![]() The virtue of the online word processor is that you always have the latest version and it is available everywhere that you have an online connection. While Google Docs has been taken up by some schools as their basic document producer, probably the most elegant and sophisticated is Buzzword from Adobe. ![]() Simple and ingenious.įree high-quality word processors are so common now that it is difficult to decide which to use. It also enables students to create explanations. I can explain how to do something on the computer and record the explanation, which is then available so that I don't have to keep repeating it." The free program enables anyone to make a short recording of activity on the desktop. "It takes the pain out of explaining processes on a computer. Jing, a free, open-source product on the web, saves Racheal Smith, head of English at Bishop Fox's community school, a great deal of time. The RM version (£99 per text) provides the plays in a computerised graphic novel format which, by using the Comic Life software, teachers and students can add speech balloons to. They produce Henry V and Macbeth as comic strips that might horrify some purists but as a new way of understanding the texts it deserves consideration. Classical Comics have been around some time. ![]() Educational ICT firm RM has found an ingenious way to use it to study Shakespeare. It can also be used to create good story boards for media work. At first it just looks like lighthearted fun, because it enables you to attach speech bubbles to your own images. Just as stimulating, but very different, is Comic Life (Tag Learning £11.99). Creating a game makes children more critical of games they buy." They have to understand the logic and it has to be imaginative too. "It forces them into two processes: left brain and right brain. Former headteacher Coral Milburn-Curtis, who heads up the Iguana Junior Learning Community at the University of Warwick, finds that the challenge and stimulation of creating a game enthuses children. In keeping with Kartouche and Media Stage, MissionMaker is innovative, enabling students to create their own games. Stimulating learning is the aim of MissionMaker from Immersive Education. ![]()
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