by admin | Mar 16, 2021 | Coding, Teacher, Year 3, Year 4, Year 5, Year 6
Step 1 – Press ‘C’ to enter the code builder Then select the first option which should say Microsoft MakeCode. To activate the code builder on iPads click the button that looks like an agent. Step 2 – Click the Import button Step 3 –... by admin | Mar 9, 2021 | Coding, Teacher, Year 2, Year 3, Year 4
This term we have been utilising Minecraft Education Edition to practice our coding skills and also our collaboration skills. When you join a Minecraft world with your classmates and are trying to build 3D structures problems are bound to occur. How we deal with those... by admin | Mar 2, 2021 | Coding, Teacher, Year 2, Year 3, Year 4, Year 5, Year 6
This weeks Digital Technologies lesson is to use code to give your agent wall building skills. This is quite different from digging tunnels as that only required destroying blocks. Now we have to place blocks to create 3D structures. Students will need to arrange... by admin | Oct 8, 2020 | Multimedia, Teacher, Year 4
We will be using Flipgrid for Digital Technologies as a way of having an ongoing discussion about school projects. It’s a simple concept: Teachers create a topic – with questions, images, links etcStudents login to the website or the iPad app using the... by admin | Oct 7, 2020 | Prep, Teacher, Year 1, Year 2, Year 3, Year 4, Year 5, Year 6
Learning to touch type on a standard QWERTY keyboard is still an important skill, but things have changed recently with on screen keyboards, autocorrect, speech recognition technology and mobile devices. Whilst it has commonly been taught in IT or digital technology... by admin | Sep 16, 2020 | Multimedia, Teacher, Year 3, Year 4, Year 5, Year 6
Building 3D structures in Minecraft is a fun activity that many students enjoy. This lesson focuses on the unique challenges students face when re-creating a real world structure in Minecraft. This will involve a lot of practical mathematics, creativity and a touch of...