tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-228710632024-03-08T08:32:02.554+13:00Room5ians Rule!Room5ians Rule! Mr Woody WAS their teacher. This is where they chat :-)
... and now that Mr Woody is pursuing other ventures, he gets to work with other schools too!MrWoodyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01182215440888885791noreply@blogger.comBlogger691125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22871063.post-61046973049708282012013-03-16T19:32:00.001+13:002013-03-16T19:32:13.518+13:00I'm Back!Lon g time no blog - however, starting a business during a recession adn havign a baby do take one's focus away from classroom blogs of years gone buy... BUT! Room5ians DO in fact rule, so Room5ians Rule will never die.<br />
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Today I have discovered a cool new solar system thingy on <a href="http://www.stumbleupon.com/">Stumbleupon</a>. Check it out:<br />
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It's soo cool! <br />
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Aroha Nui from mrw00dy, Manolo Guevara and Blast<br />
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Its a story on <a href="http://mashable.com/2012/05/08/giza-3d/?utm_medium=email&utm_source=newsletter">Mashable</a> so you visit the page then click various links to see videos and take a 3D tour.<br />
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<br />MrWoodyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01182215440888885791noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22871063.post-14207595794547597722012-05-09T18:33:00.000+12:002012-05-09T18:33:04.609+12:00Room 16 - what do they want?Hi Room 16 - today you were your usual lovely selves and you had some training on Google Docs, searching on the Internet and posting in a class forum. What was most useful about it? Is there any feedback for your teachers?<br />
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I think you did a good enough job today to earn yourself that choice of a game or some special in-class activity. Perhaps your fabulous student teacher will arrange something tomorrow. I will be back and we can look at your responses to this post in class if you post some comments. <br />
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p.s. my son is learning everyday and he is four and a half months old. Use your brains and never give up on learning and trying your best.MrWoodyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01182215440888885791noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22871063.post-22521757574224724822012-04-27T15:28:00.002+12:002012-04-27T15:31:39.663+12:00Mr Woodys new jobHi team - come see our new website at Nimbus Media Ltd in Hamilton New Zealand. We specialise in creative video production for corporate work, conferences, branding films, photography, iPhonography, digital storytelling, documentaries etc:<br />
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His name is Charlie and he is amazingly cool.<br />
Hi to all the Room5ians who know that this mean the world to us.<br />
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He is Charlie Robert Claude and I couldn't be more pleased.MrWoodyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01182215440888885791noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22871063.post-49997269811693127792011-11-22T13:27:00.000+13:002011-11-22T13:27:19.621+13:00chicken coup designs<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3er-g-3NDh1LtRMlsQqpM8RYT5ss0qHynGuY5GWJJLfUavYEnZvxtJrVwNwULpyykiBuX_AlOaES_vITCNkxIEl3Qh_yLFk5GFK9siNt5PmrSdMAWtbrB-bKXNdzBNcVzU9D-/s1600-h/hens_go_home_9-05.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5213057406418474658" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3er-g-3NDh1LtRMlsQqpM8RYT5ss0qHynGuY5GWJJLfUavYEnZvxtJrVwNwULpyykiBuX_AlOaES_vITCNkxIEl3Qh_yLFk5GFK9siNt5PmrSdMAWtbrB-bKXNdzBNcVzU9D-/s320/hens_go_home_9-05.jpg" style="cursor: hand; display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;" /></a><br />
<div><div>i HAVE AN AWESOME CHOOK HOUSE AT HOME. But there's no need for me to shout about it. </div><br />
<div>Leave links here to online plans for chicken houses or sites that have info about raising free range, organic chickens or sustainable backyard setups. </div><div></div><br />
<div>Did you think the greenhouse area was a good site for us to start our venture?</div><br />
<div>Have fun!<img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5213057213034430226" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcqpoaFsna9mIUXySgvhoHY3JUMflvXb8pZ5mphIu6qB8s2emE9am_fS0ptRLhhE3KVRWlASbKQ2piZaoBjkCJ6wtJVsb6c-pooP0Q7Cc6uhPex4_-R_y_WQIJT1Vzy2SPTIYy/s320/vege_plots_compost_9-05.jpg" style="cursor: hand; display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;" /></div><br />
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At lunchtime I was on the field with Mr Cocks dishing out gold cards for good behaviour when I noticed how lovely the native gardens were looking around the perimeter of the field. Well done Peachgrove for looking after your amazing native garden! I bet there are lots of <a href="http://www.facebook.com/video/video.php?v=10150399598964816" style="color: red;">native birds</a><span style="color: red;"> </span>visiting to eat berries and nectar from flowers.<br />
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My own local waxeyes are in a short video I took. Click on the red words above for the link - [it may not work as it's on FaceBook] <br />
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Well done lads!<br />
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Ritchie McCaw and Brad Thorn are two absolute legends of All Blacks rugby.MrWoodyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01182215440888885791noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22871063.post-68845600019225720872011-06-23T17:41:00.001+12:002011-06-23T17:44:57.870+12:00Quelle Disaster!What a disaster!<br />
So many places seem to be afflicted by natural disasters at the moment. Leave your comments here to direct me to your own research about natural disasters, such as the quakes in Christchurch or the tornadoes and floods in America.<br />
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My own interest at present is more to do with the human caused disasters, like oil spills, environmental devastation and mass extinctions. Right now people are hacking down the <a href="http://nz.mg261.mail.yahoo.com/dc/launch?.rand=euiimk3jrugs1">Amazon Rain forest</a> like there's no tomorrow! America is currently poisoning it's own underground water supplies in an effort to extract natural gas for energy use.<br />
The really sick thing is that Dick Cheney, whilst Vice President of the USA, changed environmental laws so his own company [Halliburton] could pollute the environment to make profits.<br />
How evil.<br />
Find out all about it by watching the movie <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1558250/">Gasland</a>.MrWoodyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01182215440888885791noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22871063.post-63441411720880211772011-06-21T18:02:00.000+12:002011-06-21T18:02:32.592+12:00Teaching Dispositions for Learning with I.T.This may be of interest to those utlising ICT in the classroom:<br />
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The <a href="http://ngutunuij.wikispaces.com/" style="color: red;">junior class's wiki</a><span style="color: red;"> </span>is amazing! The flashest wiki I've ever seen - I am so impressed.<br />
The senior class have been thinking of others and doing work on <a href="http://ngutunuiseniors.wikispaces.com/" style="color: red;">their wiki</a> and their excellent <a href="http://ngutunuiseniors.blogspot.com/" style="color: red;">class blog</a> to help the Christchurch quake victims. They also share their work online for others to enjoy and give feedback on.<br />
Ka pai!<br />
I think what I love best is the commitment to Enviroschool values. <br />
That sure is an 'onto it' school :-)<br />
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On Friday at Peachygrove, I got to be MrWebster the Hard Material Teacher for a day. I was supposed to make the poor children do worksheets but I couldn't stomach that and we made some stuff instead. The kids from the bi-lingual class liked my stories about taniwha in the Waikato river near where I live so we made some taniwha out of wood. <br />
It is great to work with kids who are into learning, creating, sharing and celebrating - kia kaha!<br />
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A Montessori classroom sounds like a blissfully calm, creative, safe learning place where children can learn at their own pace and discover things naturally with guidance and whilst being skillfully observed. Children can work together, collaboratively, with cleverly designed learning materials suitable to their stage of development. <br />
Check out these links to discover more of the world of child-centred, caring, observational, educational guidance that is the Montessori way:<br />
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<div style="color: #f1c232;"><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ypR-P1gAfas">Eight Stages of Observation</a></div><div style="color: lime;"><br />
</div><div style="color: magenta;"><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rYLkqkXZ3yk&feature=related">Four stages of Classroom Management </a></div><div style="color: lime;"><br />
</div><div style="color: lime;"><a href="http://www.montessori.org.nz/"><span style="color: orange;">Montessori in NZ</span></a></div><div style="color: lime;"><br />
</div><div style="color: lime;">A Kiwi Montessori Classroom</div><div style="color: lime;"><br />
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List the skills here.MrWoodyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01182215440888885791noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22871063.post-5596801050782398582011-05-03T13:40:00.000+12:002011-05-03T17:42:06.083+12:00Bear and Edwin<p class="mobile-photo"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNnMPIDX1Wdzad21jWA2F2NkIyp-YDRnYCR8H_pB45dCH1CDG6OioSsu5BKhKW6iuySRFmYyzDlEGdlmkJo0Ca00v4Cl1Oy7E2wF3_S2qsq69wH0IDjLIA7JXnPZWbocD0wUA_/s1600/DSC03085-726084.JPG"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNnMPIDX1Wdzad21jWA2F2NkIyp-YDRnYCR8H_pB45dCH1CDG6OioSsu5BKhKW6iuySRFmYyzDlEGdlmkJo0Ca00v4Cl1Oy7E2wF3_S2qsq69wH0IDjLIA7JXnPZWbocD0wUA_/s320/DSC03085-726084.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5602361040080556018" /></a></p>Two friends waiting for baby Blast to arrive :-)MrWoodyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01182215440888885791noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22871063.post-30283670497130634272011-04-19T08:55:00.000+12:002011-04-19T08:55:23.923+12:00Tricks to make your blog successfulNumber 1 - You MUST set up email verification so that you know where, when and from whom comments arrive on your posts.<br />
You can find this in your settings. Add your own email address that you check most regularly, then you will be alerted whenever a comment arrives. You only have to click on the link in the email and you will be taken directly to your new comment. <br />
This feature is crucial when you have used your blog for a while and have gazillions of posts. Without it you would never know if someone had commented on one of your old posts. <br />
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I have a prize for the best blogber of the week.<br />
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Are you good at putting pictures on your blog posts?<br />
Maybe we could have a cute pet photo competition...<br />
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These kids learned to FEAR THE BEARD!<br />
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[ahem - sideways...]MrWoodyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01182215440888885791noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22871063.post-85574442111872395162011-03-29T09:58:00.001+13:002011-03-29T17:32:50.780+13:00Giants supporter mobile blogging pic<div class="mobile-photo"></div><div class="mobile-photo"></div><div class="mobile-photo"></div><div class="mobile-photo"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAhHoe0vZrDGt91fxGli4tPSzkHXxqa5cuqpJv2hyphenhyphenDrGEA66SkOZtAVrpBXhJ7Ckhps0TQZPbUdcMp3zDYKNNsFjXWmiASMiOWkRTFDGyfaBk0pie5ay37KNXtN3uRabodhVVB/s1600/DSC02977-741114.JPG"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5589300105595243698" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAhHoe0vZrDGt91fxGli4tPSzkHXxqa5cuqpJv2hyphenhyphenDrGEA66SkOZtAVrpBXhJ7Ckhps0TQZPbUdcMp3zDYKNNsFjXWmiASMiOWkRTFDGyfaBk0pie5ay37KNXtN3uRabodhVVB/s320/DSC02977-741114.JPG" /></a></div><div class="mobile-photo"><br />
</div><div class="mobile-photo">This Giants fan was caught on my mobile phone and sent from there directly to this blog it is called mobile blogging :-)</div>MrWoodyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01182215440888885791noreply@blogger.com1