TPS++2011+TOD+Follow-up

How are you using the new learning from TOD? It could be:

 * the link to the blog you created with Allanah and are now using with your kids
 * a snapshot of a mimio you have created to use with your class
 * a podcast you or your students have made
 * an animation you created
 * a link to a site you have used with your students e.g. study ladder.
 * a smackdown you did with your class (remember it doesn't have to be about Google) Here is a link to a bomb countdown timer you could use.
 * a tip or lesson on Digital Citizenship

__**Instructions**__
Click Join this wiki if you haven't already joined it. Edit the page (Top Right) Type your name in space provided. Upload you digital artifact next to it. Give a brief summary of what you did? Click Save. great - easy to use - comparable to woodlands
 * Name || Digital Artifact || What did you do? (Brief) ||
 * Fiona || Top Marks website

http://www.topmarks.co.uk/EducationalGames.aspx

|| Shared it via wiki

Heard - why would anyone want to come to your website/blog etc if there is never anything new on there so.... Started updating the TPS website at least every two weeks - working to create an audience || ratios with year 6. Lots of little extras learnt to help problem solve in class. Made a timer ink file with all the different types of timers on. Great new NZ gallery to use. Liked the Maori language tool we were shown. Thank you! || Using Mimil instead of stopwatch (sometimes). ||
 * Cathy || Going to use the "cloning" tool showed us to teach
 * Sarah || A snapshot of the first Wall Wisher used in our class

||  || and to motivate students to try their own animated movie. Topic tied in with our current InQuiry on how do we celebrate special events in NZ- making rewena. || || media type="file" key="hangi 2.m4v" width="270" height="270" align="center" || Made an animation with a small group showing how a hangi could be laid down.
 * Julia || Used 'I Can Animate' || Made short movie as model in class to illustrate procedural writing
 * Julia || Ink file || Made an ink file with recorded sound and set to all staff. Simple karakia that could be used on the day of our school wide hangi.
 * May || I can Animate// i-movie

Took a while. We watched a hangi being laid down (U-tube), discussed the different things happening, recorded the steps, listed the things we would need to make for the animation, made the things collectively, took the pictures using i can animate, exported to i-movie (thanks Karen!), recorded voiceovers then exported as a completed project!

Phew! First project, so lots of teacher direction. This group is now planning their own animation retelling the life cycle of a butterfly. || What is a Phonics Phone? A phonics phone is a simple tube shaped like a ‘telephone’ receiver, often made from plastic PVC pipe. They are simple hollow tubes that allow the student to speak quietly in one end and hear their own voice through the other. Students use the ‘phone’ to listen to their own voice as the practice reading. This device allows students to better ‘hear’ themselves when they speak quietly.
 * Jo || [[image:Digistore_help_file.png width="329" height="353"]] || Learned about how to share a specific Digistore learning path with your students. This allows them direct access to only that pathway with a single pin number. I have shared with one group but will be sharing more next term. I intend putting the passwords up on a display in the computer area so the children cannot forget pin numbers. ||
 * Robyn || [[image:Phonic.png width="223" height="205"]][[image:phonic_phone.png width="244" height="176"]] || I learned how to make a phonic phone and now am using a set of them with my new entrant students

Why Can Simple Plastic Phonics Phones Enhance Reading Instruction?

These simple devices are a fabulous tool for reading instruction because:

1. The phone helps the student ‘hear’ their own voice 2. The phone compels the student to speak in a whisper or very quiet voice 3. The phone improves the student’s focus and attention because they are intentionally listening to their own voice 4. The phones help maintain classroom ‘quiet’ by reducing the overall noise level. 5. It appears most students like using these effective tools. 6. The phones may function as a tool to provide a level of privacy that is particularly important for struggling and adolescent students. || This search came up with a PowerPoint which had some great examples on using Comic Life in different curriculum areas. ||
 * Nicola || [[file:ComicLife_Intro-3.ppt]] || Use the :ppt in my Google search for resources **e.g. for this one typed in comic life:ppt**
 * Liz || [[image:mini_movie.png width="297" height="171"]] || Use the download button on Firefox and movies convert to quik times, save on to desktop. Saves having to wait for buffering. ||
 * Johanna || [[image:Screen_shot_2011-07-05_at_7.37.47_PM.png width="200" height="126" align="center"]]

|| As a way to present findings from inquiry based research use keynote to create a slideshow with voice recording.

I tried this with my year 4 class who wanted to find out about celebrations in other countries. This group researched Thai festivals and presented a slideshow of their findings. || || After Mimio Advance workshop and Numpa course, I created this ink file that incorporates cloning, hyperlinks etc. A great problem solving activity which came out of www.nrich.maths.org || || Basic facts website from NZ maths || Export a the Keynote presentation as a quicktime movie to load on to Knowledge net ||
 * Hilary || media type="file" key="Riley W and Michael Ghost got hurt.mov" width="267" height="267" || My Y3 class are experimenting with animation - using I Can Animate and Keynote. This Keynote animation was made by two 7 year olds. The children are presently in pairs making animations relating to books they've read. We brainstormed different things we could use animation for - eg key competencies ||
 * Michelle || [[image:Stykz_pic.png width="173" height="177" align="center"]] || Stykz can be used for animating instructions, or modeling an action such as kicking a goal, doing a cartwheel etc ||
 * Pam || [[image:Making_ten.png width="223" height="168"]] || this is an ink file. The children have to burst 2 bubbles to make ten (like memory) I used the bubbles that pop from mimio gallery and made a grid with numbers and covered them. ||
 * Karen || [[image:Karen_tchr_at_TOD.png width="342" height="257"]] || This is a then and now ink I made to use in our olden days study. We had to move each picture to the correct era - ie: then and now. We did this as a whole class sharing activity and students also did this with buddies on the classroom computers. I teach new entrants. ||
 * Ann-Marie || [[image:Ann-Marie.png width="240" height="166"]] || Mimio Ink file ||
 * Doug || [[image:file:///Users/dougmaguire/Desktop/What%27s%20It%20Worth%3F.png]][[image:file:///Users/dougmaguire/Desktop/What%27s%20It%20Worth%3F.png]]
 * Wendy || [[image:Wendy.png width="263" height="204"]] || A reading activity or alphabet activity... chn need to drag the picture to matching blend. ||
 * Jacq || http://www2.nzmaths.co.nz/LearningObjects/BF/AdditionBF.htm
 * Haup || [[image:Screen_shot_2011-09-06_at_9.10.38_PM.png width="313" height="187"]] || Use Keynote to create a slideshow with voice recording
 * Jenny ||  ||   ||