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Evernote

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Evernote

Description:

Evernote is a note taking, research storing and project organising app which can be used effectively within the upper-primary classroom. It allows children to digitally keep resources and research notes relating to current assignments and projects being completed in class. It can be downloaded from the iTunes store for use on iPad, iPhone, iPod touch or used on the website through a desktop computer. It allows students to collect and present data and information online and includes the ability to create online collaborative projects and digital portfolios which can be shared publicly within the school environment.

The use of this program encourages students’ computational thinking within data representation and problem solving. It creates an open-ended platform for students to organise their learning and show this effectively and creatively through digital technology.

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Download from the iTunes store: https://itunes.apple.com/au/app/evernote/id281796108?mt=8

Here are some links to get you started with the application:

Website: https://evernote.com/?var=3

Evernote blog with tutorials: https://blog.evernote.com

Blog regarding Evernote use with children: http://www.degconsulting.net/2013/05/evernote-kids-education.html

SCASA:

Year: 5-6

Learning Area: Technologies

Subject: Digital Technology

Content Descriptors:

Process and Production Skills:

Collecting, Managing and Analysing Data:

Collect and present different types of data for a specific purpose using software (ACTDIP009)

Digital Implementation:

Create and communicate information, including online collaborative projects, using agreed social, ethical and technical protocols (codes of conduct) (ACTDIP022)

Cross-curricular Priorities and General Capabilities:

  • Sustainability – cuts down wasteful use of paper and this can be linked to learning
  • Literacy
  • ICT
  • Critical and creative thinking
  • Ethical understanding – staying safe online

Reference List

School Curriculum and Standards Authority [SCSA]. (2014). K-10 technologies outline. Retrieved from the School    Curriculum and Standards Authority website: http://k10outline.scsa.wa.edu.au/home/p-10-curriculum/curriculum-browser/technologies/digital-technologies2

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Bee Bot App/Robots

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Bee Bot App / Robot

Description:

Bee bot is a free educational app that can be used to teach computing and programming skills to young children through developing their directional language and sequencing. Children must input directions and instructions in order to direct a bee to move to a specific place (e.g. forward 2 steps, right 3 etc.). The app can be downloaded from the apple iTunes store for use on apple iPads, iPhones and iPod touch.

Here is a link to the app on the ITunes store:

https://itunes.apple.com/au/app/bee-bot/id500131639?mt=8

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The app was developed from the original bee bot floor robot which is another alternative which can be used to teach sequencing and programming. Instructions can be input directly on the top of the robot which then follows the commands to follow the path along a mat. Students must program the correct directions.

Students are using data input and programming to problem solve.

Here are links with more information about the robot:

https://www.bee-bot.us (website)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=52ZuenJlFyE (video example/tutorial)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SUrmcZxYNdM (tutorial of the process of directing robot through maze/path)

http://www.teaching.com.au/catalogue?catalogue=MTA&category=MTA-BEE-BOTS-EARLY-YEARS-ROBOTICS (purchasing the robot and selected mats)

 

SCSA:

Year: P-2

Learning Area: Technologies

Subject: Digital Technology

Content Descriptors:

Knowledge and Understanding: Digital systems (hardware and software) are used at home, in the school and in the community (ACTDIK001)

Process and Production Skills: Use data to solve a simple task/problem (ACTDIP003)

Links to other Learning Areas and General Capabilities:

  • Literacy
  • Numeracy – measurement & geometry – location and transformation
  • Science
  • Critical and creative thinking

Reference List
School Curriculum and Standards Authority [SCSA]. (2014). K-10 technologies outline. Retrieved from the School Curriculum and Standards Authority website: http://k10outline.scsa.wa.edu.au/home/p-10-curriculum/curriculum-browser/technologies/digital-technologies2