STUDENT VOICE

This morning I conferenced with each of the students who were part of my Action Research to find out their opinion of our reading activities. Here are the results:

STAFF MEETING

I'm in the process of preparing to share my Action Research at Staff Meeting on Wednesday. It is a great way of reflecting by reading over what I have done and summarising it to share with others. It will also be a good practise before I present at the Mini Conference!

Podcasting Fun

I am having great fun this week teaching a group of children how to podcast. They are writing their own alternative fairytales then recording themselves using "Audacity". On Thursday, during our computer lab time, the children will create a picture using "Kidpix" to illustrate their story. I will then publish all their work onto the Bookworm Wiki. Jolly good ICT fun!!!

PS Just thinking that I need to purchase my own microphone. Will have to look into that in the holidays...

Presenting

I have agreed to present at the Mini-conference in November. I will get to share my Action Research with a group of 20 teachers. I think it will be great but I must admit I am a bit nervous - I have never presented before! Wish me luck!!!

Fun & Funky Fairytales

I started my "Fun & Funky Fairytales" reading theme this week. It took me 6 1/2 hours on Sunday afternoon to organise my resources so I am glad that the children are enthusiastic!!! I am introducing the children to podcasts through this topic. I found a great website called Storynory (see the links section to check it out). I also found another great website called Brit Lit (also in links) which has awesome reading activities related to fairytales. I have introduced many new graphic organizers through this topic as they are a useful tool to compare traditional fairytales with alternative versions. Now that that is all planned I can have a rest this weekend!

BEING A ICT LEARNER

This week I helped one of my colleagues to add interactive games to her wiki. It was nice to be able to share my skills and help someone who needed it. It was not so long ago that I was learning this skill myself. If I did not have such great helpers, mostly Jane, I would never be where I am now! I think with ICT you are continuously learning and developing your skills. I think the more we share ideas and support each other, the better we can all become!

PONDERING

After staff meeting today I am pondering how I am going to present my action research to the staff. I am thinking I will have a simple powerpoint outlining my research then show this blog, the reading wiki and some of the children's work. I also want to get some comments from the children about all the activities they have been doing, what they enjoyed most etc