Y5 LF: Find, copy and paste information

Jan 252023
 

Success criteria

  • All information and pictures onto j2e5 page
  • Info and pictures on correct pages
  • Range of information in sections
  • References = list of websites used

Skills

  • Find useful websites
  • Use keywords to find specific information
  • Right-hand click to “copy image” OR drag image to j2e5 tab
  • Hightlight text then Right-hand click to “copy”
  • “Ctrl v” to paste into j2e5
  • Turn pages in j2e5

Y5 LF Create a leaflet/booklet using a template in j2e5

Jan 262022
 

Learning starter

  1. 5 minutes of touch typing
  2. South America map quiz
    • Countries
    • Capital cities
    • Landmarks
    • Physical features
  3. Canama Panal puzzle
  4. This term’s project

1 Introduction

2 LF Information, information, information

  • Go to Google Classroom
  • Open “South America Leaflet information”
  • Under the different headings, copy information and pictures for your leaflet
    • Drag pictures and text
    • Use ctrl c (copy) and ctrl v (paste)
    • Copy things you have read and understand
  • Searching tips
    • Find a good website 
    • Use 3 or 4 key words for specific information
    • Get images from websites rather than from Google Images
    • References – keep a list of websites you used
      • useful for others to read more
      • useful for you to return to
      • polite and right to say where you got your information from

3 Leaflet design

  • Text and pictures
  • Clear layout – lined up, titles
  • Keep it simple – 2 or 3 colours, easy to read fonts
  • Lots of information
  • Mini booklet – do all the right way up first – then turn upside down when finished
  • References box – list of where you got information from
  • Good leaflet design

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

Term 3 Computing…in Lockdown

Jan 202021
 

Here are some Computing and other activities for this term:

Keep learning, keep active and keep in touch!

Computing in Term 3

  1. Term 3 units
    1. Y3 Create a topic page in j2e5 with a repeated page border
    2. Y4 Create an adventure game using hyperlinks
    3. Y5T3 Edit a “Word” doc in Google Docs, j2e and j2office Write
    4. Y6 Create a WW2 presentation in Google Slides

Other Computing skills

Use Computing in other subjects

  • Create a Coggle mind map of your topic (See Y5T5 unit)
  • Create an animation using JIT5, Scratch, Gifpaint or an phone/tablet animation app – see Y4 animated story unit
  • Use j2e5 templates or visual tools to explore ideas in your topic or complete topic work set by your teachers.
  • Scratch project – we’ll be using Scratch in Term 4
  • Install Google Expeditions  on a phone or tablet and explore places related to your topics

Other activities

  •     Thinking starters – great for getting your brain going.  Learning Zone leave a comment with your ideas.
  •   Zooniverse – people-powered research – take part in real scientific research on a range of projects
  •    #DoGoodFromHome!

 

Y3456 LF: Be safe online – Safer Internet Day 2019

Feb 042019
 

Quick Activities

  • Drawing the Internet (whiteboard and pens)
  • Online Choices Compass
  • Digital Compass (Computer Room)

  • Interland

  • What would you do?
  • Who owns the Internet?
  • Rounds – Q+A

Videos to watch and discuss:

Safer Internet Day Website

 

 

Y56 Scratch 3 intro 2

Jan 142019
 

(Y5 + Spruce only) Signing up…again

  • We need to sign up again…
  • This time, we will have username of the form: ab16-1stm
  • I will send you a link to get to your class sign up page

In Scratch

  • Complete a range of tutorials to learn different skills in Scratch 3
  • Make a j2e5 page called Scratch 3 skills
  • Add learning conversation to record what you have achieved today.

**Can you record a sound?  You may need to allow access to the microphone…