Allanah's Appleby Showcase

We have been thinking about all of the wonderful ways that our mothers help us.

Mothers are such a treasure.

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3 minutes 20 seconds

We had a really busy day as we Skyped into Bangkok International School and learnt a lot about life and living in Thailand.

3 minutes 26 seconds

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Today we had fun with our first Skype call with students in other parts of the world. We talked and learned with students from Prince George, British Columbia, Canada.

We had brainstormed some questions to ask the children and they had done the same for us. It was lots of fun and we learnt from each other. We learnt that it was snowing in Canada and it was yesterday there and they have seen wild bears!!!!

4 minutes

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This week at school we have been learning about water safety in, on or around water. Because rivers are the most dangerous places for drownings in New Zealand we have been learning a whole heap of water safety rules for around rivers and lakes.

Listen carefully because one of these rules may save your life one day.

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2 minutes 7 seconds

After a year with myself on leave we are back podcasting. Just to remind myself of the process using iLfe09 I thought I would make a quick podcast.

This week is swim week and we started off the classroom component by telling stories we have had in, on and near the water. Grace told this entertaining story of an encounter with some eels.

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One minute 15 seconds

At the end of last term Discover IT Tasman teachers and principals went on tour of a few Nelson Schools. Brightwater School was the first on our list and we learnt much about the the journey taken by Brightwater School to cater for their 21st century learners from Janice Gulbranson.

Well worth sharing.

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8 minutes 55 seconds

After spending time learning about pre-European settlement in the Appleby are Moutere classroom have built their own Maori legend by combining their knowledge of legends and creating one that fits well with the local area which was well known for kumara growing. Kumara are like a sweet potato. Very yummy.

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Miriam has gained the confidence now to sing for the whole school. It is great to see how Miriam's voice is developing.

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As part of Spanish Language Learning at Upper Moutere we called Chrissy H who is in Argentina with a Language Immersion Award.

We used Skype and Apple’s Call Recorder to record our conversation and edited it in iMovie...

It is a great part of my new job to facilitate engaging learning experiences like these.

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Today I got a quick Skype call from Sheryl Nussbaum-Beach who was talking to teachers in Buffalo about the sorts of things you can do with Web 2.0 technologies and I thought I would share the call with you as I haven't made a podcast in a while.

Here is a link to the wiki we were talking about.

Comparing Hemispheres Wiki