Dls gear up for DT!

Some of our DLs spent this afternoon learning about & experimenting with gearing and pulley systems - they'll be learning what they've learnt to help teach the rest of the Year 5 and 6 children in DT lessons this half term! They even managed to make a three-speed gear box with a reverse gear too!

Our new motto!

COOL HUH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Pav's golf game

Instructions:
Click to hit the ball.
Aim for the hole.
Watch-out sand will reset your game

angry birds by darnell

Lily B's Angry Birds game!

Lily B has been having a go at creating the Angry Birds game, and here's what she's come up with - well done, Lily!

Poppi's Car Game!

Here's a car racing game Poppi has made for the DL blog - well done, Poppi!

Our digital leaders meeting!

This week we had a digital leaders meeting and Mr.K showed us some things the last digital leaders did and told us some things he wanted us to do. He wanted us to do things like: post something on the blog and have a go at some `Scratch` programming. Sooner or later we will be showing other classes how to do scratch  and I can`t wait!>.<

Well that`s all from me, one of your digital leaders, Lillie T :)

Mr K's Pong Game!

Action

All the action of the Digital Leader magic will start (hopefully) after half term. I really don't know whats going to happen, but we hope it's going to COOL!
JC a 2013 digital leader.

Digital Leaders of 2013!

Hey people the new digital leaders are Me (Jonathan, maple) Lillie (maple) Pav (maple) Lucas (maple) Darnell (Maple) Alex (Maple) and Daisy (chestnut). There are a lot of maple Digital Leaders. There are also some yr5s but I cant remember them. Just like last year they posted some cool vids so hopefully 2013 digital leaders WILL BE BETTER!
by JC a 2013 digital leader!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Apply to become a Digital Leader!

We are now accepting applications to become one of next year's Digital Leaders!
To be considered, you will need to do two things:
1) Complete and submit an application for HERE;
2) Send Mr Kenyon an example of something you have made using technology - it could be a presentation, a video, a game - anything! Be imaginative!

The people with the best applications will then have an interview with our current Digital Leaders and possibly a technology challenge!

Good luck!
Mr K and the Y6 Digital Leaders :-)

Review on the Google nexus 7!!!

Review on my nexus!

For christmas this year I got a Google nexus 7, and here's a review on it...

The nexus 7 is a great tablet its got all day battery and is great to carry around!

Its got a front camera , (so you can go on Skype,) but unfortunately no back camera. :(

 This tablet has got great storage and you an download films, books etc, etc...

Some of the apps it comes with are

Google chrome, Google play, earth, navigate, gmail, clock, calender, play magazines and much, much more...

 At a low price, I think the nexus 7 is all around great. :)

I give the nexus: 9.5/10!

By Poppy!

 

    

Digital Leaders present at the ICT Conference!

A huge well done to our amazing Digital Leaders, who were at the Shropshire ICT Conference all day today. They helped out and presented in three of the workshops for teachers (showing off how to use new equipment from Promethean, such as the Activtable).

The main challenge for the DLs was to make a presentation in the main hall to the WHOLE conference! They did fantastically well - we're proud of you!

Here's a copy of their presentation - 'My Digital Life'. A full blog post on the day will come from the DLs, so do check back here soon!

And here's a mobile-friendly version of the photos!

A big week ahead for the DLs!

Our Digital Leaders have got a huge week coming up - they're going to be making a presentation to all the delegates at the Shropshire ICT Conference! Here's a sneak preview of their presentation...

My day with Magnets

My Project from Sam Breese on Vimeo.

This was made with I can animate, imovie and action movie. It is when magnets are trying to form but the army keeps blowing them up.

I can animate (free):
This app lets you make cool animations very quickly.

Imovie (£2.99):
This app may cost but it lets you make great movies and trailers.  

Action Movie (free):
This app lets you blow stuff up without the mess.

By Sam B

Apple Apps!

Hi Everyone! I just thought that I would give out some Apple Apps that I really like!

1) Action Movie (Free) This app creates amazing effects using your camera!

2) iMovie (2.99) Creates fantastic short movies, and movie trailers!

3) iMotion HD (Free) You can create amazing time-lapse videos and also do stop frame animation!

4) My Horse (Free) Raise and look after your very own virtual horse!

5) Minecraft PE (Free or 4.99) This is just a mini verison of Minecraft for your iDevice!

These are just some of my favourite Apps for Apple! I hope you enjoy using them and don't forget to verify with an adult that it is ok to buy some of the paid for apps!

Molly R Xx  ツ

Weird Video

This is my weird stop-frame animation video. In which a pen runs after some tweezers which are steeling a tic tac box, and two pencils walk together and a stick goes across.
Enjoy Sam B 

Digital Leaders iPad Staff Meeting!

Our wonderful Digital Leaders!

On Tuesday 20th November the digital leaders held a staff meeting for iPads. Different people had different apps. I did the introduction in front of all the teachers and I was very nervous but I did and now all the teachers know how to use the basics on a iPad. Below you can see photos of our staff meeting and also find out about all the apps we demonstrated.
By Sam B

We also had an explosive opening to the meeting!

Digital Leaders' Explosive Staff Meeting! from Ash Class on Vimeo.

Explain Everything
Explain everything is an app which lets you explain everything.
When I showed this to the teachers they were all very excited. One or to asked if It could make a book, but it couldn't so I said it couldn't. Most of the teachers are going to use this in there class. You use this by drawing while you are talk king, and it makes a movie so you can explain everything. We have used this in math to explain fraction and many more things. I give this 8/10.
By Sam B.

Digital Leaders Staff Meeting Summary... By Molly

I think that the Digital Leader staff meeting went really well. Loads of the teachers really enjoyed everyone's stations. My station had a mix and match of apps. Most the teachers enjoyed the 'Phonics' apps. The KS1 teachers thought that the 'Phonics' apps would be the for the little kids.

Here is a list of apps I showed: iMovie, Sock puppets, iSentence, Morris, Colour Splash, most of the Phonic apps and Action Movie. Most of these apps are very use full for school.

This is what I rate the apps:

iMovie: 9/10
Sock Puppets: 7/10
iSentence: 6/10
Morris: 10/10   (Amazing!)
Colour Splash: 9/10
Phonics apps: 8/10
Action Movie: 9/10

So, to sum up. I reckon that the Digital Staff Meeting was an AMAZING hit! I would love to do it again!
Thank-you for reading.
By Molly R (Maple Class)


GarageBand
GarageBand is great! It's a terrific app that helps people create music easily and efficiently. The best thing is you don't need to know any music to make a super song! 
It can be used by the youngest child to the oldest university student - everyone can use it! The teachers all seemed to love it and so do the kids! We can use it for music lessons and as a fun way to practice your instrument! You can make amazing compositions in a few minutes.
Grace


Maths Sumo...
Hello - this is an iPad game for all ages! The idea of the game is to compete 1 on 1 and complete basic maths sums. The level is very easy and even though it is for all ages - it would probably be better in KS1.

Operation Maths...
This app is has adding, multiplication, division, subtraction. You are locked in a room, no escape except a door with a maths problem what I'f you can't answer it? This game is brilliant for you maths mission training!!!!!!!!!

To get more reviews go online and search whatever app you want - there will be more reviews everyday for you to read!
By Isaac.


Lego Movie Review

To use Lego movie you first choose a title frame and then take as many  pictures you want you can add music,  change the picture effect and change the speed then either preview it or go ahead and make you Lego movie! It will play it then you can publish it to YouTube or save it to camera roll.
By Sam G.


My lesson of art apps went very well many teachers enjoyed my talk and I'd like to do it again. It was fun and many teachers gave it a go as well. This app would be Good for year 5/6 as they make greek pots in that year and it's great to choose you're shape and design. It is a great app when using just for fun and is very amusing when you make random pots. beat your friends and see who makes the money at aution! I give It a 8 / 10 there is also another app I used called crayola LCC and it is all about creating your own picture and making it imaginary person in your body I rate it a 6 /10 as it crashes sometimes.By Emily B.

Digital Leaders Teach Maple Class!

These are the pictures that I took while the lesson was on!

By Molly

The Digital Leader lesson on Google Maps!!

Today the Digital Leaders gave a brilliant lesson to Maple class on Google Maps. This was a good chance for the children (and teachers) to learn lots more about Google Maps and how the app works. We showed the class how to add a pin point, draw a shape to high light a place, draw a route and how to login to their account... There will be some videos and photos on the lesson in the next blog post....

By Molly R and Grace T H Xx