27 April 2017

Vocabulary Ninja

This is worth a look - a website that shows a word of the day for upper or lower primary, and a literacy question to try. 
Here's an example of what's on the website, and below is an example of a class activity that was posted on Twitter.





18 April 2017

Auto Draw

Auto Draw is amazing - a website which lets you draw and then corrects your doodle - a bit like predictive text, but for pictures if that makes sense! It is also great just as a simple to use drawing program you could use on your SmartBoard. It can be accessed from a computer, phone, tablet or iPad. Watch the video below:

Once Upon a Picture

Once Upon a Picture is great looking website, similar to Pobble 365 I wrote about a while ago.
Its got pictures to be used either to inspire writing, promote use of interesting vocabulary, to teach skills such as inference, deduction and prediction, or to use for cross-curriculare lessons. Watch the trailer below:

Once Upon a Picture.. on Vimeo.

Sesame Street helping children who have experienced trauma

You may have heard about the fantastic work Sesame Street does to support children, including their inclusion of a character with autism o...