My Big Wheel

Flowcharts

After todays session i was able to do a simple flow chart. First i created a simple traffic light sequence, and then created a mimic ferrace wheel ride. To start with i found it hard, as i kept forgetting to put in the delays...however, once i had mastered this, i found it quite simple. I found out that if you created two flowcharts side by side you are able to have two things running at the same time- for example with my big wheel, i was able to get the lights to flash and the wheel to go forwards and backwards!

The new roamers!

In this weeks ICT lesson we will be looking at making flow charts to program objects, such as traffic lights and Big Wheels. Some people may find these hard to use, and so the difficulty of the completed item will depend on the ability of the creator. I will upload my attempt after the lesson to show you what i mean!

My thoughts on GPRS

This week our lecture was on geo mapping, which is where you can take a photo for example, and upload it, and would be able to show where the picture was taken using GPRS. The lecture itself i found very confusing, however the task itself was much more mundane. It was basically using hyperlinks to skip from one page of a powerpoint presentation to lots of different areas. ie, internet, different slide. This would be good in a classroom if a group were presenting their ideas, and would be easy to acheieve. It may also be useful for a teacher if she was expaining a new topic and needed lots of resources as it saves you having lots of pages saved..this would be especially helpful if the computer crashed!

Podcasting

Thought i would post this now...after a session on podcasts. I was a little unsure of this as a task, and wasnt over enthusiatic at doing it, partly because radio shows i have done in the past have been unsucessful..however, i really enjoyed the session today. The software is easy to use, and it is easy to edit mistakes, which would be very useful in the primary school! The only queries i have with it is that the microphones were slightly tempermental...i found i had to shout to make myself heard, and this would be difficult for primary school children. And also saving the end piece!!!! I saved it to my stick, however it didnt want to play, even in an MP3 format..if anyone can help me, and tell me what i many have done wrong, i would appriciate it!

The four seasons!

After a lot of talking about my animation, here it finally is....

Animations- simply the best!

I have been flipping thorough peoples blogs and found a lot of postivie feedback about the animation task...I LOVED THE ANIMATION SESSIONS TOO! And have a feeling that if children were given the chance to create one they would do exceptionally well!
After thinking about the use of animation in the classroom, i came up with the following ideas:
a fun activity for Golden time (children can play around with ideas and improve their understanding of the equipment).

A way to ensure a child understands a specific topic, this could be in a variety of subjects...how we borrow 10's and give to the units to enable us to take away. The pathway the food takes on its way to the stomach, how the planets move, the sun and earth move etc. The list is endless!

As a fun activity for those children who finish work early (they can do a summary of what they have done as an animation).


As a visual learning tool for children with SEN who would benifit from this type of learning.

All in all animation is great!!