Y5 LF: Create an information poster using different tools

Jan 182022
 

1 – What makes an effective information poster

  • A good information posted should show lots of information at a glance.
  • Look at these information posters
    • What makes them effective?
    • What would make them better?
  • Find some other effective information posters and make a list of features

  

 2 – Tools

  1. We are going to explore three tools for making posters:
    1. Google Docs (Go to Google Drive – Create – Googe Docs)
    2. j2e5
    3. j2Office – Writer
  2. Open each of these tools and have a brief explore – what tools are there?

3 – Make an information poster about South America

  1. Here is an information poster that I made on Google Docs
    1. Example Sourth Africa poster
  2. I have saved a file in each tool for you to edit – the text and pictures are all there, you just need to edit
    1. Google Docs – link on Google Classroom
    2. j2Office Writer South America Poster
    3. j2e5 South America Poster

3 Create a j2e5 poster

  • Use the Success Criteria that we have written together
  • Be resilient – don’t be happy with “ok”

4 Make a Google Doc information book page

  1. Go to Google Classrrom (Class 21) – Classwork – South America  Information Page Google Doc
  2. Insert a table in Google Doc to arrange facts and pictures
    1. Make the border lines invisible
    2. Colour the cells
    3. Change width/merge cells
  3. Insert pictures
    1. Put them in different places
    2. Crop – eg banner picture at top/bottom
  4. Style
    1. Choose font, colours (one or two only)
    2. Avoid rainbox, fancy fonts
  5. Information
    1. Keep it simple and short – but informative

5 j2e5 mini book

6 Evaluation

  • Which tool is easiest to use?
  • Which creates the best poster?

Success Criteria 1

  • Bold title
  • Fill the page
  • Stand out
  • Dividing into sections/blocks
  • Pictures/symbols
  • Lots of info

Success Criteria 2 – fine tuning

  • Big (easy to read) font
  • No highlighting
  • Space
  • Balance
  • Centre

iPad porject 1: Photos

Jan 172022
 
  1. Open photo app
  2. Take photos
    1. Zoom, focus by tapping, different sizes
    2. Check subjects are happy
  3. View photos
    1. Delete if no good, extras
  4. Edit photos
    1. Crop, adjust, markup,

Y4 LF Using hyperlinks to design a Roman Villa adventure

Jan 172022
 

Please leave a comment if you would like any help

https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/clips/z7k8q6f

1 Explore an example

2 The project

We are going to create an adventrue around a Roman Villa by using “hyperlinks” between pages in j2e5 – this is how website links work – you make something on the page into a button that sends the viewer to another place when you click on it.  These “buttons” could be pictures, text or even invisible areas on the page.  Where you send them could be another part of that page, a different page or even to play a sound clip.

Here is a starter project – you could find more pictures and add more pages:

3 How to create an invisible link (eg for a doorway)

  1. Draw a rectangle or any shape
  2. Select it and untick “outline” and “fill”
  3. Place it on the doorway or where you want to click
  4. Make sure it is selected (blue square)
  5. Click “link”
  6. Type for example “#page 3”
  7. Make sure it is the correct page number!  Click “ok”
  8. “View” to test it

Ideas

  1. What’s the point of the game? Add an information box
    1. Include an instruction at the start
      1. Find the lost Roman necklace – leave clues…
      2. Find information about the Roman villa – have pop up info boxes using animate
  2. How to make an Information box appear
    1. Make an information box
    2. Select it then click “animate” (instead of “link”)
    3. Make it appear when it is clicked on or hovered over.
    4. Information box video
  3. Zoom into a picture
    1. Use the same picture but crop then enlarge to a detail
    2. Add something extra to the zoomed in page, eg a note, sign or clue
    3. Zoom into a picture video
  4. Include a sound
    1. Go to one of the garden pages
    2. Click on pictures then shared pictures
    3. Drag on the “calm garden” sound.
    4. Select it and tick: “autostart” and “loop”
    5. Send it to the bottom layer to hide.
    6. Add a sound – video instructions
  5. Record a sound 
    1. Click and “record sound”.  Record and save a sound.
    2. Add to page – you could set it to autostart or loop when the page is loaded.
    3. Or draw an invisible shape or select an picture
    4. Click “link” and “to sound” – “my sounds” and drag it into the box
    5. Record and link a sound video
  6. Website
    1. http://www.primaryhomeworkhelp.co.uk/houses/roman.htm

Success criteria

  • First page – Aim of the game – box
  • All rooms linked up
  • Aim – eg hidden item, answer to question
  • End – winning screen, losing screen – option to restart
  • Fade in between pages
  • Challenge
    • ** Secret tunnels
    • ** wrong turns
    • ** information boxes
    • l** link to info website eg primary homeork help Roman houses
    • ** Sound clips
    • ** What have players learned about the Romans/Roman houses by playing your game?

Thought for the week: Happy New Year!

Jan 042022
 

This week’s music:  Winter by Vivaldi

  1. What do you think this picture is trying to say?  Do you agree?
  2. What would it mean for you to bloom this year?
  3. How can we help each other bloom?
  4. Computing this term:
    1. What conditions will help us bloom?
    2. Expectations are all about enabling best learning conditions – what can you do to play your part in this?
      1. for yourself
      2. for others

 

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