Multiple ways of knowing....

I had occasion to hear Julia at an Auckland Conference a few years ago- she delivered a full day programme that was truly inspirational and has a lot to say about leadership. Here she has a lot to share about learning being trans-formative for teachers and children if they own it. This is of particular significance for us in our project - if there is only one or two teachers leading anything (ICT included)then the potential for it to fall over is significant. Team approaches rule! I also like her thoughts about ICT adding another way of knowing...... children express their interests and investigations in many ways if they can if our learning environment and routines timetable is conducive..

Kindergarten 'skypers"

animated drawing...

With the keen emphasis on revisiting learning and the opportunity to share what you were thinking about and how you might have achieved this.... we could consider animated drawing sites. SItes such as art.com allow children to create art work with the added bonus of an 'undo' and 'do over'. it also allows them to replay how the painting was constructed. You can email the finished painting to anyone... home or the office for keeping. I am not great at drawing with a mouse... I like using my pen tablet for this ( or I bet it's great on an interactive whiteboard). art tools not as great as art rage... .but the replay advantage could be great. try out tate paint,slimber, or art pad. ( there are others too ) This sample is from artpad take a peek....

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/

to facebook or not to facebook....

This is an area I am interested in.... I don't like facebook myself as a personal tool but recognise it's market share as a social media tool. Is it a good way to get 'housekeeping' info out there? It seems to be. What else does this connect you to though? How do privacy settings work for the friend of a friend? Is it useful (bearing in mind that Facebook is not for children) as learning support mechanism....

philosophy, good teaching, vision - alongside the tools...

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