This week Room 11 have been involved with showcasing the PRS system to 8 classes. All sessions have been great. Room 11 students have been awesome tutors and have truely embraced the school's motto of, "First Learn to Serve." Our aim is to educate and inspire students and teachers with exsisting technologies at our school.
This term we have explored the use of the PRS system as a learning tool in the classroom. This device makes learning fun as students are able to see their results instantly. These results can be collated for teacher assessment or for individual student achievement profiles.
We have also looked at the validity of blogging in the classroom and have found this to be a great support to students learning. Students have created their own blogs, uploaded photos, created and uploaded ppt presentations about responsibility (One of our 5 school values) and collaborated and have made connections with other students within room 11 and around NZ.
Next term's school wide PD room 11 students will be learning and teaching the school about MARVIN and how they can use this tool for creating digital stories. I've been thinking about how we can extend our aim of educating and extending our knowledge through SKYPE. If you're interested, post me a comment and we'll hook up.
We will be setting up a bloggers corner, where students can come at lunch times to blog on particular topics being discussed in class or to collaborate with other students on educational topics. This is not a gaming cafe, it's a bloggers corner. We'll see well this works
At Peachgrove Intermediate we are committed to providing our students with a stimulating two year educational programme focusing on continuous improvement of academic results. We also offer a wide variety of extra-curricula activities in music, sport, outdoor education and cultural experiences. We encourage students to take advantage of as many of these varied opportunities as possible.
2 comments:
I love the bloggers corner idea! I think that the school motto is suppossed to be "learn to serve".
We've just put online some highlights of our Girls playing your Girls at Touch from March 25th at the Inter-Intermediate competition. Its online on our blog.
Mr Webb and Room 8, Melville Intermediate, Hamilton.
Thanks for that Typo corrected. We definately need to hook up Mr Webb. I hear good things about your class.
Matua
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