2007 August « Moovl – just add imagination

Futurelab’s digital pet project: Fizzees

August 22, 2007 at 3:46 pm | In Fun, Moovl development | Leave a Comment

Futurelab was one of the organisations that helped considerably in the early development of Moovl. They have a new product in the pipeline called Fizzees. I saw a demo of this product a while ago, and it’s great to see it moving into a prototype phase, and hopefully commercialisation.

The Fizzee is a digital pet (like a tamagotchi), that is worn on the wrist. Unlike other digital pets however, this one responds to your own physical activity (eg heart-rate) to determine it’s own health and development. As well as the individual Fizzee, there is a website that allows children to collaborate, compare their virtual pets, swap activities and find out about other aspects of a healthy lifestyle.

It seems like a great tool to make exercise fun, and engage young children in thinking about their health.

Enter the Go Green Moovl competition

August 22, 2007 at 3:10 pm | In Events | 1 Comment

We’ve just launched a Moovl Go Green competition for UK Primary Schools. All your school needs to do is to create the best animation or drawing that shows how your pupils can go green using Moovl as a creative toy. Ask your pupils to create an animation of an aspect of daily life, either at school or home, showing how they could make life more energy efficient or environmentally friendly. Using Moovl, pupils can work individually, in groups or as a whole class with teacher support. Winning entries will be judged on the best use of Moovl’s unique online functions and the greenest ideas.The fantastic winning prize is a three-year subscription to Moovl worth up to £450, plus £700 worth of other Rigby resources.

To sign up and see full terms and conditions go to the Go Green competition section of the Moovl website.

Online ideas for Primary art and craft

August 21, 2007 at 1:04 pm | In Art, Events, Primary curriculum | 1 Comment

I’ve been pointed in the direction of CurriculArt by my friends at bestsciencelessonever. The CurriculArt website is an on-line resource for primary schools with art and craft ideas linked to every curriculum subject.

The website isn’t live yet, but will be launched in York this September at the BA Festival of Science.

Famous art in Moovl

August 1, 2007 at 12:53 pm | In Animation, Art, Fun | 2 Comments

Inspired by a colleague who drew the Moovl Lisa, I added my own version of Munch’s The Scream. I can’t decide whether the animated version is more disturbing than the original.

Perhaps The Girl with the Pearl Earring would have been better.