Heretaunga+Int

=Heretaunga Intermediate School= 17th April Well done everyone for all the work you've done since our last meeting. I have looked at the Padlet and rearranged the comments into groups, if you can keep adding to this it would be really useful and everyone can see what is happening around the school. Although i think some of you are already shouting about it! Last night we looked at a couple of mind mapping programmes that you could use to support writing in your classrooms. I hope you manage to find one that is useful to you and your students. Remember to look out for ones that can be shared, and to check that this actually works. Look for how many maps you can create, can you delete ones you don't want, and remember that simple is best. If you want a structure to support students, then Inspiration is good. Otherwise you can use any of the free ones if you are happy to work within their limitations. All of them have upgrades at a cost but i advise you work with the free ones for a while before you commit. I promised a link to some resources for David Hyerle's work on thinking maps so i have created a page on this wiki with that information. Hope you find it useful. Cheers, Heather

16th April

Encouraging well planned writing
Share your thoughts about the way you used the apps we covered in our last session here Padlet

Current Events and Literacy
National Geographic Today. This free app allows you access to the latest 7 days of pictures, videos and articles from this wonderful magazine. T opical, current, and very engaging for your students. Other apps we talked about that are really good additions to your reading programmes are NZ Herald and Stuff. Both free. This is the world the kids come from, use these resources to keep your programmes topical, relevant and engaging.

Mindmapping Tools
Inspiration follows the David Hyerle's Thinking Maps structure so if you use these, this will be very useful. Here's a link to explain all the features of the full version. Others we will explore are: SimpleMind, MindMaple, MindJet, MindMeister. We will test out the free versions and you can decide which ones you want together. Here's a link to a page that compares the apps.

19th February 2013

Apps used today:
1. book creator 2. puppet pals media type="youtube" key="BWI5HM7M3dk?rel=0" height="315" width="420"
 * can import photos, write text and capture voice. Finished books can be exported but as PDF so the voice doesn't come with them.
 * with the paid version you can import photos, cut them out to suit and then record a story with up to five scenes. Nice for younger students or those who struggle with writing

//This was created with puppet pals, uploaded to youtube and then embedded here.//

3. youtube 4. ibooks
 * upload //**puppet pals**// stories to youtube so you can put them online, with the voice recording active
 * upload //**book creator**// to ibooks so they can be listened to - voice is active