Teachers: What are the j2e tools and how do I use them (in the curriculum)?

Jun 292016
 
  1. Open a new tab, go to j2e.com and log in (school: stmarks  user: bwilliams  password: )
  2. Your launchpad contains buttons linking to the j2e tools. (You can also add links to other websites from the library or manually)
  3. Explore a range of tools for 10 minutes
  4. The main j2e tool is j2e5 – a blank page to add text, shapes, pictures, videos, sound, animations to produce posters, pages, booklets, websites, worksheets…  Template pages can be easily shared with children.

Your challenge is to produce a growth mindset poster for your classroom using j2e5 (and by doing so, learn as much as you can about it)

Resources:

  • I’ve put a few basics on a j2e page here
  • There are a few help videos from j2e about their tools here
  • Instructions for j2e(5) (an older version, but much is the same)

 

 

Y4 How do I improve my animation?

Jun 272016
 
  1. Open Pivot Stick Figure animator and open your animation from last week.
  2. Play it and look carefully at each part of the body: upper legs, lower legs, upper arms, lower arms – is each one moving correctly?
  3. Edit frames of your animation – do one body part at a time – see video below for instructions.

Success steps

  • Open Pivot program
  • Open and save – from your folder
  • Find how to find your folder – Computer – 4f/e/h – your name
  • Use simple tools
  • BE RESILIENT – keep going – don’s say/think “That’ll do”
  • USE YOUR GROWTH MINDSET

Y4: How do I create a stick man animation?

Jun 202016
 
  • Open Stick Figure Animator: Start menu – all programs – Icons 64 or 86
  • To start with, just change the shape of the figure – can you make it into these shapes…?:
    • Running
    • In a star shape
    • Sitting down (on an imaginary chair!)
    • Doing a handstand
    • Swimming
  • Use one of the sequence of pictures on the sheets:
    • Put your figure in the first position
    • Click “next frame”
    • Put your figure in the next position
    • Click “next frame”
    • Keep doing this until you have made all of the pictures.
    • Play your animation!
      • Does it look realistic?
      • Is it smooth? (It will be jumpy if you have moved too much in between frames)
  • Save your animation in your file:
    • as animation
  • If you have finished, have a go at another one.

Y5 What makes an effective radio programme?

Jun 162016
 

Listen to some of these radio programmes:

What elements make them effective? (Collect ideas then Diamond 9)

Is there anything you would improve?

PMI for radio programmes

 

Explore Audacity

We are going to use a computer program called Audacity to produce and edit our own radio programmes.

    1. Open Audacity
    2. Record “Hello and welcome to our radio programme.  I’m [name] and I’m [name]”
    3. File – open – find music file Savannah Sketch in Oak/Maple/Folder
    4. Select all of the track, copy (Ctrl – C)
    5. Go back to the first Audacity file
    6. Add a new track by pressing record then stop – select and delete the bit of sound
    7. Paste the music in to the new track (Ctrl – V)

Challenges…

  1. Can you turn the volume of the music down when you are speaking?
    1. Highlight it on the music track…
  2. Can you add more speaking?
    1. Just press record and it will add another track
    2. How can you get the speaking to the correct place?
  3. Can you get rid of the spare music at the end – leave 15 seconds after the last speaking
  4. Can you fade out the last 5 seconds of music at the very end?
  5. Find out what “Auto duck” (in effects) is and how it might be useful

Y6 What makes an effective video tutorial?

Jun 162016
 

Success steps

  1. watch example video tutorials;
  2. create a success criteria;
  3. leave a comment on this post;
  4. think of a simple skill to teach;
  5. practice and master the skill;
  6. plan the demonstration and commentary;
  7. give and receive feedback from learning partner;
  8. be resilient – act on feedback and keep improving.

 

Y3 How do I make an animated title for my story?

Jun 142016
 

Last week, we made things move using animate.

This week, we are going to use a slightly different type of animating to make a title for a story – like these:

1 Think about a story you could tell.  It could be:

  1. A story you already know or have read
  2. One of my example stories in shared files
  3. A new story of your own

Create a title for your story.

2 Open JIT5 and click animate

Write your title a bit at a time – could be a letter at a time like Pandora’s box or a dot at a time like Mr W is cool.

Instead of using the GREEN plus sign you used last week, use the RED plus sign – this keeps what you have done so you add to it.

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