RUConnected #37 The Asian Connection or "The Mystery Snorer"

Whats News 1. Jenny's Jakarta trip to the Australian International School http://www.ais-indonesia.com/kemangwelcome.html 2. Lois' Singapore Trip 12 students, 4 teachers visit to our sister school and celebrated National Day - The National Day of Singapore is celebrated every year on 9 August, in commemoration of Singapore's independence from Malaysia in 1965- The incredible proud of their country and obvious in the National Pride - songs, & celebrations. Holiday for National Day and rest day afterwards. Students went to school for celebrations and then a normal work day and then home with some families. (v.short Homestay) http://berwicklodge2singapore.global2.vic.edu.au SKYPE 3. Mystery Skype with Mitch Hughes and Watsonia PS - Structured- animals, next numbers and skype with New York school - Nancy Sharoff WHAT HAVE YOU BEEN LEARNING 4.Jenny Ultranet school - weekly lessons with just one or to skills Adding bling to the ultranet and vokis using embed codes. 5. LOIS - New way to think about online learning for example blogging from the “Ideas Lab” Move away from the “Show and Tell” blogs to “There are four strategies that influence how we learn and the way we behave online, that this white paper explores: Connecting, Communicating, Collaborating and Learning Collectively. 6. Jenny presented at GTAV- iGeography - Here is jenny's presentation https://files.me.com/jenashby/t0giup MULTIMEDIA 7. How are your movies going? - Just finishing up, very pleased with them so far. Learnt heaps about filming with a blue screen ( mobile white board with blue paper pinned to it) 8. Animations of eggs hatching as we have eggs in the classroom http://eps12lc.global2.vic.edu.au/ - Grade ½ Learning community Something for Teachers to try - 9. Symmetry Work flow - for Ipad Use the Kaleidic Lite (FREE) to create a shape, capture it, add it to Doodle Buddy to draw the lines of Symmetry. Or use PhotoBooth with a mirror or mirro paint app on iphones and iPad Maths - Stories in addition 10. Stamping addition problems and recording voices in Kidpix to tell and addition story and then adding to a slide show of addition stories in KidPix. 11. Good chats on twitter #elemchat Sunday morning 8am Melb time for early starters http://elemchat.wikispaces.com/ #daily5 Sat morn 10am-11am Melb time http://www.thedailycafe.com/public/department104.cfm 12. New Apps to Share 1 Maths Party - ordering but starts with simple numbers and moves onto equations - one or two player (FREE) http://itunes.apple.com/au/app/math-party-free-multiplayer/id435296908?mt=8 Free app 2 Explain Everything app - sonic pics and showme- record voice draw and add pics- shares in many ways very nice - includes a cropper http://itunes.apple.com/au/app/explain-everything/id431493086?mt=8 $2.99 3. Glow draw, skywrite, fireworks http://itunes.apple.com/au/app/glow-draw!/id364873934?mt=8 skywrite http://itunes.apple.com/au/app/skywrite/id374044969?mt=8 5. Sock puppets..free App http://itunes.apple.com/au/app/sock-puppets/id394504903?mt=8 6. Writepad convert handwriting to text - nice $10.49 http://itunes.apple.com/au/app/writepad-for-ipad/id363618389?mt=8 Conferences this week VITTA - Mon 29th Aug & Tues 30th Aug http://www.vitta.org.au/conferenceinfo IWB Digital Leaders Sep 1-3 Thurs, Fri, Sat http://www.iwb.net.au/conferences/digital/default.htm