P6 used the Paint package to create some Icons for our Interdisciplinary Topic- Rock Band. Very impressed with the results!
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Anytime, Anywhere Learning: Socrative
Yesterday, Primary 5 used Socrative to demonstrate our learning about space and our Solar System. We completed a ‘Space Race’ which involved us being put into teams and racing to answer 25 questions all about what we have been learning about through our IDL context, Project Planetarium. We were able to track our progress on the SMART Board, which definitely encouraged us to be quick and accurate with our answers.
Today we expanded our use of Socrative, using it to demonstrate our knowledge of fractions during a mental maths warm up. We had to answer a range of different styles of questions including multiple choice and true or false. We’re looking forward to exploring other ways we can use Socrative in our classroom.
Mission 4: Astronaut Adventures
Mission 4 arrives at project Project Planetarium this week and it was all about Space Missions!
Part 1:
We used Twig on Glow videos to investigate how the news reported Neil Armstrong landing on the moon compared to Tim Peake at the International Space Station. We recognised that videos have changed over the years, for example videos now are clearer, coloured pictures, sharper images and have zoom. We also noticed how Tim Peake used Social Media to share his adventures in space via Twitter and a Video Log, this is something they could not do during Neil Armstrong’s mission.
Part 2:
Each Home Team are currently researching 2 space missions each. We made notes under the following headings:
- Name of the Mission
- Date of the mission
- Important information about the mission
We skimmed and scanned a selection of websites and books to find out the relevant information. We had to use key words to research using different search engines. We used Yammer to make a list of useful child friendly websites that we could use – this was so we could help each other. We will use this information to make a timeline of missions.
Part 3:
We have been learning about the job of a astronaut. We used books, videos and websites to discuss:
- The role of an astronaut
- The experience you need
- The skills/ qualities you need
We found out that you need to have a qualification in Science or Technologies, and that is was useful to have a knowledge of different languages. We will use the information we found out to write a job discussion for an Astronaut.
We also have been trying to build our own spacecraft – watch this space!
Digital Storytelling
This morning we worked with Miss Holland and Ros Lee. We had to add the next part of the story – The Street of Shadows. We all worked in trios and opened the Word Online document. Each group came up with a different story – it was very interesting. To make our stories effective we used our VCOP pyramids to help use.
We then shared all the documents with Miss Holland and Ros. To make it fair Ros chose the winning story.
Here it is – what do you think?
The Street of Shadows
The orange light cast by the streetlamp, gave the man an eerie look as he stepped out of his car, She stood, hidden in the shadow of the doorway, watching the man as he dialed a number on his mobile phone. This had happened for a week now, but who was he phoning and why did he come to this building at the same time each night?
The rain dripped slowly down her fingertips onto the ground, she heard the man finish his phone call, why hadn’t she been listening? Suddenly the streetlamps flickered, and the man was speeding up the street in his black shiny Audi, which was soon out of sight. She stood up from her uncomfortable crouching position, She thought of going back to the rooftop base and getting paid.
A creaking noise sounded from behind her, the door was ajar, the man was standing there, his hooded face hidden in darkness,
“Get off my doorstep, right now.” he muttered, the lights flickered again, the door slammed shut, and he was gone…
Digital Learning Week
Bowmore’s Brilliant Bloggers and The Media Team are both excited to take part in Digital Learning Week. We hope to share what digital learning looks like in our school and we hope to gain some new ideas from other schools. #dlw16
