Comments on: Kids can totally blow you away …

By: dragonsinger

dragonsinger — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 10:16:38 +0000

thanks for that. i take it you made up the instructions page in publisher or another processing program and then saved as a jpg?

I use OpenOffice or Google docs for most stuff but yeah – basically – i have the sheet printed out – along with the other page with the WALT (We Are Learning To) and both are in A3 size and up for the kids to see.

I talked about this with another teacher the other day. It would be too easy to just forget innovation because other teachers may not take it up. Innovation is very hard because you have to be dynamic and progressive and on to it the whole time.

By: Kelly

Kelly — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 10:10:22 +0000

thanks for that. i take it you made up the instructions page in publisher or another processing program and then saved as a jpg?

had a conversation with one of my year 9s today – he has come from an intermediate with their own tv station, and is used to editing video, so i have him helping me make some video of us blogging and using our wiki…if i can just get it edited and uploaded i’ll be happy! i digress…what i meant was these kids are coming to us (high school) from you guys who do all these wonderful, techno-based, real-world activities, and then they do…chalk & talk. we are trying to change it though!

By: dragonsinger

dragonsinger — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 02:08:23 +0000

Hi Kelly – i host my pictures at Flickr and then just paste the embed code into the blog post.

Thanks for your comment

By: Kelly

Kelly — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 02:00:45 +0000

this is terrific. we must get secondary teachers on the technology boat, or all your good work with your students goes out the window when they reach high school, which is such a shame! i especially liked how you inserted your pictures here – what tool did you use for that?

cheers,
kelly