ICT
Stop Motion Studio
Available from: Apple App Store and Android Store
Description:
This is a very versatile app which is great for introducing stop-motion animation to children of all ages. The free version allows children to capture frames, stitch them together and add a title to their production. Unfortunately, editing capabilities are limited unless you avail of the various in-app purchases which are available. This app could be used for generating stories, drama or retelling historical stories.
Cost: Free/various in-app purchases
Rating: 5/5
Available from: Apple App Store and Android Store
Description:
This is a very versatile app which is great for introducing stop-motion animation to children of all ages. The free version allows children to capture frames, stitch them together and add a title to their production. Unfortunately, editing capabilities are limited unless you avail of the various in-app purchases which are available. This app could be used for generating stories, drama or retelling historical stories.
Cost: Free/various in-app purchases
Rating: 5/5
Toontastic Jr. Pirates
Available from: Apple App Store and Android
Description:
This is a fun app which allows children to create an animated story based on the theme of Pirates. Students choose a beginning, middle and end and can then extend the story by moving the characters, adding voices and recording the animation.
Cost: Free
Rating: 4/5
Available from: Apple App Store and Android
Description:
This is a fun app which allows children to create an animated story based on the theme of Pirates. Students choose a beginning, middle and end and can then extend the story by moving the characters, adding voices and recording the animation.
Cost: Free
Rating: 4/5
Bee-bot
Available from: Apple App Store
Description:
This is a lovely app which children can use to develop their directional language, particularly left and right and forwards and backwards. Children must programme the Bee-bot to move along a path in order to get to the flower. There are 12 levels which get progressively more difficult. As well as this, there are now 3 brand new levels where the Bee-bot must collect eggs from chickens on the farm. Bee-bots themselves are a great tool to have in the classroom and can be used with customisable floor mats to develop children's mapping and directional skills also. The skills developed within this app also form the basis for coding skills. Bee-bots are particularly useful for Junior Infants to 2nd Class.
Cost: Free
Rating: 4.5/5
Available from: Apple App Store
Description:
This is a lovely app which children can use to develop their directional language, particularly left and right and forwards and backwards. Children must programme the Bee-bot to move along a path in order to get to the flower. There are 12 levels which get progressively more difficult. As well as this, there are now 3 brand new levels where the Bee-bot must collect eggs from chickens on the farm. Bee-bots themselves are a great tool to have in the classroom and can be used with customisable floor mats to develop children's mapping and directional skills also. The skills developed within this app also form the basis for coding skills. Bee-bots are particularly useful for Junior Infants to 2nd Class.
Cost: Free
Rating: 4.5/5
Pic Collage
Available from: Apple App Store and Android
Description:
This app is open-ended and therefore can be used for a variety of purposes including annotating pictures and sorting images. This could be used in a Maths Trail or for capturing images of different materials for Science etc.
Cost: Free
Rating: 4.5/5
Available from: Apple App Store and Android
Description:
This app is open-ended and therefore can be used for a variety of purposes including annotating pictures and sorting images. This could be used in a Maths Trail or for capturing images of different materials for Science etc.
Cost: Free
Rating: 4.5/5
Scratch Jr
Available from: Apple App Store and Android Store
Description:
This app is based on the highly popular Scratch programme developed by MIT. It involves programming sprites to perform different actions by creating sequences of blocks. This is fantastic for teaching sequencing, positional language and directional language.
Cost: Free
Rating: 4.5/5
Available from: Apple App Store and Android Store
Description:
This app is based on the highly popular Scratch programme developed by MIT. It involves programming sprites to perform different actions by creating sequences of blocks. This is fantastic for teaching sequencing, positional language and directional language.
Cost: Free
Rating: 4.5/5
Daisy the Dinosaur
Available from: Apple App Store and Android
Description:
This app is great for teaching coding to kids. It is child-friendly and works on sequencing, logic, positional language and spatial awareness.
Cost: Free
Rating: 4/5
Available from: Apple App Store and Android
Description:
This app is great for teaching coding to kids. It is child-friendly and works on sequencing, logic, positional language and spatial awareness.
Cost: Free
Rating: 4/5