The year 3F children think that using the iPod touches this week has been lots of fun because they got to make their own Martians. As a class, we tried to use the iPod Touches safely and to follow our rules. The program Martian was really good to use and it was fun to try and create a Martian which was the same as our partner's Martian. We had to think
how to describe our own Martian so that our partner could create one that looked the same. We had to listen carefully to our partners and
to think about how to create the Martian. This activity helped to improve our listening and thinking skills. It also gave us time to learn how to use the iPod Touches while we made our Martians. In this activity we really had to thin
k carefully about how our Martian was going to look, so it didn't look silly and
had lots of interesting details.
We also learnt how to take
a screenshot of our Martian. This was fun because then we could save all of the Martians that we created. It felt very exciting to take a screenshot. When we heard a sound like someone taking a photo, we knew that we have captured the screenshot.
Next week we are going to learn about the program "comic touch". This program will allow us to add speech bubbles and some other comic features to a screenshot. We
will tell you more about this activity next week.
We are very happy that we are able to use the iPod Touches in our class this year.
Hi Year 3F, your Martian activity sounds like great fun and very important learning. I wonder what sort of words you used to describe the Martians? What bits of them did you have to tell your partner about? How easy was it to match your partner's Martian without seeing it? I am looking forward to seeing your Martians next week and reading what they will say in their speech bubbles!
ReplyDeleteThanks for telling us about your activities, it's very interesting. The children at other schools trying out iPods will also find it useful to hear what you are doing.
We would love to see some of the Martians you created Year 3!
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