the correct multiple of 3! They were focussed on the task, developed team working skills and supported each other in finding the correct answers. This learning was also reflected in their class work!<br />
The ipads were also used by another maths set, using the same app. The teacher found that the children were keen to use them and their level of engagement in the learning was far higher than with other methods, with every child wanting to find the correct answer.<br />
The children loved using the ipads and have said they will be asking parents to download the maths apps on their personal ipads so they can learn all of their times tables!Mr Miltonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03708057388998618185noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4782080435375452107.post-52742318654691929332012-10-10T09:32:00.000+01:002012-10-10T09:32:16.178+01:00iPad Project up and running at Christchurch Primary School!<br />
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During this term, Christchurch Primary School has begun a
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So far the iPad s have been in use in years 2 & 3 and have
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<br />Mr Miltonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03708057388998618185noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4782080435375452107.post-46819150855053525612012-09-30T09:57:00.002+01:002012-09-30T09:57:52.012+01:00Apps in Class - Pic Collage<img src="https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcTdjLwSXrbVmceDV82uQClLP-SHGstV3k3MDKYPkectLlFHh4ru6A" /><br />
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<a href="http://nicholashughes.blogspot.co.uk/2012/09/apps-in-class-pic-collage.html" target="_blank">Click here and check out an example of App use in class.</a>Nic Hugheshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13537722164761317048noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4782080435375452107.post-61797249653866970932012-07-12T10:42:00.002+01:002012-07-15T11:33:42.288+01:00So Android or Apple?We have been investigating both Android and Apple tablets this year.<br />
After a few trails in schools I know that I have come to a conclusion as to what platform performs bets in school.<br />
First a brief pro and con list for each platform.<br />
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Pro<br />
•Loads of great Apps that are fun and creative.<br />
•Intuitive to use<br />
•Great battery life - can be used for left on for a few days and will still work<br />
•Built in camera that is very easy to use an access.<br />
•Interoperability of apps - they all work together.<br />
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Con<br />
•Difficult to manage large sets of devices. (This will change when Volume Purchasing of Apps is available in the UK - currently only US)<br />
•Can be difficult to share work.<br />
•No Flash Support<br />
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Android - Acer (There are other tablets available - which might change some of the hardware pros and cons) <br />
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•Has flash - Flash support will vanish though with the newest android update. You won't be able to even install it on new devices after 15th August (Jelly bean 4.1)<br />
•Can be cheaper to buy.<br />
•Built in camera.<br />
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Con<br />
•Difficult to manage large sets of devices even more than apple devices - they can't be synced with a computer - This can be helped with software like Learnpad though.<br />
•Can be difficult to share work.<br />
•Less high quality apps - though this is changing more apps appearing on both android and apple.<br />
•Apps don't really work well together.<br />
•Not as intuitive to use out of the box - Learnpad software adds an iOS type skin over the top of android.<br />
•Average battery life - a day in the model we used.<br />
<br />The above is by no means a definitive list - any comments would be welcomed and I will add to them to the lists.<br />
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I think it is quite clear what I prefer. Apple in most cases beats the Android devices hands down. <br />
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Removing any of the pros and cons to do with the hardware, it simply comes down to ease of use, the quality and interoperability of the apps themselves. Both still have issues with managing large sets, but at least the apple configurator will help lots when Volume Licensing comes to the UK - currently it will only work with free apps.<br />
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Apps from the appstore are in most cases better designed and work must more effectively together. To do tasks in school you often have to run the image or video though a few apps to tweak different parts - it is so easy to do with an iOS device.<br />
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The main reason I always thought that an Android would be a better fit for schools is that they support flash so a lot of the flash content that schools use can be used on the tablet. What I have come to realise is that we have PC's and Apple Mac's for flash content.<br />
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Tablet computers are different devices and shouldn't be used in the same way we use laptop and desktop computers - we need to use them differently and by not having flash it help to force you to do so.<br />
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<strong>So my final word is if you want to get tablets for your school look at the iPad!</strong><br />
(Of course when Microsoft surface comes around we may have to look again - don't you just hate how technology changes so quickly.)<br />
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<br />Nic Hugheshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13537722164761317048noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4782080435375452107.post-74187047981936820472012-06-15T21:40:00.005+01:002012-06-15T21:40:44.927+01:00Endless Ocean is really endless.Please check this blog post from Ant's ICT. He has been an long term supporter of Games Based Learning and has finally tried out some of the great ideas floating around the interwebs.<br />
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Some members of the network consulted and trailed this software in the school. We'll get their views up soon. Check out the video and then go and sign up.<br />
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<a href="http://vimeo.com/42688672">Teach Your Monster to Read (First Steps): Trailer</a> from <a href="http://vimeo.com/teachyourmonstertoread">Teach Your Monster to Read</a> on <a href="http://vimeo.com/">Vimeo</a>.<br />
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If you are in KS1 it looks like a great fun way to teach and consolidate phonics teaching. I look forward to using it with some children in my class next week,Nic Hugheshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13537722164761317048noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4782080435375452107.post-72287872688251331962012-05-20T17:04:00.000+01:002012-05-20T17:04:02.580+01:00iPads are Awesome! Nightingale Primary SchoolHave a look at a post on my blog about how I have been using iPads in class. <a href="http://nicholashughes.blogspot.com/2012/05/ipads-are-awesome.html">View</a><br />
<br />Nic Hugheshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13537722164761317048noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4782080435375452107.post-16474753523064810192012-05-20T13:19:00.003+01:002012-05-20T13:31:32.527+01:00Scratch 2.0<img height="104" src="http://alpha.scratch.mit.edu/scratchr2/static//images/logo_sm.png" width="320" /><br />
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If you haven't already you all need to go and check out the <a href="http://alpha.scratch.mit.edu/" target="_blank">Scratch 2.0 Prototype</a> site.<br />
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It is simply amazing. I have posted about scratch before and the great things that you can do with it.<br />
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2.0 adds some great functions. Motion sensing using a webcam - so you can achieve XBOX Kinect like effects. Go and switch your webcam on and <a href="http://alpha.scratch.mit.edu/projects/10000638/?mode=player" target="_blank">pop some </a><span style="color: #0000ee;"><u>balloons</u></span>.<br />
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It also allows you to work on-line completely which means you can open others work and remix and edit it all on the fly. Its great.<br />
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Also you can also define your own programming blocks.<br />
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Check it out its only open for one more day as I type this. I can't wait till this is released next year.<br />
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Check out this short video I made in case you miss the site.<br />
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and their official video explaining some of the features.<br />
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<br />Mr Miltonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03708057388998618185noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4782080435375452107.post-16380711688166367032012-04-30T17:14:00.002+01:002012-04-30T17:14:31.231+01:00iPad and Field Trips<br />
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Last term my year five class went on a trip to the British
Museum to expand their knowledge about the Ancient Greeks. I know from going on this trip before that
the talk that is provided by the British Museum staff is very interesting and
engaging, but if you do not give the children a focus when going the around the
galleries they pass by and take little notice of exhibits.<o:p></o:p></div>
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The children used the iPad’s to focus their attention on
different objects that they found in the galleries. The class using keynote produced a
presentation as they went around the museum.
In each of the rooms we went in I gave them a focus, they then took a
picture of an artefact placed that onto a slide and used the information from
the cabinet to add bullet pointed information.
By doing this the children had a readymade presentation by the time they
had left the British Museum. But we did
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In my opinion the use of iPad’s on a school trip is
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five in your bag ready to be issued when you arrive. The children enjoyed their use and they could
all work with them in a group. They
provided a structured and focused way to keep the children interested and for
the children to have some new knowledge about real Ancient Greek artefacts
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Below are some images of children in my class using the iPads. We where again doing some research using them to find out about the Tudors. They worked excellently with a QR code. The codes where on the board and printed out. It worked best from the printed copy.<br />
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<a href="http://www.qrstuff.com/">http://www.qrstuff.com/</a> is a great site allows you to quickly generate a code.<br />
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Unlike the Acer Tablets the iPads went straight to the site given by QR code. You didn't need to add sites unlike the Learnpad system.<br />
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More recently we used the iPads and laptops to start a reserach project on the local area. Interestingly when given a choice most of my class chose to use a laptop. 5 iPads where used though. We used street view to more closely investigate places near to the school. </div>
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Children used print screen and word to record what places of interest they where finding. On the iPads we took a<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u6MiD977IsE" target="_blank"> screen shot </a>by holding down the power and home buttons, the imported into pages. Below is an example of what was done from one of my SEN children.</div>
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