Amazing what you can think of when you try as ict is everywhere my children had a game for xmas for their dsi called draw to life where you are presented with problems and you come up with a solution and draw it this then becomes animated and acts out your instructions to solve the problem genius! HAPPY NEW YEAR I WISH YOU ALL HEALTH,WEALTH AND HAPPINESS IN 2010.XXXX

you gotta love santa

hi everybody,
well santa brought me a lap top for xmas which is soo much faster than my old pc and only ict related news from the festive period is that windows 7 is way cool.

And another thing

Sorry forgot to mention did have looked at Jan's blog a few times and there is some interesting stuff on there from Mandy, dont know her myself but Mandy seems to have her finger on the pulse of all things new or up and coming in ICT check it out Wordle looks like fun and there a thing on there east speak or something with a talking lion hey sounds nuts but look at it from a childs perspective(not difficult for me) they'll love it. jan also has a link to how to become a better blogger which reads better than it sounds, however in my opinion after reading some of it it seems to be a brill blogger takes a lot of time planning and thought so unfortunatley i'll have to settle for being just a blogger!!Right I really am off now, seasons greetings. xxx

crazy creations

Hi all well today in ICT we used Rm2 Colour magic it is very similar in appearance to the 2 animate software only it used to create still pictures, had a little go myself and can be a little tricky to get the exact shapes you want and its not as detailed as 2 animate, but the kids loved it and created some very interesting pictures of teachers in the school some of which will be put on the website instead of staff photos! Spiffing as the ones done of me seem to range from olive oil to bet lynch dont know which is the worst there is even one where my hair looks like some sort of wild animal! dont you just love year 3?. Well have a lovely christmas everyone dont over do it. Karen, xx

Where is the time going!!

Weel guys not a great deal of ICT going on in my classroom at the moment other than me doing power point after power point of christmas hymns(my teacher runs the choir) i swear if i hear christmas is coming once more i'll scream!!
We have just introduced sims into the school for registration last week which i have done and is simple enough until thursday when it refused to load but it was the whole school not just me (for a change). All year groups are working through e.mail and have now all been added to e.pals so even my 8 year oldson is emailing his friends, like ducks to water honestly.
Well seasons greeting to you all. xx

Well guys yesterday was my worst ever technology wise; i killed my teachers personal laminating machine (buriel by bin today) and nothing i did in college saved so i looked like a complete muppet, when everybody except me seemed quite capable of avoiding that computer blackhole things disappear into!! my new tv i bought for my bedroom about a week ago had to go back as the screen kept going red and if thats not enough my computer at home is on a mega go slow.
My husband reckons i have too much electricity running through me making me a danger to the wellbeing of all things electrical.
Today in school we used the interactive white board and the class lap tops (3) for recount writing the children love using the board and the UN would have been hard pushed to stop the kids fighting over who could use the lap tops!

over and out!

Well ive been working hard putting together a powerpoint for our school christmas carol service a total of 114 slides complete with pictures appropriate to the hymns and even finishing with a little Welsh get me! Looks good even if i do say so myself but takes ages. I am going to attempt putting a picture on my blog when ive finished this post but dont hold your breath.
On a totally unrelated piece of new i set up an account on Facebook sometime ago but having no clue what to do left it at that no pics and No Friends but hey I went to my emails yesterday and whow i had a friend request and then today i have another e mail from a whole different person! I KNOW!! 2 friends, blogging, adding pictures(i hope) i can't stand it im like this techno wiz!!

ICT here I come!

Well had another ICT session in college today and strangely enough I quite enjoyed it. A huge plus from today is that I have an idea I think of what im supposed to be doing(please dont laugh). So my mission is to infiltrate the ICT department and find out exactly what it is they do other than ctrl, alt & del, and evaluate how we utilise ICT in our school.
One new and in my opinion exciting development is EPals. Pupils in Yr6 now have a personal email account within EPals and can email classmates in school or at home which in itself is great however each child also has an EPal in a school in Atlanta, USA. This can only be done in school but the kids love it and the ICT suite is packed out every break and lunchtime with girls and boys avidly emailing each other and their american pals!
Call back soon for more exciting ICT news from the world of primary education!

Hi guys doubt you can see this but hey im trying apparently I look like spam!! oh well tried to find you all but having problems am I really thick or is this blogging lark giving any of you problems please let me know as im feeling a little fragile and ready to give up.

Blogging is easy- my Arse! I cannot find anyone and they cannot find me who am I writing this for?