Y5 LF Create a Prezi

Jan 292018
 
  1. Create a Prezi about an interesting wild animal.
    1. arkive.com
  2. Work your way down the Computing Colours skills:
  3. Share your Prezi with me ScreenHunter_155 Jan. 29 08.59Share Prezi… Add people: my email
  • Red
    • use a template in Prezi (or start a blank one)
    • use some tools – eg shapes, add text
  • Orange
    • change font, colour, size, position
  • Yellow
    • include pictures, shapes
      • Search for images on another tab
      • Save image as…
      • In Prezi, Insert image…
  • Green
    • Attention to detail
      • lining up, consistent style
      • text on appropriate background
    • Insert background music (see below)
  • Blue
    • Deliberate choices of layout, style –
      • eg life cycle in circle
      • info about eyesight zoomed into an eye
      • Whole shape of Prezi, eg Amazon forest
    • Use/edit pathways
    • Insert hyperlinks to websites
      • references to where you got your info
  • Purple
    • Critically reflect on work to improve it
    • Ask for and act on advice from others
    • Show thoughts in learning conversation on j2e page
      • I chose …. because….
      • I changed ….. because….

How did that go?

Background music

  • Add music from www.incompetech.com
    • When you’ve found piece you like – click “download as mp3”
    • Go back to Prezi – insert – add background music – look in downloads folder
    • Don’t forget to include credits for the music (copy text below)Title Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
      Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0
      http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

Y3 Typing, j2blasting and drawing in j2e

Jan 242018
 

LF1 Typing with correct fingers

  • Fingers on home keys
  • Only one finger off at a time
  • 25 WPM and 2 stars to continue

LF2 Exploring j2blast

  • Practise this week’s spellings
  • Try logging in at home

LF Drawing and duplicating in j2e

1 Making a page border with your own drawing

  • Use this video to help you make a page border with your own drawing.

Success steps

  • Log into j2e
  • Start a new j2e5 page
  • Use the drawing tools to draw a SIMPLE picture
  • Change colours
  • Use group button
  • Move items with the mouse
  • Use duplicate tool to copy shapes
  • Select more than one item
  • Be resilient – take care when lining up shapes
  • Save with a useful name

2 Now try a more complicated toy – a car, train, dolls house…

  • Make it big to start with, then shrink it

Y56 typing, j2blasting and j2officing

Jan 212018
 

LF1 Typing with correct fingers

typing.com

  • Fingers on home keys
  • Only one finger off at a time
  • Stay in the stretch zone (go back if you have to)
  • 25 WPM + 2 stars to continue
  • Growth mindset!

LF2 Exploring j2blast

  • Try spelling and tables
  • Set levels
  • Try logging in at home

LF3 Evaluating j2office

  • Explore the j2office tools
  • How do they compare to Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint; Google docs, sheets, slides?
  • Try on iPad
  • Leave comments on How did that go?

If time, return to Prezi Learning Journey and continue with your Prezi.

 

Remove background from an image using FotoFlexer

Jan 212018
 
  • If you need a picture without a background, first try searching using “.png”
  • Copy or save the full size picture and paste/insert eg into j2e.
  • If it doesn’t have a background – great
  • If it does, follow the instructions below to remove the background.
  1. Go to fotoflexer.com
  2. Upload
  3. Click on the “Geek” tab then “Smart cutout”
  4. Follow the instructions
  5. Save as .png file

Y5 Prezi learning journey

Jan 082018
 

LF1 Signing up and eSafety

  1. Go to https://prezi.com/signup/edu/standard/ and follow the instructions to sign up
  2. DO NOT enter your full name or add any personal details to your profile.
  3. MAKE SURE you keep your profile and prezis private.
  4. By using your school email, you are bound by your ICT agreement that you have signed
  5. You are not permitted to use your school email to sign up to anything else.

How did that go?

LF2 Evaluate other people’s Prezis

  1. Look at THREE example prezis – at least one EDU Prezi.
    1. Here are the winners of the 2014 Prezi competition
    2. 2015
    3. 2016
  2. What makes them effective?
  3. What is not effective?

How did that go?

LF3 Learn how to use the tools in Prezi.

  1. Create a practice Prezi
  2. How many tools can you use in Prezi?
  3. Experiment and explore

How did that go?

Typing skills 2018

Jan 032018
 
  • We are going to use typing.com again
  • Log in with Google
  • Rules
    • Start from the very beginning this year
    • Use the box – look at the screen
    • Only move on when you get 25 words per minute

Game
Fruit ninja – choose home row – easy to start with and use the box

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