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=Mean, Median, Mode= I found this great little song on the mean, median and mode on YouTube

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=Monkey Jam= Have you considered using animation in your classroom? Monkey Jam is a wonderful FREE application for capturing images used in animations. Just think you may be teaching the next Hollywood director. Monkey Jam can easily be downloaded here and is simple and easy to use. All you will need is a webcam (you can pick these up for about $20) and of course some imagination. There is a few tutorials on YouTube This one is rather simple to follow but is not comprehensive. When Steve O'Connor shared his tutorial there were more aspects to consider for the classroom. media type="youtube" key="omZ1wUoNf88" height="385" width="640"

After capturing and exporting movie, students can add audio, music and credits using audacity and moviemaker. Skills: This is just the beginning! Sadly for Mac users it is not comapible but they suggest you try Frame Thief Have a look here at the potential! media type="youtube" key="_xUijgqZ-xM" height="385" width="480"
 * Group and team work - sharing, listening and deciding on roles
 * Maths - especially working with time
 * Writing - making storyboards or scripts
 * Speaking and Listening - recording voice over
 * ICT - transferable skills such as icon use and using shift to highlight

Keep an eye out at BNPS as they will be using Monkey Jam in the coming weeks

=Wallwisher= Have you used Wallwisher in your classroom yet?

Here is a post from Mel Cashen's Blog

I was introduced to Wallwisher early last year but have not really had a chance to use it in the classroom. In the last couple of months I have certainly made up for that! Wallwisher is an online notice board where people can add a series of ’sticky notes.’

= using [|wallwisher] in the classroom = ==__Brainstorming__ == This week we came up with a list of what we thought was the most important environmental issue facing our school. By linking the Wallwisher page to our class blog, children used their net books to post a note in a few minutes and then we could look at the responses on the interactive white board instantly. Look at our Wallwisher here. ==__Sharing__ == Have Wallwisher open during the lesson and children can add questions or statements about their learning. During sharing time at the end of the lesson use Wallwisher to discuss learning and any problems. ==__Treasure Hunt__ == I often send children on treasure hunts for words with common spelling patterns. Instead of writng these words on a poster we collate them on a Wallwisher. ==__Collate Work__ == Wallwisher has a fantastic feature where you can embed files to a post. It is a great way to have children share favourite websites or links to Five Card Flickr Stories. ==__Reviews__ == Use Wallwisher for reviews. It is especially good at this time of the year with the Children’s book awards coming up. Have children review the different books. Or why not review how a term or theme has gone. ==__Goal setting__ == When setting goals at the start of the year children can post these on a Wallwisher. Come back to them at the end of each term to see how the children went. ==__Suggestions__ == Why not use it for suggestions in your school. Perfect if you are trying to decide on a charity day for the Junior School Council. ==__Compliments Chart__ == Why not create a Wallwisher where people can post compliments about each other. ==__Matching it up__ == Create simple matching activities by writing the two matches on two notes and have children move these around to be together. Try it with shapes and names, numbers and words or compound words.

=**Mel once again you have provided excellent links, ideas and support**. =