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Absolutely! It’s crazy to think that just because students are ‘digital natives’ that their brains get any ‘smarter’ as a result. Children still need direction and boundaries, and the best way to learn is to ‘do’, in a safe and managed environment.

5. View the 7.30 Report presentation on Bullying Rates Alarmingly High.

Yep. See answer to 4.

6. View the Slideshare presentation by Ollie Bray on internet safety.

This was disappointing. Was it supposed to have sound? I didn’t find the slides or the notes very helpful together. I guess you could use them with students, but what was that sofa – king – ??? – slide all about?!

Week 4 – Oh, WOW!!!!!

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I had a win today with Wallwisher. I sent out the link to a wall I had made and got about half a dozen people having a look at it straightaway! Then one of them used it to set up her own wall about Food Tech. She is going to advertise it to the students by placing a poster on the wall of her classroom with those little rip off tags with the URL along the bottom of the page – like a babysitting service! Here is my Wallwisher wall.

Essay Map is brilliant!!! Even though it says to use it for an ‘informational’ essay, I did a very quick ‘essay’ on Themes in Pride and Prejudice and it came out brilliantly! I didn’t even do a proper map becasue I was just testing it. I have already added it to our library home page for the students to start using.

I haven’t tried Gliffy and bubbl.us yet but I can’t wait!

One Simple Idea – Part 2

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I believe so strongly that students learn best by doing, especially in the sense that this is talking about. I was taught to knit and crochet by my Nan, to hammer and saw and paint and glue by my Dad and Grandad, and to sew and cook by my Mum. It didn’t stop me from aspiring to get to university, and I did get to university, obviously. But it did and does make me a well-rounded person – I can confidently ‘make’ things. And being able to visualise things as they are being ‘made’ helps in all facets of life – from rearranging a library to creating a dress to developing an online learning program.

And anyway, life’s too short to miss out on experiencing all those wonderful, creative things.