Literacy Resources

This has to be one of the best resources that I have come across recently. Many thanks to Tim Brook for sharing on his blog Magic Lantern Movies.   A widget that allows others to upload film clips and then remix all the clips.  This would be a great activity for pupils to do over [...]

This has to be my all time favourite video to be used as a model for children to create their own instructional videos. How To Make Folding Machine Tshirt – Click here for more blooper videos I love the way it uses still images to show what you need and that these are are inside [...]

Xtranormal haspopped up in bookmarks and blogs for a couple of weeks and I have finally got round to having a look at it and I love it! Xtranormal is movie making with cartoon characters but what makes this site stand out is the way in which you create the movie.  First you type in a script [...]

  A wonderful trailer for use in literacy.  How soon before you know whether the thing carrying him is friendly or not?  What are the clues?  What effect does looking up at the tree canopy give?  How would you describe that opening in writing?  From whose point of vew? Children could capture an image of the text and [...]

   On the wonderful www.animoto.com site you input the images and choose the music and the site will then analyse them, add movement and create a film for you.  What could be easier?  They have even thought about e-safety features and offer a secure environment for teachers and schools.  (Scroll to the bottom of their page [...]