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‘Letting the kids own it’
My visit to Totara on Monday was a wonderful morning spent with the Year 6 students of the school. Janet (Principal and class teacher) was concerned that after their work with Front Page to create...
View ArticleNew library system @ Maheno promotes sharing of book feedback
Maheno are in the process of having their library digitised for ease of use and manageability. Within their new system ‘AccessIt’ is the ability for library users to add their own review of a book....
View ArticleThe power of Intranets – Duntroon on board!
For many years I have been a strong advocate of the uses of Intranets in classrooms. Initially when I was involved in setting one up (about 1999, 2000) the purpose was to share the successes of the...
View ArticleMacs and Me!!
I have been a PC user for my entire ‘computerlife’. I did have one go with a MAC as I almost inherited one as a leased teacher laptop a few years ago, however breathed a sigh of relief as a new PC...
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Kids @ Conference Today
What a wonderful day! I have spent today in Dunedin facilitating Scratch Workshops with some fabulous children from all around Otago. It was great to work with these creative kids (and teachers) to...
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Comic Life
For those of you who were on our bus trip to Timaru last term, many of you will remember watching a fabulous ‘MAC’ programme called Comic Life being used in a couple of the classrooms at Bluestone. At...
View ArticleA Blog in Motion!
http://oamaruint.edublogs.org This is a blog that I have started with a group of students at my ‘new school’ – Oamaru Intermediate. Through this blog we are looking to celebrate the students’ literacy...
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Conference Wiki
Our ‘It Takes a Whole Village to Educate a Child’ Conference has a wiki available where many of the presenters slideshows, handouts, wikis and blogs are available for you to have a look over. Enjoy –...
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Facebook @ OIS
How are you using Facebook in your school? I’ve just started a Facebook page for school. It has been an interesting exercise as it is much more complex than just setting up your own profile. I have...
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Chromebooks
On arrival at Waitaki Valley School at the beginning of Term 2 I was met with 30 Chromebooks in their boxes. These were quickly taken out of the boxes, set up our system and ready to go!! But . . ....
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