Y6 Scratch: How does decomposing help me plan a game?

Mar 022016
 

1 Sign up for a school scratch account.  This will let you work on your projects at home but also save onto our school system for me to look at.

  1.  https://scratch.mit.edu/
  2. “join scratch”
  3. Username: st-marks-bw14 (your j2e username)
  4. Password:
  5. Email – use my email address

2  Let’s make a tables game!

  1. Choose one of these games – what elements do they have?
  2. Use this form to decompose the tables game
  3. Tables game planning (if you need it…):
  4. http://code-it.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/tables_planning.pdf
  5. http://code-it.co.uk/scratch/tablesgame/tablesgameoverview

 

Y3 Scratch: How do we decompose a game?

Mar 012016
 

1 Sign up for a school scratch account.  This will let you work on your projects at home but also save onto our school system for me to look at.

  1.  https://scratch.mit.edu/
  2. “join scratch”
  3. Username: st-marks-bw14 (your j2e username)
  4. Password:
  5. Email – use my email address

2  Let’s make a car game!

How to create a smoking car game:  http://code-it.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/scratch_smoking_car_game.pdf

 

Y4: What elements does a game have?

Mar 012016
 
  1. Sign up for a school scratch account.  This will let you work on your projects at home but also save onto our school system for me to look at.
    1.  https://scratch.mit.edu/
    2. “join scratch”
    3. Username: st-marks-bw14 (your j2e username)
    4. Password:
    5. Email – use my email address
  2. Let’s make a maze game!
    1. Go to http://code-it.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/scratchcrabmaze.pdf
    2. Follow the instructions carefully.
    3. There re also more resources here:  http://code-it.co.uk/scratch/crabmaze
  3. Save
    1. Your file automatically saves if you are logged in.
    2. However, please save in your folder so I can see you progress.
      1. File – download tto your computer – …
  4. Be reflective
    1. Use this form

Shakespeare in emojis!

Feb 252016
 

Here is a summary of A Midsummer Night’s Dream by Mrs Koziol

Can you read and understand it?

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Tell the story of Macbeth using emojis!

    1. Write in an email (as it has lots of emojis)
      1. Mild – Use Mrs Koziol’s Macbeth summary but use your own emojis
      2. Spicy –  use this summary to help you 
      3. Hot – can you make it 140 character or less  (suitable for Tweeting).  Can you make it purelyin emojis (and still understandable – by others – ask someone else to read it to check)
    2. What do you think Shakespeare would think of emojis?
    3. Email you work to me at the end of the lesson.

Take part in Shakespeare’s World

  • This is a citizen science project where you will be helping historians discover more about Tudor times.
  • Go to https://www.shakespearesworld.org/#/ and follow the instructions
  • Copy and paste all of your transcriptions into an email and send to me at the end of the lesson.

 

Shakespeare Week Scratch activity

Feb 232016
 

LQ:  How do I make a conversation in Scratch.

  • Open Scratch https://scratch.mit.edu/ and click Try it out
  • Go to http://code-it.co.uk/scratch/scratchconversation and follow the instructions.
  • To save:  Give it a title, click file – download to your computer – find your name and save
  • Challenge 1 : Can you make the characters come on at the beginning?  Hint – use the following blocks for each sprite – adjust the numbers to position them how you want them.
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  • Challenge 2: Can you edit your characters to look the part? Click costumes then use the painting tools
  • Challenge 3: Can you add a title screen?
    • Hide (in looks) the characters for 4 seconds at the beginning then show (in looks)
    • Draw a new background with just the title on it
    • Add this on the background script:
    • ScreenHunter_204 Feb. 22 14.54

Success steps

  • Read instructions carefully
  • Be resilient, positive and curious – give it a go!
  • Understand that one person needs to wait as the other one talks!
  • Drag and drop instruction blocks

 

 

LQ: How do I create an effective Prezi?

Feb 042016
 

Improving your Prezi

  1. Be resourceful:
    1. Look at some example prezis. Here are the winners of the 2014 Prezi competition
    2. Can you find help topics/videos?
  2. Be creative: Create your own on a school topic theme from this term.  Think about the purpose and audience of your presentation.
  3. Be curious: What different tools can you use? Theme, shapes, pictures, fonts, paths,…?
  4. Be reflective:
    1. What makes Prezi effective as a presentation tool?
    2. Look at the “Presentation” progression on j2review – what is your next step and how will you get there?
  5. Can you:
    1. add a picture (don’t forget to search for pictures “labelled for non-commercial use)
    2. add a background picture
    3. change the theme
    4. change the order of the information
    5. add some background music  (use the link below, click download as mp3; in Prezi, insert – add background music – look in downloads folder)

Be positive and creative!

 Royalty free music

How do I place a credit for this music in my project?

Title Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) 
Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

Y3 How do I create a border in j2e5?

Feb 032016
 
  • Finish borders;
    • straight sides
    • evenly spaced
    • 1950s toys
    • Write your name small at the bottom inside your border
    • save

If finished:

  • remove grid
  • print

Challenge!

  • use Revelation Natural Art to draw a picture
  • save as – jpeg
  • use “upload” button on j2launch  to upload picture into j2e
  • make a border with your picture

 

Y4 Egyptian eBooks T1W5

Feb 022016
 

LQ: What elements do I need on my eBook page?

Success criteria

  • text, images
  • links forward – to websites, other pages, glossary
  • links back – to contents, title page;
  • say where your information came from:  I found my information from… list and links to websites
  • organise page – balanced space
  • ** If you have done all of these and are happy with your page: start testing the eBook in view mode and work with others to improve it!

http://ukedchat.com/ictmagic/history/egyptians/

http://www.ancient-egypt-online.com/

Daily life

  • http://primaryhomeworkhelp.co.uk/Egypt.html
  • https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clothing_in_the_ancient_world
  • http://www.bbc.co.uk/learningzone/clips/working-life-in-ancient-egypt/5271.html
  • http://egypt.mrdonn.org/
  • https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nile
  • http://schools-wikipedia.org/wp/a/Ancient_Egypt.htm
  • http://www.enchantedlearning.com/africa/egypt/
  • http://www.topicpod.com/egyptians/
  • http://www.socialstudiesforkids.com/articles/worldhistory/introancientegypt1.htm

Pyramids

  • http://www.nationalgeographic.com/pyramids/pyramids.html
  • http://www.ancientegyptonline.co.uk/great-pyramid.html
  • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Egyptian_pyramids
  • http://resources.woodlands-junior.kent.sch.uk/homework/egypt/pyramids.htm
  • http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/ancient/explore-ancient-egypt.html

Pharaohs

  • http://www.ancientegypt.co.uk/pharaoh/home.html
  • http://www.ducksters.com/history/ancient_egyptian_pharaohs.php
  • http://primaryhomeworkhelp.co.uk/egypt/pharaoh.htm

Gods

  • http://www.nemo.nu/ibisportal/0egyptintro/1egypt/index.htm
  • http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/ancient/egyptians/gods_gallery.shtml
  • http://www.childrensuniversity.manchester.ac.uk/media/services/thechildrensuniversityofmanchester/flash/Egyptiangod.swf
  • http://gwydir.demon.co.uk/jo/egypt/index.htm
  • http://www.thenileandegypt.com/deities.html

Hieroglyphics

  • http://www.greatscott.com/hiero/hiero_alpha.html
  • http://www.kidzone.ws/cultures/egypt/hieroglyph.htm
  • http://primaryhomeworkhelp.co.uk/egypt/writing.htm
  • http://www.omniglot.com/writing/egyptian.htm
  • http://discoveringegypt.com/egyptian-hieroglyphic-writing/hieroglyphic-typewriter/

Mummification

  • http://www.mylearning.org/a-step-by-step-guide-to-egyptian-mummification/p-1681/
  • http://primaryhomeworkhelp.co.uk/egypt/mummies.htm
  • http://www.ancientegypt.co.uk/mummies/story/main.html

If you have a LearnPad, you can use this QR code.

egypt qr

Which of these links is useful?  Do you have your own suggestion for useful links?  Please comment below.

 

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