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22 June 2019

Microsoft Teams Adoption Guide

Absolutely brilliant!!
Read through this for a quick overview of what you can do

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10 March 2018

Micro:bit Create a beating heart

Have a look at the different parts of the Micro:bit

Go to http://microbit.org and click on Let's Code.

Step 1

Create a beating heart

Watch the video below to see how to do this.

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10 December 2017

4 ways to motivate millennials

This is a great book by Microsoft that discusses 4 ways to motivate millennials.

It concentrates on:

Teamwork
Transparency
Tangible impact and
Technology

Really good, download below.

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06 December 2017

Microsoft MakeCode for Minecraft on Windows 10

Microsoft MakeCode for Minecraft on Windows 10 is now available!

Students at home and at school now have access to a fun way to learn

about coding.

Check out this informative article about how

Minecraft can prepare students for coding.

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Using Scratch 1.4 for Programming and Control Lesson 6

A 12 page pdf with all the instructions on how to use variables.

Lesson 6:

You will understand how to:

 Delete a sprite and import a new sprite

 Draw using the pen feature of Scratch

 Use the pen up and pen down feature

 Change the colour of the pen

 Set the position of the sprite using co-ordinates

 Make a sprite appear and disappear using show and hide

 Add variables to your program to change the direction of movement

 Use the broadcast feature in Scratch to create subroutines

 Use subroutines to saves code and make the program more efficient and

easier to edit

 Enable user input to set the number of sides of each shape

The advantage of colour is that it gives the students the ability to see which

tab they should be clicked on.

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05 December 2017

Using Scratch 1.4 for Programming and Control Lesson 5

A 14 page pdf booklet on how you can you will use Scratch to draw shapes and

patterns on the screen and use co-ordinates to set the position of the sprite while drawing.

Lesson 5:

You will understand how to:

 Delete a sprite and import a new sprite

 Draw using the pen feature of scratch

 Use the pen up and pen down feature

 Change the colour of the pen

 Set the position of the sprite using co-ordinates

 Make a sprite appear and disappear using show and hide

 Use the repeat function in Scratch

 Use the broadcast feature in Scratch

 Create simple subroutines

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04 December 2017

Windows 10 Fall Creators Update

Just upgraded to the Windows 10 Fall and already started to play with Paint 3D

Have a look at all the new updates below.

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Using Scratch 1.4 for Programming and Control Lesson 4

The objective of the game is to collect 10 bananas or more in 20 seconds A

countdown goes from 20 seconds to 0.When the countdown reaches zero a

message will come up saying whether the player has won (10 bananas or more) or

lost (less than 10 bananas collected).

Lesson 4:

You will understand:

 The following key terms – variable, operator, IF..Else…repeat until

 How to give the user instructions at the beginning of the game

 How to use broadcast to start the game

 GREATER THAN and LESS THAN symbols

 BOOLEAN LOGIC as it applies to combining conditions necessary for game outcomes

 Combine different conditions using If…Else.. to govern the game outcome

 How to animate a sprite using costumes

 How to control the movement of a sprite using arrow keys

 How to design a maze on the stage

 How to make sprites interact with the background by using colours

 The range of coordinates available on the stage in Scratch

 How to make sprites start in a pre-set starting position using co-ordinates

 How to make objects to disappear and reappear in a random position

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03 December 2017

Using Scratch 1.4 for Programming and Control Lesson 3

This is a 16 page pdf to create an underwater game

Lesson 3:

You will understand how to:

 Import sprites

 Edit costumes of sprites given in Scratch

 Animate sprites using scripts

 Control the movement of sprites using the arrow keys

 Create scripts that move sprites around automatically

 Create interaction between sprites

 Use co-ordinates and random numbers to set start position of sprites

 Use variables and scripts to allow scoring and countdown

 Use backgrounds built into Scratch

 Making autonomous sprites

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02 December 2017

Using Scratch 1.4 for Programming and Control Lesson 2

Using Scratch 1.4 for Programming and Control

Lesson 2

This is a 12 page pdf to create a pac man type game

Lesson 2:

Learning Objectives

You will understand how to:

 Delete, resize and draw new sprites

 Draw new costumes and use them to animate a sprite

 Control the movement of a sprite using arrow keys

 Design a maze on the stage

 Make sprites interact with the background by using colours

 Make sprites start in a pre-set starting position using co-ordinates

 Make objects disappear and reappear in a random position

 Create variables to set up scoring in the game

 Make an autonomous sprite chase the sprite controlled by the player

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22 April 2017

Microsoft Classroom

Microsoft Classroom is where students are always up to date with assignments,
announcements, and grades. Class discussions can happen outside of class,
and teachers have a one-stop shop to create and grade assignments.
Students can track their grades, assignments, participate in conversations, and more.

Have a look at
http://bit.ly/2p3dg9i

#MIEExpert, Microsoft Classroom, #Education, #MSFTEdu‬, #Microsoft

03 February 2016

Microsoft Virtual Field Trips

This is really awesome, you can do virtual field trips with other people from

around the world. You can either bring other people into your classroom or

you can become the host.

There is really a great deal of field trips that are available.

It keeps on changing and new ones are being added all the time!

Click here to go to the Virtual Field Trips

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Could YOU crack this code to land yourself a job?

Recruiter releases first ever advert written entirely in computer language.

A new London-based website called Woto has a job listing written in code

It claims to be the first ever advert for employment of the sort

Applicants will need to crack the programming language in order to apply

The move is designed to highlight the growing important of coding in the UK, with schools now adding coding to their curriculum

Woto is a blogging site that lets people share content on custom-built pages

Do you know your ‘if’ statements from your ‘for’ loops?

If so, you might have a shot at the world’s first job advert written entirely in code.

Created by London-based Woto, the advert is looking for a creative designer to join the company - but they’ll need to be adept at coding to apply.

Speaking to MailOnline, Sophie Kurta from Sense Communications,

who is handling the launch of the site, said there was a possibility more such

job listings may go live in future as it is a ‘fun way of doing job adverts.’

She explained that as coding in schools in the UK is becoming a bigger issue,

with it now on the curriculum for primary and secondary school pupils,

the advert was seen as a good way to keep up with the times.

Excellent!!

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Microsoft Imagine Access

Coding has become really big all around the world.

Microsoft has a range of different Free applications that you can use

from beginners learning to code to advanced.

Click here to go to Microsoft Imagine Access

This is all available from the Microsoft Virtual Academy

click here to go to the coding section of Microsoft Virtual Academy

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31 January 2016

VLC player for Windows

I have been using VLC for a number of years and I really think that it is

The great thing about it is it plays virtually anything...

DVDs, Video CDs, MP4, MOV, MPEG, OGG, Real, FLAV, ASF/WMV/WMA, AVI files –

among others – directly from your Windows device.

It also has most of the codex built straight into this, so no downloading of anything.

Click here to download VLC player

#Microsoft Educator Network #MIEExpert15 #MSFTEduE2 #MSFTEdu #technology

#edtech #MIEExpert

29 January 2016

Wunderlist for Windows 10

If you are like me, I am forever needing to make lists of different things.

Wunderlist is a great FREE App that allows you to make as many lists

as you need. The one great thing is that you can share them with other people

as well.

Key Wunderlist Features:

• Create all the lists you need and access them from your phone, tablet and computer

• Easily share lists and collaborate with family, friends and colleagues

• Start conversations about your to-dos

• Attach photos, PDFs, presentations and more

• Share the work and delegate to-dos

• Setting a Reminder ensures you never forget important deadlines (or birthday gifts) ever again

• Organize your projects for home, work and everywhere in between with Folders

Click here to download the APP

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#edtech #MIEExpert

Fresh Paint on Windows 10

Here is a great FREE App.
It is a massive improvement on Paint that used to come with your Windows OS.

Unleash your inner creative with Fresh Paint –

the ultimate canvas for your big ideas.

Fresh Paint is a fun and easy to use painting app with the

right tools for artists of all ages.

We believe that brilliant, creative ideas can come from anyone, anytime.

It’s time to set your creativity free. Create original artwork, turn photos

into beautiful paintings, or choose an activity pack to help you get started quickly.

From whimsical pictures of your friends to amazing landscapes,

Fresh Paint enables you to create anything.

Click here to download the App

Here is a great 15 minute video on how to use Fresh Paint