Comparing Text Images

Today in Visual Communications we used four different web sites to create images using text, the websites we used were:
http://www.text-image.com/convert/pic2html.cgi
http://www.tagxedo.com/app.html
http://www.graffiticreator.net/
http://www.wordle.net/show/wrdl/4688256/Untitled
I really enjoyed creating all the different text images, and I feel that they make my blog look interesting. My favourite out of all four images is the one that I created on text-image.com. It looks the most creative out of the four and I am very happy with my results :)

Keep Calm and Carry On- Tagxedo

Keep Calm and Carry On- Wordle

Keep Calm and Carry On- text-image.com

Keep Calm and Carry On- The Graffiti Creator

Technology in Schools Nowadays..

I would like to share with you the experience of technology I encountered when I went on my placement to Glyncollen Primary School. I was in the nursery classroom in the morning and the reception classroom in the afternoon, both classrooms had interactive white boards, a laptop and a music player. On the second afternoon that i was in the reception class the children watched the nativity story on the white board, they also answered a few questions about the nativity. It was really enjoyable as all of the children were interacting together. The school hall also had a music player and a projector. Thursday years 4, 5 and 6 had a dress rehearsal and the rest of the school were able to watch. As it was the day of the Christmas dinner, after the children finished their lunch they watched ‘Polar Bear’ express on the huge projector in the hall. I feel that technology has developed so far in schools since I was a pupil.  They now have interactive white boards and the children are able to work as a class to do an activity which i feel is good because it brings the class together. J

Wiki

For the past couple of weeks I have been creating my wiki, it has been quite tricky getting used to using a new website to create a page. However our topic was very interesting, it was "What Was Education Like 30 Years Ago?" The curriculum was basically the same children learnt about english, maths, science, welsh, physical education and reliogious education. However they did not have any technology, they used a blackboard and hardly ever used handouts. the classrooms were very colourful and had all the childrens work on the walls which made them feel proud and valued. I am so glad that technology has developed and has been introduced in schools, because I love using word and the internet to do my school and home work!!