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Signing up

1. Sign up for a free prezi account using your school email.
2. It must be a student account https://prezi.com/profile/registration/edu/?license_type=EDUENJOY
3. USE only initials for your last name
4. DO NOT enter your full name or any personal details.
5. MAKE SURE you keep your info and prezis private.
6. By using your school email, you are bound by your ICT agreement that you have signed
7. You are not permitted to use your school email to sign up to anything else.

Creating a Prezi

1. Look at some example prezis. Here are the winners of the 2014 Prezi competition
2. Create your own on a school topic theme from this term.  Thhink about the purpose and audience of your presentation.  What aspect of the subject will you explore?
   1. English – Macbeth
   2. Maths – Measures, Ratio and Proportion, and Algebra
   3. Science – Tricks of Light (Light and how we see)
   4. Geography – Macbeth’s Scotland (physical v human)
   5. History – Shakespeare’s Kings (reliability of accounts)
   6. Art – Landscapes
   7. DT – Puppet theatre
   8. RE – Life after death
   9. PSHE – Bullying and e-safety
   10. French – Holidaying in France – directions and ordering
   11. Music – Composing Macbeth Soundtrack
3. What different tools can you use? Theme, shapes, pictures, fonts, paths,…?
4. What makes prezi effective as a presentation tool?
5. Can you use it collaboratively, ie share it? Work on it at the same time? Comment?
6. Are there eSafety considerations?
7. Can you find help topics/videos?

Be positive and creative!

LQ: How do I make my eBook page and make links to other pages and websites?

•  share your page with the class;
• make a link to the contents/glossary
• make a link to a useful website;
• say where your information came from
• add content;
• organise page

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

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.

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

1. Sign up to your account here http://www.readformyschool.co.uk/student/register
2. Enter the code for your house, click “check code” and check the classroom details are correct
3. Display name: Enter your first name and initial of your surname
4. Username: Use your j2e username
5. Password: Enter a password that you will remember – write in in your communication book