Jun
16
CarTOONing around
June 16, 2008 | Leave a Comment
After seeing Alex’s post on Toondoo i decided to try it out for myself! I had alot of fun playing around with all the different tools and it was very simple to use. I think children would love creating their own cartoons on different topics!
Jun
15
Making History Come Alive
June 15, 2008 | Leave a Comment
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Jun
10
Digital Creativity?
June 10, 2008 | Leave a Comment
I read an interesting article recently by Anthony Jones titled “Encouraging creativity with digital technology in early primary classrooms”. It was centered around an investigation of children’s creativity during computer-based activities.
Jones (2004) stated that many teachers think as one of the major benefits of technology in the classroom is in “the opportunities it offers for creativity, [...]
Jun
10
Making movies
June 10, 2008 | Leave a Comment
I recently made a digital story using the program imovie! It was a really interesting experience as i had never done anything like this before. I found the program fairly simple to use, and you can do lots of cool things like add music, voiceovers, and slide transitions.
All in all…good fun!
Have a look: click here!
Jun
10
Webquesting away…
June 10, 2008 | Leave a Comment
For an assignment, i recently made, along with fellow blogger Alex, a webquest. It is directed at teachers, and aims to broaden their understanding on deBono’s 6 Thinking Hats and how these can be incorporated into the classroom.
Have a go at working through it!
