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Comment on THANK YOU – I’M INSPIRED by Anne Mirtschin

Anne Mirtschin — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 11:20:44 +0000

Hi Kim, It was great to meet up with you too. Rather amazing to think that we actually met each other within 5 mins of me arriving at the session. My students, including year 11s, have already enjoyed trying out some of your game suggestions. Another year 10 boy went home and finished all the levels in that lego game, last night!
I love the way you have written the article, yet you have been very modest and failed to mention that you won a highly commended Excellence in Teaching Award. So, congratulations to you on receiving this award.

Comment on Mind Map Magic by Sohbet

Sohbet — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 21:32:17 +0000

very nice blog number one topic thanks you

Comment on Writing with Samorost by Sam, The Spaceship and Me « Bill Boyd – The Literacy Adviser

Sam, The Spaceship and Me « Bill Boyd – The Literacy Adviser — Wed, 02 Sep 2009 18:38:27 +0000

[...] September 2, 2009 by literacyadviser For the past few days I have been playing games, or one game to be precise, to explore some of the possibilities for using it in the context of improving literacy in the classroom. Samorost is a free online adventure/puzzle game created by Jakub Dvorsky while he was a student at the Academy of Arts, Architecture and Design in Prague; it is produced by his freelance Flash and web design agency Amanita Design. I first heard of the game from Andrew Brown at Learning and Teaching Scotland, who are doing some really interesting development work on Games-Based Learning. I am also indebted to Dave Terron at Elgin Academy who has used the game in his English classes to very good effect, and to Kim Pericles, a primary teacher in Sydney, Australia who has used the game with her students for some time now – you can see some of their creative writing by clicking here. [...]

Comment on Edubloggercon @ NECC09 by Daily Spotlight on Education 07/03/2009 | Articles-warehouse.com Blogs

Daily Spotlight on Education 07/03/2009 | Articles-warehouse.com Blogs — Tue, 21 Jul 2009 09:06:12 +0000

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Comment on When Web2.0 Meets Reading2.0 by Kim

Kim — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 11:32:12 +0000

Thanks Pam,
I hadn’t thought of some of the very basic step by step “older” style reading instruction activities for a while, so it was a great wake up call to realise how some of these activities can be dragged into the 21st century (using web2.0 tools of course!)

Comment on When Web2.0 Meets Reading2.0 by Pam Thompson

Pam Thompson — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 11:06:26 +0000

Thanks for sharing this reflection Kim. I think you’re right it’s not always the introduction of a new tool but the ways in which different educators have used them. I wouldn’t have thought of Vocaroo in this way but can see how it would be engaging and motivational for students.

Love your blog – always find something interesting and useful to read. Thanks!

Comment on 21st Century Pedagogy Conference #3 by Margaret V

Margaret V — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 14:14:50 +0000

Thanks for this post, Kim. I’m always spreading the word that ICT is not about sitting at a computer. There are so many activities that lead up to that post on the class blog.

I’m also aware that very soon after setting out on the blogging journey with my class, I instinctively began to make everyday lessons more active – if the next page in the textbook was learning about proverbs, we discussed, acted out, produced illustrations. We then looked for online tools to share the learning with the new ‘audience’ we were building up via the class blog.

The activities blogged about by the Allstars were also hugely inspiring – so much collaborative work going on

The slideshare presentation at the end of your post is superb. I’d love to use that next session – it’s exactly the message I’ve been trying to get across (and more!).

Comment on iPods in Education by Kim

Kim — Sun, 05 Jul 2009 22:55:39 +0000

Thanks for the comment Dave
We discussed that not many students were able to actually own these devices themselves, but a number of schools have class sets or sets of 10 that they loan out to classes at various times of the day.
One school has a large number and students use them all day, checking them in and out at the start and end of each school day!
Am thoroughly enjoying my Grand Tour!
Thanks again
KimP

Comment on iPods in Education by dave

dave — Sun, 05 Jul 2009 22:35:04 +0000

Kim, Time and time we try to get our local authority to un-ban things….without success as they either don’t understand or fear losing control.

Trouble is also that not all kids have these or the models that can use the apps.

Otherwise I’d be using them daily – might even trade in my Blackberyy for the latest S IPhone!

As always great posts – we may not comment often but you have hordes of secret admirers worldwide especially those using Samorost thanks to you! Enjoy the European tour!

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Sun, 05 Jul 2009 13:48:27 +0000

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