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Aug 27 2008

Diary Filling Up … Still :)

Posted by mvass in Welcome

 

I’m constantly updating my diary with school visits, twighlight courses, meetings … even a trip to BETT (should I choose to!).

Cool tools like myPlick      Photobucket       Slideshare    and     Animoto    are all on the agenda.

What’s important, though, is that learning is at the heart of all the fun.

 Sharon’s  great project  Voices of the World  is a perfect example of this. At Carronshore last session we had heaps of fun being part of it all, and we hardly noticed that we were learning along the way :)

Talking of fun while learning :)

 …. all of the Primary 7′s interviewed their parents last session so that they could write about their early years (as part of an autobiography). They each took home an mp3 recorder so that they could find someone at home who could answer the questions they had devised about their earlier years.

Bethany made use of her experience of using vokis in class to produce this wonderful interview with her mum – enjoy :)

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6 Responses to “Diary Filling Up … Still :)”
  1. p6loirston says:
    August 28, 2008 at 12:24 am

    Vokis are a good way for children to have a ‘safe’ voice online. Thanks for your help with the Simpsons avatar. I will have a lot of happy pupils.

  2. mvass says:
    August 28, 2008 at 1:12 am

    Hello, trial and error again :)

    The Simpsons site is great. I saw it on John Johnstone’s blog post.

    I’ve told Cassie (probationer at Carronshore) about it. She’s going to have a look.

    I love your bio poems, too. I remember them from last year …. something else to tell Cassie about – not having a class to play with the tools is really different!

  3. Kim Pericles says:
    August 31, 2008 at 2:25 pm

    Re … Diary filling up….. Can I book some time in January for a f-2-f ????????
    Definitely “owe” you a glass of champagne – not a virtual one either!!!!!

  4. mvass says:
    August 31, 2008 at 8:40 pm

    Wow! Wonderful news ….. but I think that it’s me who should be buying you the champagne :)

    What dates are booked – and where will you be visiting?

  5. Kim Pericles says:
    September 4, 2008 at 7:38 pm

    Nothing booked as yet – but definitely coming in January!
    Just planning where to visit – preliminary hook ups and “making contact” at the moment :)
    Will visit BETT and probably be in Scotland either side of those dates.
    Can’t wait :lol:

  6. mvass says:
    September 7, 2008 at 9:32 pm

    We’ll have chances to meet up then :)

    I might even be goint to BETT as well!

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