ICT Primary Tools

Hi everybody!!! I hope all of you, your families, and your friends are ok. The new tool I bring you today is Pixton , where you can create comics with different purposes. For using it, it is necessary to sign up ; you just need a Gmail, Facebook or Microsoft account, or just an e-mail. Then, the first time you access Pixton with your new account, a window will appear prompting you to visit the “Create page” , where you can start creating your main character. Once you have chosen its characteristics and the place where the story unfolds, you c an start decorating your comic: backgrounds, more characters, colors, dialogues... you can even play with the position and gestures of your characters. I have created my first comic in Pixton. It is about the current situation we have due to Coronavirus. You can find it below: I have to say that Pixton is an easy-to-use tool, it is simple, and intuitive . There you can share your comics; it has teamwork options, and yo...

Hi everyone!!! It has been a long time since my last post. But I was looking for the perfect entry. During those days I have signed up to Twitter and I have been investigating Genially . (https://app.genial.ly). I had never used this online tool to create anything...but I have discovered it is a world of opportunities. First of all, I am going to explain what genially is . It is a tool to create interactive contents:  any type of didactic resource, presentation, game, interactive image, infographic, maps, temporal processes... Yo u can use it to support your lessons or to assess students and check their knowledge. Why is it so interesting? I think it is a perfect way to present new contents in a different and interactive way that engages your students. Its main pros are that it helps hoarding - the interactive content makes students to actively participate-; engagement -the more interactive the tool is, the more attention it gets-; memorable , -interactive content i...

Hello everybody!!!  Today I have discovered a new website: Symbaloo! It is similar to Pinterest (which all we know) but it also allows you to create learning itineraries for your students. Awesome!!! It is very easy look and find interesting contents, pictures, videos... but also, create them! You just have to do a web search and whatever you like, you can add it to your Symbaloo. For so, you have to copy the link of the content you like and go to your webmix; press an empty square (it will appear the sentence "Add here"). Then, you select add a new block and finally, you paste the link, name the block and, if you want, add an image. YOU HAVE IT!!!!  As I just discovered this website, I have just beginning to create my boards there. In the main page of my blog, in the right side, you can find my Symbaloo embedded. There, you will find five resources, all of them related with the plants: - A diagram to label the parts of a plant: the first thing childre...

Hello fourth-graders!!!!  Today's activity is related with the vertebrates.  For this activity, you have to compare and contrast different groups of vertebrates. In order to help you, we provide you the next pitures: Image by skeeze from Pixabay Image by skeeze from Pixabay Image by Gerhard Gellinger from Pixabay Image by Mylene2401 from Pixabay Image by Anrita1705 from Pixabay Step 1: Choose two vertebrate groups (reptiles, birds, fish, mammals or amphibians). Step 2: Write a list with the main characteristics of each chosen animal/group. Step 3: Order the characteristics into aVenn's diagram. Step 4: Write four sentences using some of these structures: - One similarity is _____________. Another one is ______________. - Both,     (animal/group1)     and     (animal/group2)     have     (thing in common)    . - However, the two (animals/groups) are ...

Welcome everyone to my new blog!!! Here, I will share different activities and reflections related with ICT in Primary Education. This is Lyn my avatar. She is a 32 years-old blogger. She loves travelling, eating and dancing. It has been created with  Bitmoji  ( https://www.bitmoji.com/ ). The easiest way is using the app in your mobile phone, but it is also available for desktop. There, you can upload a selfie or do the avatar yourself. I liked the app very much because it is very simple and easy to use and it has a lot of options to personalize your avatar. You can choose from the colour of your skin, eyes, lips... to the make-up and the outfit!!! Once you have created the avatar, you have a huge number of backs, messages, situations for you to choose. I have really enjoyed doing my emoji so I hardly recommend this app.  I think this App could be used with primary students because of its simplicity. It would be funny for them to create an avatar and, t...