http://www.elim.school.nz/learning-at-elim/blended-learning
Oct 9, 2014
Rebuilding Gallipoli in MINECRAFT
Auckland Museum Build Programme for Schools
ABC 3D Interactive Gallipoli Resource
Fast Facts - YouTube Playlist
Volcano project with Minecraft
Build Weekends - the different stages of the 9 month Gallipoli campaign - first build - The Landing
Stage 1 build the world
Stage 2 - Student Exhibition
Stage 3 - release of world to download and interact with
Build based on a photo - how to use a block to represent a photo
First build - The Landing -
Used primary resources to reference e.g. designs ships, historical photos, maps, accounts of the campaign (troop movements, battles) - the real events Recreating the landscape, the landmarks!
So choises of the materials to use, to recreate the conditions e.g. bombproof shelters,
Links to the 'conditions' - what was it like for these soldiers? Think about the writing!!!
Break into teams to do the build - need to collaborate, need to agree, make choices - set up elf and peer assessment - is it accurate? How accurate is it?
Check the time lapse video!
Building the frontline, building the supply lines, problems at Gallipoli - shipping the water in - a perfect tool to get students thinking, about empathy, what was it like!
Life of the soldier
During Anzac week - you can download the world - it becomes yours - Education kit comes with download pack with primary and secondary resources
Blogging Basics
Share your Classroom – Blogging Basics
Angela Lee
@nzleeangela
swale.am@gmail.com
www.angelalee.nz
@nzleeangela
swale.am@gmail.com
www.angelalee.nz
This presentation
is on: bit.ly/ulearn14blog
There
are videos to help out.
How to create a blog:
·
Go to
gmail account,
·
Go to www.blogger.com
·
Create a
new blog.
·
The
school needs to stay owner of the blog so you need to have a school
administrator as an owner.
·
First
time you can set up a blogger profile
·
Decide
on a title
·
You need
an address is it going to be just for this year or ongoing?
·
Once
created it sits at the top.
Setup Posting on your blog via email:
Can set up email that goes
straight to blog, great for the younger children.
See slide show on link above
for full details.
Blogger app on mobile devices
means kids can upload to blog on the go.
Blogpress is a paid app that you can use too.
See Point England blogs and
other blogs (addresses in slide show) for ideas on posts that you can do.
Good idea to share as a team what we are doing on our blogs so we
pool our ideas and problem solve.
Can make posters etc with QR
codes on them that take you to the blog.
Put: Goo.gl
then paste in blog url and save image of QR code, can then drag it onto
a poster. See Slide show for full details.
Sign up for quadblogging which gives you 3 other
classes to connect to.
Remove navigation bar
to stop children going onto “next blog” which may not be one you want your
children to see.
See slides about making your
blog look different to customize it, add gadgets etc.
Questioning
https://docs.google.com/a/thorrington.ac.nz/document/d/1EdfOxO8Wg8HqVY69qsYhNApp1y3BpQP6MimnSc3lGVI/mobilebasic
Twitter Wall
Why not put a Twitter wall in the classroom, awesome!
Want to know more? Talk to Lizzie...
Want to know more? Talk to Lizzie...
I'm the Boss of Me: In a self-managing learning envirnment
Click on link for the slideshow:
To create curiosity. Have a picture up on interactive whiteboard to stimulate thinking at start of the day
Compare contrast Map (SOLO)
Key Competencies are the key to create the most successful Learners
Need to be:
Capable
Connected
Collaborative
What was the most effective tool?
Student Planner
A system which has tasks which you have to complete by a certain deadline and reflect on what you have done or learned or need to keep working on.
This was created after inspiration from 'Emma Winder '
Where to start?
A Task Board is set up on their class page for the children to access online, but they will also get a hard copy to have in their book.
Term 1
Focus on modelling & scaffolding of how to work out your time tabling and fill out reflection
Have a meeting at beginning at start of the day on Monday
Keep a record of which areas kids need support in
Benefits
Independent Learners
Planning how you want to do it and when
Choice in the way you can do things
Trialled quality controllers or QC's
Twitter Wall
The Why?
The Why?
- Questioning eg. establishing prior learning
- Responding to questions, thoughts and ideas (feed forward and feedback)
- Sharing own thoughts and ideas
- Reflecting on learning – next steps (plenary)
- Creating experts in the classroom – peer learning
- Checking in on personal enquiry
- Evidence of learning
- Social media in an educational setting (teaching children the responsibility that they have to be sensible on social media – digital legacy)
The How?
All have own profile pic/description of what things they like doing and a twitter handle
Have a topic to tweet about
Just like twitter but on your wall instead and it's not online. Kids can make up their own handle & have either a blue card or a pink card.
Blue= tweet about your learning/reflections
Pink= response to someone else about their tweet.
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