Some of our class blogs

We have set up some of our classes with blogs….hopefully by the end of the year all the classes will be blogging.

Check out these budding bloggers, admire their writing and leave some words of encouragement…

Room 1, Room 2, Room 3, Room 4, Room 5, Room 6

Scholarship Day….Over….Phew!!!

Oh my goodness…I finally taught adults…one of the scariest things I can think of. I was awake most of the night having those god awful nightmares about everything going wrong and true to form those nightmares came true.

Started off ok….had a few problems with videos buffering but got those sorted asap. Unfortunately when it came to making blogs with my small group of 6 teachers edublogs failed us…..the whole point of today was to get everyone set up with their own blog and they walked out without setting one up….disappointed, yes, excited by their reactions, definitely yes!!

I think today I was able to pass on my enthusiasm for blogging and the possibilities of web 2.0 technologies. We watched Karl Fisch’s “Did you know…” presentation and got some great conversations out of it. We also watched another video “top 10 reasons to blog” by Frieda Foxworth. All in all it started conversations about web 2.0 and how we can use it both professionally and personally.

Of course there were all the questions about privacy and security, who really cares what I write? type thing, but I think that after reading a few blogs, the teachers were beginning to get into the idea that this whole blogging lark might actually be beneficial to our own professional practise. (correct me if I’m wrong!!).

Anyway, right now, I’m shattered…I haven’t had such a full on day being able to share something I am truly passionate about with people who understand my passion. Thanks guys for a fab day!!

A Lightbulb Moment….

It is always exciting when a child can listen, follow instructions and then create a piece of work then and there using the skills you have just helped them discover. What is even better is when nearly 12 months later, a child can produce work that draws on those skills in a different context and produce an amazing piece of work. This happened this week….

One of our year 6 classes was given a home learning task to create an advertisement for Walk To School Week. Most people created paper versions (posters, brochures etc). However one girl took it further and created an animation based on the topic. The skills she used I had taught her in term 2 of last year and to see them being used in a different area of her curriculum made me all aflutter….

Check it out here