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12 Key iPad ideas
1. Book Creator
2. Showme + ExplainEverything
4. Plickers
5. Nearpod
6. Greenscreen Film Making (see below)
7. Airserver (Mirroring)
8. Smartnotebook App + Maestro
9. OneDrive + Box + Dropbox + Google Drive
10. Meraki + Lightspeed (MDM)
11. Scratch (Pyonkee App)
12. Printing (Printer Pro)
Also, if you have a device that was activated or purchased on or after September 1, 2013 you can download this suite of great apps free from here
Learn more about how deploying apps here
Scratchy Maths
10 maths topics where the Scratch programming language can help understanding, challenge and independence. (Ideal for KS2 and KS3)
1. The basics: Movement and Turning
2. Coords: Quadrants + Move + Time + Debug
3. Polygons: Regular
4. Tessellation: Regular and Irregular
5. Geometric Designs: With variables
6. Triangles: 2 types + Pythagorean Triples
7. 2D Vectors: A + B = C
8. Trial and Improvement: Guessing Numbers
9. Probability: 120 throws
10. Pi from Scratch: Monte Carlo Method
Further Ideas and resources
A student (year 4) talks about controlling the sprites. Think about what mathematical concepts she has learned about.
App for simulating Scratch on the iPad: Pyonkee
Ellesmere Primary: Computing Training
Chromakey Film Making
Chromakey is a special effect for layering two images or videos together based on colour hues. It uses computer software and not projection techniques.
The two images must be rendered together after being captured and exported in to a suitable movie format.
Useful Links
Kudlian Site: I Can Present (featuring Norman Castles by Year 2 at Holmer Lake Primary)
Greenscreen App from DoInk
Using chromakey for an animation backdrop. See award winning RAC animation (Holmer Lake Sc)
Greenscreen videos from William Reynolds Primary