Pora Ora

theamericankid: Do you hear that? That’s the sound of hipsters...

Wed, 29 Aug 2012 08:32:10 -0400

theamericankid:

Do you hear that? That’s the sound of hipsters everywhere drooling

Social media and the Olympics closing ceremony

Tue, 14 Aug 2012 08:14:24 -0400

Social media and the Olympics closing ceremony

Had to reblog this! Especially as Pora Ora is part of Caped...

Wed, 08 Aug 2012 10:53:07 -0400

Had to reblog this! Especially as Pora Ora is part of Caped Koala Studios!

marksbirch: What the Apple-Samsung lawsuit really sounds...

Wed, 08 Aug 2012 10:09:51 -0400

marksbirch:

What the Apple-Samsung lawsuit really sounds like…

And Blackberry is still a third-wheel.

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Wed, 08 Aug 2012 10:06:19 -0400

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Thu, 02 Aug 2012 08:45:52 -0400

Wearable tech infographic!

Wed, 01 Aug 2012 09:42:48 -0400

Wearable tech infographic!

Make your own little Nipper!

Wed, 01 Aug 2012 07:28:36 -0400

We all love our Pora Pals, so what could be better than to make your very own Pora Pal?

What you need:

A balloon – for the face
Black permanent marker – for the eyes
Some wrapping paper – any colour you like!
Sellotape
Scissors – please ask an adult to assist you.
Glue (if you haven’t got any, just use sellotape)
Rubber band
Red permanent marker (or you could use red paper) – for the mouth
Paper the same colour as your balloon (for part of the ears)

1) Blow up your balloon! Don’t blow it up so much that it pops! Tie the end with a knot to stop the air escaping.

2) Using scissors (ask an adult to help) cut a piece of wrapping paper. You can use any colour or pattern you like! We’ve chosen a bright green. Make sure your piece of wrapping paper is big enough to fit around your balloon, and longer than your balloon so that you can create a ‘spike’ at the end of your Pora Pal’s head.

3) Using scissors again ask an adult to help, cut little spikes along your wrapping paper. Make sure you cut the spikes along the width (the bit that goes around the balloon) and not the length (the bit that will make the spike)

4) Stick down one end of the wrapping paper onto the balloon. Make sure that you leave enough room for your Pora Pal to have a face!

5) Wrap the paper round the balloon and stick together using Sellotape.

6) Using the rubber band, scrunch the end of the wrapping paper together to create a spike, and tie the band around the end to keep it secure.

7) Using glue (or tape) stick the spikes around your Pora Pal’s face down, and using your black permanent marker add two eyes.

Either with a red permanent marker or some red paper cut out into a smile shape, add the mouth. We taped ours on, but you can also glue it.

9) Using the same wrapping paper you used for your Pora Pal, cut out 2 ear shapes (ask an adult). Then using another colour – we used pink, cut out a smaller ear shape. Stick the smaller shape over the bigger ear shape.

10) Tape your Pora Pal ears onto your Pora Pal and VOILA! You are finished!

Where will your little Nipper end up?

We’d love to see how your little Nippers come out! Why not email a picture of them into Pora Ora – help@poraora.com.

Remember to tell us your username on Pora Ora and we’ll send you a little reward in the game. We’ll also put your picture up on our blog!

Have fun!

Marissa Mayer shares her Yahoo! baby gifts last week on...

Mon, 23 Jul 2012 11:12:18 -0400

Marissa Mayer shares her Yahoo! baby gifts last week on Instagram.

The Big Bang Theory (without Sheldon Cooper)

Fri, 20 Jul 2012 08:32:41 -0400

The Big Bang Theory (without Sheldon Cooper)

theamericankid: So.Much.Nostalgia. “COOLEST. GIF. EVER.”...

Wed, 11 Jul 2012 10:34:13 -0400

theamericankid:

So.Much.Nostalgia.

“COOLEST. GIF. EVER.”

“Must not blink, will miss it.”

"Holy intensive care Batman. Physicists calculate that Caped Crusader’s famous glide would..."

Tue, 10 Jul 2012 10:39:35 -0400

“Holy intensive care Batman. Physicists calculate that Caped Crusader’s famous glide would result in fatal injuries”

- http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2171318/Physicists-calculate-Batmans-famous-glide-result-fatal-injuries.html

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Tue, 10 Jul 2012 09:42:00 -0400

http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/capedkoala/pora-ora-the-futur...

Fri, 06 Jul 2012 06:03:00 -0400

http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/capedkoala/pora-ora-the-future-of-childrens-learning

If you love education, technology, and keeping your kids happy - check this out!

kuyaoz: Kickstarter is the world’s largest funding platform for...

Mon, 02 Jul 2012 08:52:48 -0400

kuyaoz:

Kickstarter is the world’s largest funding platform for creative projects. Every week, tens of thousands of amazing people pledge millions of dollars to projects from the worlds of music, film, art, technology, design, food, publishing and other creative fields.

http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/capedkoala/pora-ora-the-futur...

Mon, 02 Jul 2012 05:58:00 -0400

http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/capedkoala/pora-ora-the-future-of-childrens-learning

Back to school pack - Resources - SML

Fri, 29 Jun 2012 09:16:04 -0400

Back to school pack - Resources - SML:

coolcatteacher:

Share my lesson is a cool new website where teachers can upload lessons and align with common core. There are already over 200K resources and it is free to any teacher (or parent who whomeschools). This is a link to a “back to school pack” word document that has a lot of goodies elementary teachers would like.

#shamelessplug, but hey, we've launched on Kickstarter!

Fri, 29 Jun 2012 09:13:00 -0400

Pora Ora has launched on Kickstarter! We’ve got until July 28 to raise $100,000. So far we’ve raised $11,000 but we need your help.

We don’t want to commit the cardinal sin of tumblr and bombard you all with an onslaught of words, and we know that many of you will not have heard of Pora Ora, but if we had to sum it up in one sentence it would go like this;

‘Amazingly fantastic 3D educational virtual universe that engages the 21st century learner with awesome games and quests’

Okay, so we may sound like a bunch of ‘stoked’ surfers, but we’re passionate about our cause. We offer Pora Ora for free to both kids and schools, so it truly is a fabulous way of helping children 5-12 years learn.

We know that not everyone on Kickstarter is an educator or parent, but we hope that we can bamboozle you with what we have to offer. Have a look!

http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/capedkoala/pora-ora-the-future-of-childrens-learning

The Generation Game - How Have Things Changed

Mon, 25 Jun 2012 11:21:44 -0400

Batman and the history of the bat suit

Wed, 20 Jun 2012 16:57:41 -0400