Room 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?

You also tried out speed writing and shared some nifty short pieces of unplanned writing. What did you think about that as a warm up activity?

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. 
Ciao fo rnow,

MrWoody :-)

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.

Cyber Safety reminders

Hi kids - Room5ians, meet some Room 18 "Woodmonstas". They will soon have their own class blog [Gaboose will laugh - we have had no internet at school until today so blog plans have been slightly delayed] and will be becoming world famous just like you guys ... although, I believe they need some guidance from the experienced Room5ians to help them shoot to e-learning excellence.

Of course, another major requirement of successfully using e-learning in a positive way is to remain cybersafe. That means protecting your identity and avoiding trouble from cyberbullies.
Room5ians were so mature that we never suffered from any problems on our blog. We had 3 years of trouble free blogging with all the wonders of sharing our learning with people all over the planet.
If anyone had broken the rules, all children would suffer because schools and caregivers would make it harder to use the internet and to learn as connected, creative, responsible, self-directed, 21st century learning citizens of the world - just as the new NZ curriculum says we should be.

So, here are some internet safety resources online to share with parents who are concerned. Please also engage in dialogue with each other to share your experiences and knowledge. Remember the world is watching and hoping to learn along side you.

Enjoy!

http://www.netsmartz.org/index.aspx

clustermap

remember you have a real audience, room5... write sensibly please

:-)

social, collaborative learning online

Sounds great - obviously with issues to be considered?
It's tempting for me to gloss over the potential negatives, but in responsibly educating our students, we must consider and discuss them - but with an open mind!

see these links to other blog discussions and an online documentary:

http://tinyurl.com/3cpge5

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/kidsonline/

please add to the discussion adn have a look at these interesting blogs for educators:

http://beyond-school.org/

http://123elearning.blogspot.com/index.html

http://www.speedofcreativity.org/

http://www.nextgenteachers.com/