Dear KS1 and FS1 and 2,
I am writing to you after a long and arduous build of an application for teachers in the classroom where SMART widgets, teaching tools and simple educational games don't quite hit the mark (or, they're so prohibitively expensive!).
SageStage is an application that covers a lot of the Maths, English, Phonics, drawing tools and classroom widgets that are missing in the SMART Notebook or are a paid subscription in services such as Classroomscreen.
There are 40+ widgets in total that cater to aspects of learning with pre-made templates for seasonal, or on-off events or specifics of Maths and English such as part whole or bar model in the White Rose scheme or phoneme builder tiles or modelled writing.
If you are keen to try this out alongside your tech advocate, please know that this is version 1.0, so flagging any things that don't quite work, or, as I've got in the pipeline, EYFS specific widgets such as variations on ThisIsSand for example, please shout and I'll get a fix for it.
Else, get in touch and I can walk you through any aspect of the application in small groups or 1:1
Let me know if this is any use or you have ideas for its development.
Have a super week,
Glenn
Cross Campus Advisor for Technology
Primary Technology Teacher