by Ian Addison | Nov 5, 2011 | blogposts, Useful Sites/Software
John Mclear and his team have made many fantastic websites and tools including Primary Wall, Satpin, Primary Games Arena and Primary Pad, but the new one is fantastic. It’s the pictograph tool. This tool lets you create a simple pictograph using any subjects you...
by Ian Addison | Oct 31, 2011 | blogposts, Useful Sites/Software
In the past year or so we have been doing a lot of blogging at school and in the past few months we’ve been making websites using Google Sites. One thing that the children have enjoyed doing is embedding content from other sites. What does embedding mean?...
by Ian Addison | Oct 13, 2011 | blogposts, Useful Sites/Software
I thought I’d share a quick lesson and process with you as you might find it interesting. You know those pieces of software or websites that you know are fantastic but you never get chance to play with? I have loads of those (Voicethread and Storybird to name...
by Ian Addison | Oct 9, 2011 | blogposts, Useful Sites/Software
I wrote a few months ago about Manga High now that it was free and I thought I’d follow it up now that we have been using it for a bit. The last blog post was written just after the free launch and I have to say, prior to this I had never really looked at the...
by Ian Addison | Sep 20, 2011 | blogposts, Useful Sites/Software
Just a quick post about a new feature in Purple Mash. 2Simple have added a 3D game design tool which is similar to the games made using 2DIY. You simply draw a maze, add some things to collect (the default is apples) and then add some monsters too. You can animate...
by Ian Addison | Aug 14, 2011 | blogposts, ICT Co-ordinator Stuff, Useful Sites/Software
One of my summer jobs is to manage accounts for children on a variety of online tools that we use in school. This ranges from Google Apps for the children’s email and documents to Class Pet for their maths activities. It also includes sites such as Purple Mash,...
