Y3 How do I animate with JIT?

Jun 102015
 
  1. What is animation?
  2. What are the skills/attitudes needed?
  3. Let’s look at JIT animate!

Your task

  • Log into J2e and go to JIT and “animate”
  • Choose a word from our collectioin of positive words
  • Practise drawing it a few times
    • colours
    • make it fit
  • Animate the word
  • Keep on
    • testing out your animation
    • saving
  • ** Add something at the end that adds to the idea
  • ** could use several of the same frame to slow down or pause animation

 

Y5 LQ: In what ways can we present digital content to engage readers?

Jun 082015
 
  • Multimedia projects for rest of term.
  • Content can be chosen by you within the theme of “looking after nature”.
  • Could be a story, information or a mixture of both.
  • Think about the LQ and make a list of ways we can make oru content interactive.
  • You could work collaboratively (up to 3 in group) as long as you all produce at least one page entirely by yourselves.
  • Get into groups and start planning.
  • You could plan as a mindmap.

 

 

Y6 LQ: What makes an effective video tutorial?

Jun 042015
 

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.

 

T6W1 How can I organise my work online and offline?

Jun 012015
 

How many files have you got?  How easy is it for you to find them?  How easy is it for other people to find files?  How can we make it easier?

Success steps

  • create folders (RH click)
  • cut and paste files (RH click)
  • move files between folders
  • make sure files have clear nanes
  • delete unnecessary files and folders
  • add tags to online files
  • search in windows explorer
  • search j2e files by name, tag and type

Work through these tasks:

Your folder on the school server

  1. Click start menu, computer
  2. Open your class folder, eg “3a on Phoenix…”
  3. Open your named folder
  4. Create folders, eg Year 3, Year 4
  5. Drag files into folders
  6. To move files out of folders:
    1. select file(s);
    2. cut (ctrl-x or RH click cut);
    3. go to the folder where you want it;
    4. paste (ctrl-v or RH click paste)

Your j2e files

  1. Log into j2e and open “my files”
  2. Create folders
  3. Drag files into folders (or drag them out if necessary)
  4. Tag files with useful tags
  5. Computing portfolio folder
    1. My badges
    2. Scratch project
  6. Upload files to j2e by dragging them onto “drop files here”

Your learning blog

  • If you haven’t got a learning blog in j2bloggy, create one!
  • If you have, customise it, create a new post about your learning.
  • Send me the link using the “info form” under lesson links on my blog.

Y3 How can I present data clearly?

May 202015
 

Success steps 1

  1. Finish bar chart about boats we saw
  2. Finish key
  3. Add another page with pictures and information
  4. What does the bar chart show about different types of boats?
  5. **Add text to you pictures

LQ:  How do I make a scale model?

Success steps 2

  1. Open this file: Y3 Famous ship lengths
  2. Click “edit” then save
  3. Select a picture
  4. Click on this button:

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5. Resize the picture until the “width” number is the same as the length of the ship.

 

Y4 How do I perfect my mindmap?

May 192015
 

Success Criteria

  • Open mindmap from last week
  • Add ideas
  • Arrange branches to fill the space
  • Add sketches (no clip art)
  • Fit to a landscape page size
  • * Change central idea image (see below)
  • ** Add arrows between linked ideas on different branches
  • ** Add notes or hyperlinks to an idea
  • ** Export as an image, add to j2e files
  • *** Blog it (as an image pasted into a j2e5lite page) to you yeargroup blog
  • Add name as a floating idea
  • Print to Dell 3110 printer

 

Change central idea image 

  1. RH click central idea – “edit central idea”
  2. Open a Google Chrome Tab
  3. Search for “egypt clipart”
  4. Choose an image that the text will stand out agains (not too busy)
  5. RH click an image and “copy image”
  6. Go back to iMindmap and click “use image from clipboard”

Y5 How can I present data clearly?

May 182015
 

Success steps 1

  • Log into j2e and Google Apps (see links on menu bar)
  • Create a table in j2e
  • Copy in data accurately
  • Make a graph from your table
  • Experiment with settings for graph – which graph shows the data most clearly?
  • Write a conclusion for your data:  What does it show?  Why do you think this?

Success steps 2

  • In Google Apps, go to drive
  • Make a new Sheet
  • Enter some data accurately
  • Produce a graph
  • Take a screenshot (Shift + PrntScr) and paste into your j2e page
  • Write a conclusion
  • Print your work (with your name on!)

 

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