Ask3 - Video Instructions

Finally I have found an easy to use video screen capture app that is simple, clean, shares with others seamlessly, all students can access without hassle, and I can see and mark the work that students are uploading. It also allows others to comment on the videos that have been created. Student voice, teacher voice, feedback and assessment. This app ticks all the boxes. 

Ask 3 - https://itunes.apple.com/nz/app/ask3/id572042047?mt=8

Book Writers - ePub Book Publisher

I have spent a lot of time and money, on trying to find a really simple book creator that allows me and my students to do everything that we want it to do. It needs to be easy to use, have few buttons but lots of options, be clean looking, save with ease, share to a range of places with one click and most importantly be able to save it to our own and others iBook libraries. 

We think we have found all of this and more with 'Book Writer'. It is by far the easiest to use ePub creator I have seen for my year 3/4 students. I did a test run with a year 5/6  class to see if it was easy to use and simple to share. 

https://itunes.apple.com/nz/app/book-writer-ebook-pdf-creator/id481160195?mt=8

iBooks book shelf - Perfect for saving and sharing your best work. 

App Harvest - KPS 2013

Monday 11th March - KPS hosts our first App harvest. A chance for iPad, iPod and Mac users to share and collaborate on Apps that they find useful and Apps that we can't do without. All harvested Apps from tonights Harvest will be posted here.

Summed Up - Awesome Math app that teachers groups or numbers up to 20. NZ made too !

Screen Chomp - When you want to show and record something on screen this is the perfect little app for this. Easy and kid friendly.

Puzzle Maker - The only App that I know of that allows the user to create, publish and share Word searchers. Easy to use and a brilliant little activity for spelling, lang development etc. Well worth the money. 

Blogsy - Allows you to post pics, video etc from the net and your iPad straight onto your blog in 1 easy step. Visual and easy to use for kids. Tried and Tested by Room 8 at KPS. 

Toon Camera - Turn pictures or take pictures into Cartoons and pencil sketches. 

vDictation - Speech to Text app. 

Foldify - A great way to show nets and create your own net structure.

Word Salad - Just like wordle for the iPad.

Google Forms - Check This Out as a way to create omline forms that the child can survey. You can post the link, email, or set who can see it. Then the results can be graphed and are completely instant. 

Momentsia - Picture collage, easy create and easy to share. 

Sling Note - This is a must check out App. Best note taking app I have seen for a while. Move between 2 pages, copy, cut, paste and manipulate with ease.

Pic Collage - Pic Collage app with plenty of bells and whistles. Stickers, drawings, and text. 

Sonic Pics - Put photos in and they are can be transformed into an audio visual story. Digital story telling. 

Scribble Press - Cloze activity book or story creator with heaps of functions. Beginner to Advanced Writers. 

AR Apps - 

My Story - E Book creator. 

Video Star - 

Mad Pad - 

Maths Slide - 

Motion Maths - 

Multi Touch Maths -

Spellosaur - 

A+ Test - Spelling List Creator.

Bugs and Buttons - 

If you feel the need to push your more able kids a bit further then get into Game design and App development. Try these 2 websites out. Both are very easy to navigate and both have the ability to be played on any portable device. 

GameFroot - http://gamefroot.com

Game Salad - http://gamesalad.com/download

Techquest 2012

What happens when 14 Whangarei schools send their most creative and talented students in ICT to meet some talented presenters and teacher in ICT. Techquest 2012. 2 Fantastisc days of workshops aimed at inspiring, introducing and educating students from all over Whangarei in the lastest and greatest ICT programs and technologies.


Techquest 2012 is over for another year. Without doubt some of the best kids that we have ever had. Quiet, hard working, keen, and very creative. The presenters were fantastic too. Great to have some new blood in the mix with new ideas and inspiration i.e. Manga drawing, Music making with Audacity. It is great to be part of a team that is able to offer such a wide range of ICT experiences to the awesome kids of Whangarei. The kids were just buzzing so well done presenters.


Techquest just seems to keep getting better each year. Check out the Techquest website for what the kids got up to.

Haiku Deck Story Examples

Our Special Places - Just click the links below to check out our awesome Haiku Deck created stories that detail a few of our favourite places. 

DEAN - http://www.haikudeck.com/p/MiUMdJYeSj/special-places-dean

LEO - http://www.haikudeck.com/p/Hx6RxuYEj7/special-places-leo

Haiku Deck

We have just started playing around with a great new app called Haiku Deck. Haiku Deck is the simple new way to create stunning presentations – whether you are pitching an idea, teaching a lesson, telling a story, or igniting a movement, it's fast, fun and simple for anyone to use. 

We have used the app to present our "Back from term break" stories. We wrote descriptive sentences to describe places that we love and why we love them. 

Check out the app at https://itunes.apple.com/ca/app/haiku-deck/id536328724