Screen Chomp Screen chomp is another fantastic FREE app. It allows you to draw and write on the iPad and record your voice over the top. You can…
Month: January 2013
How Stuff Works and Discovery Kids
Posted in Classroom, History, Humanities/ Topics, Literacy, Reading, and Teacher Resources
http://www.howstuffworks.com/ How stuff works is exactly that. It is a website which uses a variety of media (text, audio, video) to explain how everything works.…
Poetry forms
Posted in Uncategorized
http://www.tooter4kids.com/forms_of_poetry.htm This site gives a description of each different poetry form and an example. It is very easy to use and would be suitable for…
http://www.poetry4kids.com/poems Kenn Nesbitt’s Poetry for Kids is another source of poetry for your classroom.It contains a great range of poems, games, how to write your…
Great Poetry Website: Giggle Poetry
Posted in Classroom, Literacy, Reading, Teacher Resources, Uncategorized, and Writing
http://www.gigglepoetry.com/poetryclass/poetryclass.html Giggle poetry is a great site for interesting and funny poems to share with your class. The poems have been put into categories (there are lots…
Sparklefish Story App: good for grammar and funny stories
Posted in Featured, iPads and Apps, and Reading apps
https://itunes.apple.com/au/app/sparklefish/id432462341?mt=8 Sparklefish is a free app that is lots of fun. The children have to record themselves saying a word (noun, adjective etc) the app…
Padlet online multimedia pin board
Posted in Classroom, Literacy, Maths, and Web 2.0 tools
Padlet http://padlet.com Wall Wisher is a free online pin board which allows all forms of mulitmedia to be posted. (video, audio, pics, Web Links). It…
You are your words website: textual pictures
Posted in Classroom, Literacy, and Web 2.0 tools
http://www.youareyourwords.com/ This site allows you to upload any picture, add text and voila out comes a picture with the text. The one drawback I found was the…
Record of Reading App: LOVE THIS !!!!!!
Posted in General Teacher Apps, iPads and Apps, Literacy Apps, Reading, and Reading apps
I absolutely love this app! It has been designed for the ipad. https://itunes.apple.com/au/app/record-of-reading/id543574721?mt=8 The record of reading was created by Marie Clay and allows for…
How do I build my own app?
Posted in General Teacher Apps, and iPads and Apps
After my post yesterday about Thomas who is a 12 year old app designer, it got me thinking !!! Why can’t I have a go…
12 year old app designer
Posted in iPads and Apps, Research and Readings, and Thoughts
Hi Everyone, I hope that you have all had a great Christmas and new year, I have been on leave and have now returned to…