Apple Apps!

As we have had our six iPad's now for a while, I thought it wold be great to share some apps with you.

• iMovie (£2.99) - creates great looking movies.
• Splice (free or £2.49) - like iMovie, this puts together some great video's.
• BeFunky (free or 69p) - Edits your photos with some great effects, borders and more
• X-Plane 9 (£5.99 - expensive!!!) - A tricky app to use, but this teaches you to fly planes with a great simulator and loads of common planes today.
• Action Movie FX (free) - Creates stunning Hollywood Movie Effects on your iDevice, with the camera.

These 5 apps are my favourite Apple Apps, have fun with them!
(Note: Ask parents' permission before downloading paid apps.)
Jack B :-)

Sam G's Google Earth video!

Sam has made this excellent Google Earth tutorial using Screenr.com - enjoy!

The new Greenfields Digital Leaders!

Here are the new Greenfields Digital Leaders:

In Ash class: Me (Molly), Isaac, Samuel G and Samuel B!

In Chestnut class: Bryce, Poppy and Emily B!

And finally in Maple class: Tessa, Greg, Jack B, Jack N, Rosie, Ashley and Michell!

Hopefully I haven't missed any people out!
If your having any tech problems, come to one of these guys and they will try and sort the problem out! Or you could click on the help bar at the top of the blog and fill in the form.

Happy blogging, Molly x

Jack B's Blogger Safety Tip!

Jack has made this fantastic tutorial on how to remove the 'next blog' button on a Blogger blog. The piece of code you will need is:
#navbar { display: none; } #navbar-iframe { display: none !important; }
Remember to add a Blogger button afterwards using 'Layout' - 'Add a gadget' - 'Logo' - this will allow you to click and edit your blog.

A new version of Scratch!

Scratch 2.0 is available to look at now! Have a look at: http://alpha.scratch.mit.edu/
It has a feature that lets you use a webcam in a similar way to a Kinect controller!!!

Scooter boy!

Some of our digital leaders have been hard at work again, producing another wonderful video! Well done!

Digital Leaders get our iPads set up!

Some of our new Digital Leaders were very excited yesterday afternoon to be chosen to help set up our new set of school iPads - I'd like to thank them as they did an excellent job! Over the next couple of weeks the Digital leaders will be familiarising themselves with the iPads and downloading a selection of apps to go onto them. Then they will be coming into each classroom to share the iPads with everyone in school!

Getting started...

Umm, what was that code again?

All done!

Making help videos!

Hi Digital Leaders!
Here's some links to help you get started with your help videos :-)

(Click on the logo to go to the site!)

Also, Jack has used http://www.nchsoftware.com/capture/index.html, which you would have to download (check with your parents first!).

Happy filming!
Mr K :-)

Strange goings on in Herongate!

Here's a new video created by some of our new Digital Leaders - amazing!

Apply to be a Greenfields Digital Leader!

Hello and welcome to the Greenfields Digital Leaders' blog! On this blog the DLs will share their expertise and discoveries. They will also share the tech work they have been doing in and out of school.

But first we must select our Digital Leaders! Ideally we are looking for eight Year Five or Six children who are interested in ICT and would like to share their knowledge and expertise with the rest of the school (children and staff!). We will also become part of the Digital Leaders Network, which will allow us to collaborate with Digital Leaders from other schools.

How to apply!

You will need to fill out an application form by clicking on this link. Make sure that you complete all the questions! You will also need to send in something creative (a video, scratch project, website, blog, etc, etc...) that shows why you would make a good Digital Leader - it should demonstrate or explain why you would be a great person for the job. You should then email this to Mr K at ash.greenfields@gmail.com

Deadline: Friday 27th April!

The people with the best applications will then be interviewed for the job (don't worry, not a scary interview!).

Good luck!
Mr K