Mobile devices

Hi Guys, I have spent a little time recently learning more about mobile learning devices. As a result of this I would love to continue to explore more educational opportunities to use the iPad and discus with the class Educational apps that they might come across at home.

Hi Guys,
I would like you to create a writing piece around the theme of "a great day". The text type and target audience is up to you. It might be that you write a personal recount of a great day from your past. Remember that your aim is to make this interesting for your audience. You might decide that you want to work in pairs to create a fictional narrative, telling a story that includes the theme of "a great day".

To give you an example I have written a personal reflection below of a great day I had with my daughters recently. I tried to create interest by structuring this in a procedural text form by using a recipe. I'll explain why this complicates things a little in class.

Recipe: Wet Day Fun (and ANZAC Biscuits)

Ingredients List:

Rolled Oats

A Roomful of Giggles

Brown Sugar

Excited Children

Golden Syrup

Permission to Make Mess

Unsalted Butter

A Truckload of Patience

Desiccated Coconut

Plain Flower

A Cooking Apron and Smile

Bicarb Soda

Water

A Camera to Capture the Fun!

Method:

1.       Realise that it is raining heavily outside and the kids could turn feral at any minute without stimulation.

2.       Wrack your brains for an activity to keep them happy, considering it’s only 11.00 am and you have already exhausted reading several books, playing chasey and play dough.

3.       Decide that cooking yummy ANZAC biscuits is the answer.

4.       Get 3 year old child suitably excited about the plan and dress her up in her apron and chef’s hat.

5.       Turn kitchen upside down and make a ridiculous amount of noise because you are a mere male who does not know where anything lives.

6.       Remind 3 year old countless times that the dry ingredients need to stay in the mixing bowl and that she needs to wait for Daddy to tell her to mix the ingredients.

7.       Heat butter, golden syrup and bicarb soda on stove, trying to keep the children at a safe distance and reminding Ella again that it is not yet time to mix ingredients.

8.       Pour the melted liquids into the dry mixture and mix thoroughly.

9.       Laugh at the excitement shown by Ella when she is told she can mix the ingredients with her washed hands.

10.   Start rolling the combined mixture into balls and place on a greased pan.

11.   Remind Ella that if she keeps eating the uncooked mixture before it gets into the oven then we will in fact not have any ANZAC biscuits.

12.   Learn to relax and remember that this is fun and sample some of the mixture yourself.

13.   Decide that the mixture is quite yummy and wonder whether the oven is an optional extra.

14.   Decide some cooked cookies would be a good idea and place into an oven preheated to around 170 degrees.

15.    Start cleaning up, with Ella deciding she can help by polishing off any remaining mixture in mixing bowl.

16.   Turn oven light on and lift up both girls so that they can see the progress of our biscuits and watch the balls of mixture spread.

17.   Remove from the oven after approx. 20 minutes ensuring the biscuits look golden brown and tasty.

18.   Place on a cooling try and wait the agonising wait until the biscuits are cooled and crisp.

19.   Remind Ella that it has only been 15 seconds since the last time I told her they are not yet ready to eat.

20.   Enjoy beautiful and tasty Anzac biscuits with two beautiful girls on the back deck.

21.   Listen to the soothing sound of rain on the roof and remind myself that rainy days can be fun too!

Image: 'ANZAC bikkies'

http://www.flickr.com/photos/95272747@N00/134678957

Hi Guys,
I forgot to distribute your Homework sheet today but here is a digital version. You will receive the paper version tomorrow.


Mr Ryan

I-Pad

Hi Guys,
I've been enjoying experimenting with the class and using some applications relevant to movie making. There has been lots of virtual destruction going on in our class. 

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Tony