aidan's star quests: Learning story Kid Animation

Here is an example of how technology can engage kids. This blogger's posts have evolved from one sentence to this! And he's learning some complex cognitive skills at the same time. He also did this with minimal assistance from me so he is on his way to being self directed.

aidan's star quests: Learning story Kid Animation: "Learning story Today I learnt how to use Kid animation a bit more How I learnt how to use it I use kid animation a ..."

Nat's Learning Profile: My Cupcake Break Advertisement...

Nat's Learning Profile: My Cupcake Break Advertisement...: "http://www.xtranormal.com/watch/12310943/cupcake-break Please watch and please give me some feed back ! Thanks"

Another term over

Being on holidays is a great chance to reflect on the term that was and set goals for what is to come!

It was as always, an intense yet rewarding term.
I listened to a lot of fabulous speakers who are passionate about education and developing people rather than outcomes.
I was challenged to justify my approach to teaching & learning.
I tried to streamline assessment and share information and feedback online, in real time with students & their parents using blogs & google docs.
I had to think about the role of iPads in teaching & learning and discuss & develop lots of protocols for using technology with the students I work with.
I was challenged to think about how to make learning like Disneyland!
Parent meetings this term had more discussions about "what can we do at home to help our child with their project? How can I add info to the google doc or comments on their blog?" rather than talking solely about standards and outcomes shown in the school report.

So what am I working towards next?

Developing the quality & interactive aspects of student blogs (Thinking, reading & writing)
Continuing to get parents involved with conferencing and/or online interaction
Transforming Maths, Science & History into Disneyland
Planning RE with the children using our Spark sheets to make it relevant & meaningful
Getting out there into the local community (physically & virtually)
Helping build our school's new garden- now that will be Disneyland!

Not asking too much am I? (Those of you who know me can stop laughing now)


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Nat's Learning Profile: What's Your Favourite Flavour Cupcake?

Please comment on this blog if you LOVE cupcakes!

Nat's Learning Profile: What's Your Favourite Flavour Cupcake?: "Hey Everyone, My new passion is cupcakes and I making a cupcake recipe book! So comment below and tell me what you favorite cupcake is and ..."

Our Learning Journey in the Green Village: SDL time!

Here is a blog our junior school has started:

Our Learning Journey in the Green Village: SDL time!: "We have just come up with our SDL activities for our can do time. We have must do's and can do's. Zach"

Liz's Learning Adventures: Learning style citeria by Liz H

Liz's Learning Adventures: Learning style citeria by Liz H: "Check out what we think about learning at our school... Learning style citeria by Liz H"

Liz's Learning Adventures: What makes a good blog post and what makes a good ...

I'm hoping to work with my students to improve the quality of their blog posts and comments - please visit this link and leave your thoughts...

Liz's Learning Adventures: What makes a good blog post and what makes a good ...: "Hi everyone! As I have been reading the blogs I follow I have chosen some posts that stand out from among the rest and posted them on this..."