The Year Fours have been using the iPad App AR DinoPark to photograph a Triceratops visiting our school.

These photos would make great story-starters.
Thankyou @elearnjones for introducing us to this app in your session at the Melbourne TeachMeet

We need to make sure that we have permission to use all of the images we are putting on our blogs.

If an image has been classified as Creative Commons this means the owner has given you permission to use it under certain conditions.

Click here to learn more about creative commons licenses.
This video also explains about creative commons.

If there is no creative commons permission that means the image is copyright and you CAN NOT use it on your blog.

This year we will be using Wikimedia Commons to sesrch for images. http://commons.wikimedia.org/

We can also use the Advanced Search Features in Google to find images with Creative Commons Permission.

When we first purchased our class set of iPads we needed a secure storage and charging solution. Unfortunately the purpose built trolleys were too expensive.

At $4.50 each these drying racks were a great alternative while we saved up the money.

“We learnt how to use the digital cameras today… Some of the things we learnt were:

We must always have the wrist strap around our wrist so we don’t drop the camera.

We learnt how to take clear pictures by holding down the shutter button halfway first until you get the green square and then pushing it all the way down to take the picture.

We even got to use the zoom button. It can get very close!

It was AMAZING and we had lots of fun. Some of the photos the grade 2′s took can be found on the Fun Photos – Photo Gallery!” - Year 2D

“We had a great time today using the camera app to take photos and record videos.  We took  pictures of our partners and of ourselves then viewed them in the photos app.  Once we were confident with using the camera we progressed onto the video.  When our partner was ready we touched the record button to film them telling a joke.  We knew it was recording because the red light was flashing.  When we had finished recording we viewed our videos in the photos app, they were very funny.” – Year One

Camera App

• Take some photos of you and your partner
• Make a video of you and your partner telling some jokes.

Photos App

Click here to watch the introduction to the photos app.

• Watch the Video about the Photos App
• Visit the Photos App
• Flick through the photos you have taken
• Watch the movies you have made

Have a play with Talking Tom on our iPads.

• Can you record your voice?
• Can you tell Talking Tom some jokes?
• Can you read Talking Tom a story?

Images
http://itunes.apple.com/au/app/talking-tom-cat/id377194688?mt=8
http://a2.mzstatic.com/us/r1000/066/Purple/90/8e/a2/mzl.ohsqgsko.175×175-75.jpg

Today we are going to start working with our new email addresses.

The have been set up using Google Apps for Education

• Go to iGoogle in a new tab
• Login
• Type in the letters from the Captcha code
• read and accept the terms of service
• Set your new password (It should be the same as your Ultranet password)
• Set your iGoogle theme
• Add your country and city
• Delete the You tube and CNN gadgets
• Add the Google Docs gadget
• Add some fun gadgets
• Move Gmail and Google Docs gadgets to the top of the page
• Remember to LOGOUT when you have finished working.

Making our own Movies