blogging or skype connections

There's a bit of a buzz after our project hui about skyping and why you might do it.  Teams have talked about skyping each other, skyping Senior Teachers, skyping the new entrants class of a school they feed to, skyping experts in an area of interest with child oriented questions, skyping families who are overseas to keep them connected, or skyping those who go overseas or out of the area in 'off seasons'. The same functions can be done with blogs.  here's a link to an article about a blog in the states who developed a relationship with a NZ kindergarten and spent lots of time a few years ago comparing climates and wildlife...

Check it out here....


we had a post earlier in the year  ( check it out by clicking on the archive tab for August) about two NewZealand Kindergartens at opposite ends of the country who developed the same sort of relationship with skype.... and a clip about schools using skype to connect with an expert.

Using ICT to communicate.... blogging.

Getting started- digital microscopes and blogging...

This clip really resonates for me- having been part of the project Tania talks about in this clip and also needing an interpreter at uLearn Conferences in the beginning! I haven't blogged in a Kindergarten as this team did( and still does even when the teaching team has changed ) but the rest could have been a snippet from the team I was in at the time re: magnification and learning outcomes. Their blog has been going for many years now- take a peek... http://manaiakindergarten.blogspot.co.nz/

Thinking about ... ICT to create or display art!

I've had lots of discussions with teachers this week about art and ICT- ICT to create art or record the process of making the work, ICT to reflect on what happened and create stories about it. I see Botany downs Kindergarten has recently created a blog just to display art. Great idea! click the link below.... http://bdownsart.blogspot.co.nz/ I have also been reading an article by Lisa Terreni about art and Interactive whiteboards that was interesting... I like using a really good digital art programme but haven't spent much prolonged time with the whiteboard. Here's a link to the article on line... http://education2x.otago.ac.nz/cinzs/file.php/8/Terreni.pdf

Heres a link to ponder... Isla the storyteller... click on the orange title

"Peeling An Onion Blog"