DT With Mrs B

For today's 'tech tool', let's delve into the world of captivating slide decks for your classroom using two fantastic tools: SlidesMania and SlidesCarnival, alongside Google Slides. As an educator, you already grasp the significance of engaging presentations. Let's explore how these platforms can help you achieve precisely that and more. SlidesMania: Unleash Your Creativity SlidesMania offers a wealth of free, customisable templates that breathe life into your presentations. Whether it's a lesson about history or a project related to science, SlidesMania provides themes that resonate with your subject matter. Navigating the platform is straightforward – select your preferred template, click, and start adding your content. These templates are beautifully crafted, saving you valuable time while ensuring a polished final outcome.  Here's an example: SlidesCarnival: Elegance and Simplicity On the other hand, SlidesCarnival is renowned for its elegant and minim...

Remove.bg: A Powerful Tool for Teachers I'm a big fan of remove.bg, a website that uses artificial intelligence to automatically remove backgrounds from images. It's a great tool for teachers, and I use it almost every day - in fact, I have it bookmarked. Remove.bg has a number of features that make it a valuable tool for teachers. First, it's very easy to use. Just upload an image, and remove.bg will automatically remove the background in a few seconds. Second, the results are usually very good. remove.bg is able to remove even complex backgrounds with a high degree of accuracy. Third, remove.bg is free to use for up to 50 images per month. There are a few flaws with remove.bg. First, it doesn't always work perfectly. If the background is too complex, or if there are objects that are similar in colour to the background, remove.bg may not be able to remove the background completely. Second, remove.bg doesn't allow you to save the original image with the background r...

Creating short films can support students' understanding of DDDO and computational thinking in a number of ways. For example, students can use short films to: Explore the different ways that data can be collected, stored, processed and used.   Learn about the different types of digital devices and systems.   Break down problems into smaller steps, and use logical thinking to solve them.   Come up with new ideas, and use digital technologies to bring them to life. Work with others to solve problems, and to create new things.   In addition to supporting students' understanding of DDDO and computational thinking, creating short films can also help them to develop their creativity, innovation, and collaboration skills. These are all essential skills for success in the 21st century, and they are all skills that can be developed through the process of creating short films. The possibilities are endless, and the most important thing is to encourage students to be cre...