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Top 8 Technology

February 4, 2013 / admin / No comments

This article is about ten pieces of technology that we really like and recommend. 

8. Xbox 360 Live

7. Ipad 3

6. Samsung Galaxy S3

5. Ipod touch

4. Samsung smart Tv

3. Blue Ray DVD player

2. Blackberry PlayBook

1. Imac

 

 

 

The one and only Imac. This wonderful piece of technology is one of the best computers in the world.It never gets any virus and has retina display.

This is the blackberry playbook. This is a touch screen device, it has app world were you get all your fun apps from to play on. You can go on the Internet and take pictures like any other tablet it also comes with BBM (Blackberry message)

 

This is a blue ray DVD player. It plays any kind of dvd you want to watch. This has been quoted by Conan, ” It is HD it gives a really good special effect”.

This is a Samsung smart TV. In fact i think this is the best piece of technology on this list! It has a really nice design (super slim). You can do anything on it that a Tablet does, Iphone, ipod and Laptop. This means you can play on apps, go on twitter, facebook or watch the TV shows you have missed etc.

 

 

 

 

 

This is an iPod  You can get all sort of apps for it, you can take pictures on it and videos as well. It has got a calender so you can sort out all your events and it also has youtube. You can go on the Internet too (Safari).

 

 

 

 

 

 

This is a Samsung galaxy S3 (It has red white and blue for colors) it is a smart phone. it has excellent battery life a superb wide screen and quad core speed. The Galaxy S3 has been available in the market for a while now, but with the recent update to Android 4.1 Jelly Bean (the 4.1.1 platform), not only has the S3 been given a speed boost; there’s also a host of other goodies thrown in as well.

 

Introducing the Ipad 3 or as some people call it the new iPad. This device was designed to be very powerful  it has HD screening which makes gaming even more special. The camera is incredible, it takes HQ pictures and also has a front camera. The front camera is the same as the back so when your face timing someone it makes you feel a little bit more closer to them.

 

The Xbox 360 Live is just another gaming device. There’s not much to say about this sort of console. Here is a rough list of what it is like:

  • It’s quiet!
  • Built-in Wi-Fi
  • Touch buttons
  • Xbox Live

 

 

 

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OLV TV on Vimeo

December 10, 2012 / Pupil / No comments

Vimeo is where we store the videos of trip’s and other events over the series of years like the time the last year 6 went to Paris.

Paris was a really good experience for the last Year 6 especially the Eiffel tower. They visited Disney land, Eiffel tower, Saint Chappelle, Notre Damme they also went on the ferry to Paris and the river in Paris. Here is a video of what they did from our wonderful Vimeo site:

 

 

Paris 2012 Movie – To Paris With Love from OLV TV TEAM on Vimeo.

 

We have all the coverage from the Year 5 trip to London on our trip to the capital city of England here is a story of what happened in London.

London is the capital city of England it was a really exciting trip for every one in year 5. They visited the Buckingham Palace and the tall view of the London eye.Near the London eye there was also a 4D London eye introduction movie!.They visited the shop to get souvenirs and much more.It took 3 hours to get there on train and back. They also went on the tube it was a massive experience for year 5 as they took on the wonderful  underground Mrs Murray got left behind  with 5 children as the tube doors closed very fast!. At the end we got to have  chips from MacDonalds! they were really nice!. But the best part of all was the London eye. Here is a video of what happened in London. Our excellent Vimeo site will show you all about our school trips.

Year 5 in London 2012 from OLV TV TEAM on Vimeo.

 

What we like about Vimeo?

We like Vimeo because it is saved the progress what we have done over the years. Some are funny and some are just plain good. Most are embarassing as people mess up but thats what we like about our videos!

The most funniest moment was when we were on the tube in London. When Mrs Murray  was going on to the tube the doors shut as quick as lightning! with Mrs Murray dealing with 5 pupils all by her self!. This is one of the best videos on vimeo for me. I really like Vimeo  because it is really easy to transfer videos from the iPad iPod and much more.Here is one more Video from our beautiful Vimeo site. It will be showing you all about Year 3s wonderful trip to the rich Chester!

Using our   Video channel is also great because we get to see what pupils in all of the classes are doing. Before we had the video channel we’d not really find out how good other classes were – now we can see them having a great time!

You can see the full list of our Videos on our Vimeo Homepage here.

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Top 10 Apps

November 13, 2012 / admin / No comments

We are doing a article about the apps we think deserve to be on this chart

10. Temple run

Temple run is a fun and challenging game that never seems to end. You try to run without dying and getting a high score.You are being run after by 3 monkeys in a temple.

 

9. Paper toss

Paper Toss: the aim of this game is to get the paper in the bin from a certain distance. It’s quite hard but good fun!

 

8.Jet-pack Joyride

In jet-pack joyride you try to complete the missions it gives you and collect coins to buy new cloths jet-pack etc.

 

7.100 Exits

100 exits is a game where you have to go through 100 floors but do a hard puzzle to go up one.

 

6. Amazing Alex

Amazing Alex is another puzzle game where you have to make inventions to make a ball go through a basket and collect all the stars at the same time.

5. Talking Larry the Bird

Talking Larry the bird is a fun game where whatever you say Larry parrots it back (in a funny voice).

4.Ibooth

Ibooth is a really funny booth where you get to make people look really funny in different kinds of ways.

3. Kumo Lumo

In  Kumo Lumo the aim is to make trees grow and defeat your worst enemy …..

 

2.Granny Smith

In this game this old lady called Granny Smith LOVES Granny Smith apples and a boy is stealing them all. Can you get them before he does? You have to jump if u don’t you will fall behind and you have to use your walking stick to hold onto things.

1.Bad piggies

In bad piggies you make your own inventions to try get a lost plan and collect three stars at the same time.

We chose these apps because they are the most popular in the app store and our friends like them best. What do you think?

 

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Minecraft survival first night

November 12, 2012 / Technology / 2 comments

Minecraft is a game that you have to survive in. It’s a world that never ends. It is that big you can do anything you want to – BUT you have to make sure that you survive your first night. Here is a list of what you have to do to survive your first night in Minecraft.

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1.Get wood by punching a tree.

2. Turn the wood into planks and place 4 of them into one box so you can make a workbench.

3. Make a pickaxe and go and get some coal.

4 Get shelter YOU MUST DO THIS!

5. Stay in your shelter until the next morning.

Minecraft is a long game. It takes a bit of time before you can start to really get exploring in your world.

Creatures in Minecraft

Creepers – they can sneak on you and BLOW UP

Skellis – they have a bow and arrow and they are annoying

Zombes – they just hit you all of the time

Wolf – cute but they don’t kill you. You can have them as you pet if you give them bones

Spider - they just come up to you and give you a spider hit 

Links

http://minecraft.net/

http://www.minecraftwiki.net/wiki/Minecraft_Wiki 

The wiki is the best web for all the info.

Minecraft is JUST TOO cool for school

Here’s a video that shows you how to survive the first night:

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History of Computers

October 17, 2012 / Technology / No comments

This would be biger than your room

Today we all have a computers for most things! Its amazing really, but the computer has been around for longer than you think.

The first computer ever made was bigger than your room. It had over one million wire’s inside! So do you think your computer’s old?

It was 1939, John V. Atanasoff and Clifford Berry developed the Atanasoff-Berry Computer (ABC) at Iowa State University, which was regarded as the first electronic digital computer. The ABC was built by hand and the design used over 300 Vacuum Tubes and had capacitors fixed in a mechanically rotating drum for memory.

The ENIAC (Electronic Numerical Integrator and Computer), was constructed in the US in 1943. It was the first really useful general-purpose computer. It was a turning point in the history of computing and was used to perform calculations and used 160 kW of power.

World War II is known to be the driving force of computing hardware development and one of such use of computers was in communications encryption and decryption. The most famous of these was the Enigma machine which broke German codes.

And in 1962 the first computer game was made, (YAY!).

The microprocessor eventually led to the development of the microcomputer during the 70′s and 80′s.

These were small, low-cost computers that individuals and small businesses could afford.

In 1985 Microsoft and Apple started a long battle over who made the best computers and software.

By the 1990s, the microcomputer or Personal Computer (PC) became a common household appliance, and became even more widespread with the advent of the Internet. Did you know that the mouse is called the mouse because of the wire coming out ofthe back.

Sir Timothy John “Tim” Berners-Lee is an English computer scientist known as the inventor of the World Wide Web as we know it today. He made a proposal for an information management system in 1989, and on 25 December 1990, with the help of Robert Cailliau and another young student, he carried out the first successful communication between a Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP) client and server via the Internet.

If the Internet was not here what would we be talking on? We use the internet for lots of things today.

Now you know all about computers and now you are ready for the internet.

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Minecraft – Screw the Nether

September 29, 2012 / Technology / No comments

Some of the OLV Media team are big fans of Minecraft. In this post they briefly describe Minecraft and review a Minecraft inspired version of Moves like Jagger.

Minecraft is an online game. You can use building blocks to build an imaginary world. You have to be careful though. At nighttime monsters appear in your world. You have to make sure you’ve built some good shelters to keep your world safe!

This video shows you how the game works:

Minecraft has inspired lots of users to create songs based on their world. They often copy well known songs. At the moment one of the most popular ones is a copy of Moves like Jagger.

The lyrics are below:
It’s deep underground
Past the bedrock But don’t dig straight down You’ll regret that.
But now you feel brave,
Equipped with your spade To roam in these caves.
Not looking for gold;
This stuff’s purple, or so I’ve been told by some people.
I’ll find a few bricks,
Where the two of these mix – with a couple of clicks.

(I’ll be swingin’ my pick)

This is all the prep that I go through,

Even if my tools are just make-do.

Moving to the Nether,

I’m moving to the Nether, I’m moving to the Nether…

Ten blocks is the magical total,
‘Cause that’s enough to build up my portal.

Moving to the Nether.

I’m moving to the Nether. I’m moving to the Nether…
Welcome to Hell,
Weather’s great here! So, put up a chair, have a cold beer!
You can live by the sea;
So happy you’ll be; With your cobblestone tree.

Oh!

The neighbors aren’t right,
They’re delicious! We eat bacon all night,It’s nutritious!
Hear all of them squeal,
For the damage I deal, There’s plenty to steal.
(Hack and slash)

(Gold nuggets? I’m rich!)

Who cares if we’re giving up sunlight?

Glowstone’s all we need To keep things bright.

Down here in the Nether,

We love it in the Nether,You’ll love it in the Nether.

Don’t expect to see any creepers;

That’s one of my favorite features!

Down here in the Nether,

We love it in the Nether,You’ll love it in the Nether.

You’ve gotta know

You have to fight, Learn to play, there’s mobs but it’s not night.

A wooden sword won’t do it;

They’re gonna blast right through it!If you got a potion, use it!

So watch your back,

I wont warn you twice!Fight the Ghast;

Ooooooooh!

Make me cry!

They’ll shoot the ground around you

Making holes to fall through, You know you’re probably gonn-ooh

Fall In And Die.

(In the lava again!)

Feels like hell the things I’ve just been through

Won’t believe a word when I tell you

You know what, screw the Nether,

You know what, screw the Nether,You know what, screw the Nether!

Can’t believe I lost my new gear too,

Think I’d better come and rejoin you,

You know what, screw the Nether,

You know what, screw the Nether,You know what, screw the Nether!

“That’s it!I’m sick of this place!It sucks!It’s too hot,It never rains,I’m sweaty,All my clothes are dirty, filthy and on fire!

I’m absolutely sick of this place! Ah, Uhm, I-I miss nature, all the pigs, the cows, and all of that, the sheep ‘n’ stuff. I didn’t think I’d miss it, but I do. Oh my god! How sad, I wish, I wish I could just return to the normal world again…..

 

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Subway Lite

July 19, 2012 / Technology / No comments

Subway Lite is a free app for iPhones and iPads. It uses a map similar to the one used for the Underground and challenges the player to allow the ‘train’ to get to the final destination in a certain number of stops.

subway lite from OLV TV TEAM on Vimeo.

The first few levels of the game are quite easy. However it gets pretty challenging as you move through the game. Watch the video above to see the game being played.

You can download the free version of this app from iTunes.

 

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Brain Toot

July 18, 2012 / Technology / No comments

Brain Toot is a challenging quiz app. It includes maths problems, memory tasks and follow the ball challenges.

Brain Toot from OLV TV TEAM on Vimeo.

We think this app is good for pupils in Key Stage 2. It might be a bit to hard for younger children! You get a higher score if you get things right in a fast time which is a good way of encouraging you to practice your sums!

The free version of this app can be downloaded from iTunes. 

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Ballonimals

July 17, 2012 / admin / No comments

Balloonimals is a fun app for the iPad, iPhone or iPod.

The app requires you to blow on the iPod / phone to ‘blow up’ balloons. You then shake the iPod to twist and turn the balloon – resulting in some really funny balloon animals! See it in action in the video below:

Ballonimals from OLV TV TEAM on Vimeo.

We think this app would be suitable for children of any age. It’s very good fun and we really enjoyed it!

You can download Balloonimals for free from iTunes.

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Kids Money Review

July 6, 2012 / Technology / No comments

Kids Money is an app designed to help younger children manage their money.

Its like a calculator that will work out how long it will take to save up for something you want. It asks you to enter how much you want to save up; your weekly spending money and the amount that you expect to get as presents. The app then tells you how many weeks it will take to save that amount.

We think it’s pretty useful for younger children and that it would be a handy way of double checking your maths!

Kids Money is a free app. You can find it here.

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