ipad 2/Ipod Touch Apps
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General Tools |
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Brief Descriptions |
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iMovie
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iMovie: Get your children filming and editing their own stories. Great for sequencing, story telling. Children as young as KS1 can get to grips with this software and be making their own films really quickly. |
| KeyNote |  |
Keynote : For making presentation, (like powerpoint). These skills are taught from year 3. Good for making a slide show of your holiday diary & photos to show Granny. |
| Pages |  |
Pages: Word processing, leaflet making. |
Handwriting and Phonics |
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| abcJoinedUP |  |
abc joined up : for letter formation – leading to joining up. Use setting to make sure you have the right type of ‘f’ ‘b’ ‘z’. |
| Hairy Letters |  |
Hairy Letter: Initial letter formation, start with this app to become familiar with shape and formation of letter before going onto joining. Also does some simple segmenting (spelling). |
| Phonics Awareness |  |
Phonics awareness: |
| Mr Thorne Phonics |  |
Mr Thorne Phonics: A collection of videos that introduce phonemes (sounds). Could be used to reinforce homework, or just to join in with Mr Thorne. |
Hand Control |
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| Dexteria |  |
Dexteria: Good for children who are having fine motor skill issues, finding handwriting tricky. 3 different activites to try. You can record best scores so have something to aim towards. |
Maths |
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| Pop Maths |  |
Pop Maths: Number bonds, good for increasing memory recall. |
| MultiTouch Maths |  |
Multitouch maths : Make numbers using up to 4 fingers at a time. A bit like a Maths version of Twister for your hands! |
| MathBingo |  |
Math Bingo. |
| Solving Maths | Solving Maths | |
| Times table Lab |  |
Times table lab: Good for improving tables recall speed. Presents in an interesting way. |
| Garage Band |  |
Garage Band: Recording and composing your own tunes. Used in Music lessons. |
Geography |
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| Google Earth |  |
Google Earth: Get a feel for maps and aerial photographs. |
Art Range |
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| Animation | ||
| Doink |  |
Doink : Remember drawing little stick men on the corners of your book to make animations. Doink uses the same idea to create fabulous animations. |
| PuppetPals |  |
Puppetpals: Create your own storys and add the voices. Good for story telling and speaking and listening. |
| Toontastic |  |
Toontastic: Create your own storys and add the voices. Good for story telling and speaking and listening. A range of different settings. More characters can be bought within the app. |
| Comic Strip |  |
Comic strip/ Strip Design/ Comic book : Use your own photographs to make comic strips to retell stories. Use a range of effects on your photos, Include maps, add speech bubbles. A great way to explore story telling for those who don’t want to sit down a write a story, and an extension for those who do! |
| Strip Design |  |
Comic strip/ Strip Design/ Comic book : Use your own photographs to make comic strips to retell stories. Use a range of effects on your photos, Include maps, add speech bubbles. A great way to explore story telling for those who don’t want to sit down a write a story, and an extension for those who do! |
| Comic Book |  |
Comic strip/ Strip Design/ Comic book : Use your own photographs to make comic strips to retell stories. Use a range of effects on your photos, Include maps, add speech bubbles. A great way to explore story telling for those who don’t want to sit down a write a story, and an extension for those who do! |
