Today in this blog post we invite you to share with students in another class about your new iMovie skills by making a comment on this blog post. In your comment you could:
Describe some features of iMovie that you like or don’t like
Discuss why it is a useful tool for learning - include an example of how you have used this App for your own learning
Give your "top tip"for users who are new to iMovie
REMEMBER -
Your comment should contain at least 3-4 sentences
Check your spelling and punctuation before your post your comment.
If you have time you could provide some feedback on other people’s comments. Remember to be thoughtful when you make comments because,
Getting a comment can be like receiving a little bouquet of flowers a surprise present, or a letter in your mailbox: a real treat! SO NOW it's over to you!
Tell a student in another class about Google slides.
Use the comments field on this post to:
Describe some features of Google slides that you like or don’t like
Discuss why it is a useful tool for learning - include an example of how you have used this App for your own learning
Give your top tip for users who are new to Google Slides
Make sure you:
Write a paragraph at least 3-4 sentences.
Check your spelling and punctuation before your post your comment.
Look at the slides you created previously ( see below) to help you comment:
If you have time you could provide some feedback on other people’s comments.
Tuesday, 25 August 2015
5 Maroon completed an open-ended maths task recently which involved using the Book Creator App to keep a log of their working and to prove and explain their Mathematical thinking. The task also required use of the iPad to find out information needed to complete the task.
It would be interesting to hear what you thought of completing the task using this app and did it help your mathematical thinking in any way using the iPad?
This book deals with some very confronting issues and scenes which the main character, Auggie, faces on a daily basis. Are there any scenes in the book that stood out for you?
Year 5 have also been considering what their ideal SMARTPHONE would be like. After critiquing ads from various Smartphone companies such as Apple iPhone and the Samsung Galaxy they have now created their very own SMARTPHONE video advertisements.
Before creating their ads the students viewed and discussed some typical ads for modern smartphones as Mentor Texts to identify :
Some of the features of smartphones and also the techniques used by the advertisers to promote their product. These included:
Use of persuasive language ;
Use of descriptive and technical language;
Matching of images and text;
Use of visual codes such as the use of colour; offers and demands;
Making smooth and consistent visual transitions within ads.
In creating their own ads the students:
Wrote scripts and created storyboards and then proceeded to learn to use the full iMovie (not iMovie Trailer) for the first time.
Learnt how to locate and attribute creative commons images
Created graphic content including original photos and movies
Included credits and image attributions (Unfortunately most of these credits have been removed for privacy reasons as some contained full student names - a lesson for next time!)
Critiqued one another's ads, giving descriptive feedback & sharing ideas and techniques to help each other make the best possible ads they could
Below are some of our students' advertisements in a Playlist. We invite you to preview our ads to see which ones are the most convincing or the most creative perhaps.
Please share your comments about which is the best Smartphone ad and why you think so. We look forward to hearing from you.
Write a paragraph at least 3-4 sentences. 
